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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1913
Page
5
A New Jersey pressman Charley Walters survived a near amputation after a surgeon grafted tissue from his arm. The unconventional operation saved the limb and left Charley with a promising recovery. The piece ends urging justice for those selling poisonous foodstuffs and a jail sentence.
A columnist laments laws over women's dress and cites magistrates in Philadelphia and Atlanta. The piece contrasts public morals, stage costumes, and street wear while noting officials’ shift to corporate or saloon roles. It also mentions a giant house fly exhibit at the Museum of Natural History in New York as a contrasting real thing.
A city man grills an agricultural native about corn but discovers the issue lies with a cramped room. The tale riffs on miserliness in Young Jinks, whose wife frowns at his thrift and at her new gown, hinting at tighter finances and a turn toward rural life.
Poem contemplates life’s persistence beyond understanding as humanity pursues love, laughter, and passion. It notes mankind’s mastery of science and nature yet admits the why of existence remains hidden, with life continuing after each moment ends.
A fragment from a Marion Harland column in the Chicago Tribune discusses dissolving a hard coal trust, a recipe for a favored beverage, Taft’s presidency, and quips about side whiskers and overworked telephone operators in Seattle. The piece weaves satire with social commentary in a dated newsy tone.
William Cuff, 20, who earlier earned a medal for saving two children from drowning, is held at the Tombs without bail on a homicide charge after he punched a man who threatened him during a woman’s assault near the Fast River. Mary Burns corroborates Cuff’s defense.
The letter complains that dress and schoolroom ventilation harm children. A subscriber notes cold rooms with windows raised and a door open while children shiver, reflecting a clash between comfort and contemporary reform ideas.
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