The Seattle Star Publication Notice
An incomplete OCR fragment from a Seattle newspaper shows a postal style header with publication details and an address line, indicating a standard issue masthead segment.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1916
Page
5
An incomplete OCR fragment from a Seattle newspaper shows a postal style header with publication details and an address line, indicating a standard issue masthead segment.
The Star reports Serbian children rescued to southern France face freezing injuries and disability. An American committee, including Frederick Coudert, seeks $30,000 to establish a hospital unit for the Serbian forces near Salonika. Donations may be sent to the Franco-Serbian Field Hospital Committee of America in New York.
The sixty fourth congress saw 17800 bills introduced in the house with 252 enacted into law and 4254 resolutions introduced, 33 adopted. Most measures were not intended to pass, serving campaign or constituent needs, while a large number were tabled or pigeonholed. The article muses on future reforms to curb meaningless bills.
The piece mocks candidate Hughes for ignorance of wage-earners conditions and cost of living. It argues he has shown interest only since seeking the presidency, suggesting he lacks understanding of wages, bread, and housing for workers, while others like Penrose and Smoot eat cake.
An advertisement urges older readers to try Dean's Kidney Pills to ease backache and urinary discomfort due to aging kidneys. It claims no narcotics, cites Seattle users like Mrs. Thos J Ryan of 324 John St, and presents the product as a tonic improving kidney function and reducing weakness.
In a seaside village, whispers claim a famed smuggling ring operates under customs noses. A police launch and a large reward heighten alert as locals discuss the steamer incident, while guests weigh trust and caution among new acquaintances and long travels.
A speaker visits Mrs. Graham in her bare cottage near the village. She rejects the idea of home, laments the ocean, and reveals she is from the South loving warmth, flowers, and trees as summer nears.
Contest prize winners are offered an extra 10 percent value on credit letters up to 125 dollars when buying from Eilers Masterhouse in Seattle. Credit letters redeemable toward any piano or player piano from Kimball Marshall & Wendell Chickering Decker Storey Clark Cable Steger Hagerton and others. Purchases include flexible terms with weekly payments and no extra charge for the discount.
Gabrielle and Elizabeth recall a morning encounter with Gordon Bennett on a damp voyage. A lost ivory comb reels in the water as a storm roars over the cottage. Neighbors gather near the fireplace while Mary Anne returns soaked with fear, reporting a wild night and a man they fear is on the sea.
On a stormy island morning the party learns Mrs Bundy was robbed of valuable jewels at a crowded hotel. Suspicions fall on a guest list, and Lady Edith contemplates hiding her own keepsakes. Elizabeth suggests using a safe, easing the hostess’s nervousness as the group enjoys a bright, gossip filled morning.
Attorney Crawford White and Dr. Harry Shaw each contribute five dollars to start a relief fund for Motorcycle Police Officer M. S. Arbogast. Shaw serves as physician for the police relief association.
A collage of faux debutante banter and Vulgar quips drifts through a miscellany of small town newspaper bits. Brief jokes touch on love, tailor woes, counterfeit money, and casual gossip noting a ball player named Kelly and a street rumor about Fred Seads.
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