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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1914
Page
4
Telegraph News Services of the United Press Association report from Seattle with notices filed by the Star. Entry indicates standard postoffice classification and service attribution.
The text compares the money spent to convert a man to Christianity with the much larger funds used to kill a man. It argues that investing in churches and missions might yield greater societal progress and suggests Europe could shift toward such an approach on a future rebound.
A public appeal warns that low turnout favors the Hamilton gang and targets opponents including Ole Han json Fred C Brown Sickles county clerk Wilson R. Gay and Congressman Humphrey. The piece urges King county voters to go to the polls and vote regardless of weather.
The Star corrects a Des Moines report by stating Judge Frater did not take the stamp for Wilson R. Gay. the role belonged to Judge Frater’s son John Frater as spell binder. It urges progressives to vote for precinct committee members who will delegate to county and possibly state conventions. contrasts Hanson and Lorimer. It notes Judge Gay should be beaten and discusses potential nominees Brown and Lundin. The page mixes war headlines and political commentary with editorials on wartime issues and campaign caution.
A daughter copies a love letter from her father to his wife and mails it to herself prompting a scolding by a stern priest who bans dancing. A street encounter with the cleric leads to a witty exchange with a girl calling him good morning child of the devil. Mrs Jones, shopping with her husband, struggles to hide her face behind a veil while carrying bundles, revealing the veil is catching on her chin.
A second Alec Mc Nab edition arrives in Seattle featuring Captain Elliott Lazier Fullerton a newspaperman soldier diplomat mariner and wanderer linked to the Russian consul in Vancouver. His career includes sea service with Captain Alec McLean noted in Jack London lore and stints with the Russian and Mexican armies plus earthquake staff work in San Francisco and duties with the Vancouver Sun.
In Chicago a large State street cinema showed Belgian king farewell images to end a European war skirmish. A German faction hissed provoking a larger audience melee. Ushers and musicians intervened to quell the disturbance.
Three Servian armies advance to occupy Slavonia Bosnia and Herzegovina in an offensive aimed at wresting the provinces from Austria. The Slavonian force led by the crown prince crossed the Save at Mitroviczga and moves inland with little opposition. Montenegrins assist and Servian agents promote rebellion in both provinces.
A reader notes premature aging from poor nutrition and explains wrinkles arise as the flesh shrinks and skin loses firmness. Claiming a simple lotion dissolving saxolite in witch hazel tightens skin instantly and removes wrinkles and sagging with ingredients available at any drug store.
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