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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1910
Page
6
The passage satirizes rising lunch costs and office meals in Seattle around 1914. It contrasts home life with high prices, describes workers pale with hunger while dining, and imagines clerks and managers bracing for escalating food expenses and the era's restaurant culture. It notes mental tricks to curb appetite and the idea of wealthy officials commuting with lunch pails.
In St Louis on October 24 the death of Ralph Wilson nineteen halfback of Wabash College and severe injuries to two St. Louis players during a mass play in a game between the schools may lead to football being tabooed at St Louis University and possibly disbanding Wabash for the season. Wilson died at a local hospital and will be sent to his Indiana home.
FP L Bush and J F Cronin owners of Standard Appraisal cited by F J Brennan for back wages. Brennan, former chief appraiser, faced garnishment actions against Tenino and Montane related to the appraisal firm’s business operations.
More than a thousand attendees at Arcade hall cheered Judge W. W. Black as Democratic nominees for Congress. Robert McMurphie attacked Humphrey A. Trimmer’s record while praising Snohomish County’s esteem for Black. Other speakers included Mary O Meara for county superintendent and Thomas Horner for prosecuting attorney.
Fresno, October 24. Mine Bara Sparka, rural school mistress, has the most useless job. Each morning she ventilates the building and rings the bell for pupils who do not assemble, then spends the day reading and knitting. She earns 75 dollars monthly with no pupils to teach. The district had seven pupils last year. one moved away with six, and the remaining child now attends town school. She claims to fulfill her contract and tends to her knitting.
Honolulu reports John Anderson, keeper at Makena Lighthouse, drowned and devoured by a shark while his wife tried in vain to save him.
In Edwardsville on October 4 Miss Verna Friedhoff narrowly escaped serious injury when her luxuriant hair became tangled in a cream separator. The heavy hair stopped the machine, preventing further harm.
A party of eight poker players was arrested at Bingden around 3 a.m. and brought before Justice Groshong. The dealer paid a $100 fine while players each settled $10. In New York, Andrew Carnegie returned from Europe, appearing frail though claiming to feel well.
The Westlake Market opened Saturday with a manager praising its all under-one-roof layout. He highlights sanitary facilities covered wagon drive, refrigeration for perishables, and close access to 10 car lines. He promises convenient shopping and savings for Seattle households while inviting public feedback.
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