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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1913
Page
4
A New York girl in lockup describes a joyride with an 18 year old in a stolen car. A columnist asserts loving home life is essential, criticizing a cross and cranky father and urging patient affection to give children a fair chance. The piece condemns neglect and praises warmth at home. It cites Wilson's Mexican policy as amateurish.
The letter critiques Rufus Wallingford finance causing a New Haven to Wallingford wreck. It denounces railroads run for Wall Street, warns of by product securities, and faults leaders including a discredited president and Judge Speer. Norman Conger, weather man, is sent to Detroit for political activity.
A grumpy bachelor claims he has never visited Niagara Falls while contrasting honeymooning couples and hotel crews. He imagines a jokey, rambunctious scene of rubber attire, Maid of the Mist fantasies, and rice-carting brides, ending with a sardonic note on bantering travelers.
A wealthy individual is elected head of the national association of the deaf, prompting jokes that money speaks louder than words. A farm paper cites soaring prices as the farmer’s cry, while satire targets suffragists and public figures. The piece notes fluctuating attention to Harry Thaw and his lawyers, who appear to win only when seeking continued confinement.
James A. McAlpine, a hardy Scotchman, takes command of Spokane police under D. C. Coates after a string of unsolved murders unsettled the public. He patrols city streets in plain clothes and is known as a tough Westerner with a reputation as a “bad man” in a fight.
Atlantic City reports Miss Laura Bennett plunged underwater three times before lifeguards saved her. She describes vivid visions and a longing to return to the ocean as she regained consciousness, noting the initial terror before revival.
A village story recalls a printer error turning a church fund drive into a plea for the arch fiend. A separate item recounts a comical dining quarrel over whether pineapple is a fruit or vegetable, resolved by a waiter calling it an extra. An elderly man walks ten miles to a nearby town, joking he followed a road sign to slow drivers.
The diary author laments modern minstrel fare and urges reviving 19th century classics like the Christy Minstrels. He cites Buffalo 1842 origins, Congo Minstrels by White in 1444, and stars such as George Ha' and George Christy, whose performances sparked great public interest.
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