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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1904
Page
4
An old Seattle newspaper snippet outlines subscription terms and delivery details. It lists prices per copy week month and notes address labels and renewal procedures for continued service.
A Swift quotation emphasizes practical improvement over political talk, declaring that anyone who cultivates two ears of corn or two blades of grass on land where only one grew before would serve mankind more than any politician. The line elevates productive labor over rhetoric.
An editorial urges Seattle mothers and fathers to guard children against adult corruption after a shocking incident where a youth drugged girls with candy. It stresses parental vigilance, wholesome influences, and civic duty to protect the rising generation from evil.
The article accuses city authorities led by Chief Delaney of enforcing laws selectively and claims a morning paper published findings about betting and the Chinese lottery. it notes business closure for Clancy's soup house on November 1 and hints at promised reforms. It ends with an unrelated medical advertisement.
The Star asks questions about Chinese lotteries operating in Seattle, noting claims by reputable men that tickets were being sold today as they were before Chief Delaney’s bluff ten days ago. Workingmen and trusted young men know where to obtain tickets, with venues unchanged from two weeks ago.
A long poem mocks a local charity promoter H. Wirt Steele and profits of organized philanthropy while lampooning social pretensions. It juxtaposes religious duty with hungry mouths and questions of scientific charity against simple aid. The piece references local figures, readers’ letters, and humorous quips about town life.
The article argues that a child’s success relies on mental and physical habits and urges parents to teach orderly thinking. It promotes silent daily thinking hours, observing a single focus, and asking the child to describe what they perceived to strengthen independent thought and imagination.
A marketing note extols charcoal as a safe purifying remedy for the stomach bowels and breath. It touts Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges for cleansing gases in the digestive tract improving complexion teeth and breath with a Buffalo physician endorsing daily use at twenty five cents a box.
A roundup of worship services across multiple churches including Wheat Presbyterian at Fourth Avenue and Spring Street with morning and evening sermons by Sev. M. A. Matthews, Westminster with Rev. J. M. Wilson, North Baptist, First Methodist Protestant with Rev. T. P. Reveille, and other congregations. Also notes lectures, Sunday schools, youth programs, and mission activities at Zion’s, Unitarian, and various missions.
An ad argues deafness arises from a diseased mucous lining in the Eustachian tube and claims a constitutional remedy can restore hearing. It promises to cure all tubal deafness or return one hundred dollars if not cured, and lists Toledo contact details for the treatment.
Community notices outline Mass times and services across several churches including J Mary's Parish at Twentieth Avenue and Jackson Street and the Church of Our Lady of Good Help with Sunday low masses and fish services. Special evangelistic services are planned at Lane Street Presbyterian with Rev Fortes preaching morning and evening. The Evangelical Association and Theosophical Society in Seattle also hold services and meetings with German and English preaching and a lecture on rational philosophy of life.
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