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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1913
Page
4
The article explains air at over 70 percent moisture is oppressive in heat and chilling in cold. It notes air below 60 percent dries skin and mucous passages and can increase infection risk when dust and bacteria are present.
A heated discussion questions whether four Seattle councilmen Peirce Goddard Marble and Bruskevitch are acting as masters or servants. It argues their votes push Seattle toward a commission form and that only a charter election can decide the city’s governance without forcing change. The piece closes noting a Republican victory in Maine.
Column writer urges the Supreme Court to notice Mrs Mackenzie Gordon a California woman fighting a San Francisco election commission ruling that her marriage made her an alien and thus ineligible to register or vote the piece mocks suffrage limits and predicts wireless news dominance by 20 years hence.
A delegation of American engineers touring industrial Germany reports orderly streets clean rail competition and efficient railroad managers. They contrast with the United States noting no street loafers and no invisible government interventions while hinting at hopeful lessons for Americans seeking improvement.
An advertisement touts Croxone as rapidly easing sleep disturbances, bladder weakness, backache, and rheumatism by cleansing kidneys and joints. It claims 80 percent positive results after a few days of three doses daily and offers a money back guarantee from druggists if it fails to help.
Comic exchange features Skipper and Lady Visitor discussing salt and headswim in a nautical chat. The playful banter hints at maritime humor and a light mood from a morning conversation.
The text recalls a pastor Rev Moses Allen a tall dignified man who entered the church with a silk hat and could recall the audience easily. It contrasts a humorous dust on furniture exchange about education and a rural dialect exchange featuring Hannah.
The article recalls early attempts at aerial navigation starting with the first balloon ascent near Lyons on June 5 1783. It notes public awe and fear as the balloon traveled over villages, with reactions ranging from belief it came from another world to viewing it as a monstrous bird. A crowd approached once it landed and a brave man shot the balloon causing it to shrivel. Then villagers tied the balloon to a horse and it was torn apart.
A customer requests a dime’s worth of insect powder and asks about flea, mosquito, or tick remedies. After a lengthy, suggestive exchange, a medical suggestion follows noting hives and a daily lotion treatment.
A fragmented item suggests Skidmore, not Skid more, purchased M. 8S Bigelow Kon grocery in Kansas. The report references New Haven block system and mentions Countess Primo Magic and President Wilson's daughter anecdotes with risqué asides.
The New Haven railroad loses financier J. P. Morgan as fiscal agent. The paper questions whether the company is bankrupt or in need of reform and suggests satirical cartoon ideas mocking the situation, including a burlesque of September Morn and a baseball about to be covered by a football.
Mrs. Merritt McCarty of Cleveland accuses her husband of threatening to cut off her hair. A Washington Heights man complains his wife makes him wash dishes. In Idaho two fingers save a life when a deputy sheriff is grazed by a bullet, not a snake bite, deflecting a mortal wound.
In a grim exchange from Puck, a hunter admits he came up in pursuit of rare game after fatally shooting a guide. The bereaved former guide questions the hunter as he breathes his last, the hunter’s face falling in rueful surprise.
The Fort Collins Express reports a woman died at 2 pm on Sunday in a peaceful death. The account praises her as having fulfilled her Christian duties and completed life’s race, awaiting reunion with loved ones in the afterlife.
James J. Hill, aged 75, marks a grand birthday via a special luxury train from St. Paul to Glacier National Park. The Empire Builder voyage honors his career with Great Northern veterans aboard as he funds lavish experiences and expands his business empire across railroads and finance.
Leading Seattle financial interests endorse title insurance as safe economical and convenient. The First National Bank of Seattle informs investors that State supervised title examination and insurance with a large indemnity fund meet community needs for a trusted land title system.
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