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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1913
Page
4
A medical note links tuberculosis to malnutrition in children and urges a diet rich in fats over iron. It stresses heredity and anemia risks and recommends feeding practices to support recovery and growth in affected youngsters.
Col. David Du Bois Gaillard, the Hero of Culebra, lies near death at Johns Hopkins Hospital after returning from Panama. He led the fight against landslides hindering the Panama Canal construction, laboring tirelessly in harsh tropical conditions. His recovery may depend on national support and recognition of his crucial work. Washington dispatches note lukewarm reception to Bankers Association currency reform recommendations.
A New York World opinion column argues that innocence cannot shield youth from vital facts about sex and urges frank truth. It features a call for honesty over ignorance and questions public support for Murphy amid graft concerns, asserting confidence in Tammy if grafting continues.
A satirical summary notes Senator Myers pressuring Uncle Sam to sell a Montana coal deposit to the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad at a penny per ton, arguing cheap coal ensures service and prosperity while warning against favors. Also mentions other items from the era and a comic hotel water-order anecdote.
Attorney P H Judge advertised a liberal reward for the return of gold bar spectacles. A few hours after leaving the office, the spectacles were returned by his wife who found them under the parlor table, according to the Clinton Advertiser.
A parade of brief items notes a teetotal William, a professor on work and thinking, and Buffalo Bill retirement. A dramatic scene follows First Presbyterian services as Dr Matthews halts photographers with a cane, lamenting publicity while begging forgiveness for anger.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger item features a judge and a joking lawyer debating transmigration. The lawyer prefers becoming an ass because, unlike a horse, a horse never fills the teeth banisher product advertisement notes 25¢ Tooth Filler.
An advertisement for a boarding and day school run by the Sisters of St. Dominic offering Classical English Scientific Commercial and Preparatory courses. It highlights preparation for teachers examination healthful location extensive grounds a large building with modern improvements and fully equipped physical and chemical laboratory. Prospects and particulars apply to Sister Superior.
An observer at Chicago's Masonic Temple describes a man named ney Korthagen who ascends the observatory, soars in ecstasy, and leaps to his death. The piece notes a rising trend of suicides from high places, naming the Temple as a frequent site and offering multiple theories from alienists and evolutionists about why such deaths occur.
A Star reader argues Judge Frater should defer reform school sentences for first offenders. The letter describes a boy sent to Chealis training school who faced harsh discipline and later reformatory conditions, learning how to commit crimes, and credits family support with keeping him from further trouble.
The Bell System documents its policy linking public welfare with corporate interests. It asserts cooperation with government inquiries, supports state regulation of utilities, and argues unified control under one system to avoid intolerable service and duplication. It cites financial figures and growth through 1912 to justify ongoing investment.
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