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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1913
Page
4
The text emphasizes easier prevention than repair, urging care of a child's health. It advocates giving outdoor time, wholesome food, and proper sleep to foster a healthy grown adult with strong disease resistance.
Opinion piece arguing workers die every quarter hour in the U S and calling for broad, cross‑sectional conferences in October in Harrisburg to reduce accidents by fire and health waste through shared action by labor unions stockholders insurers public officials and humane groups.
The piece argues the Puget Sound Traction company acted arbitrarily by ending a two year streetcar fare privilege. It notes a public service commission hearing set for next Monday in Seattle and urges a square deal for residents. The clipping also adds brisk notes on shale discovery in Skye and other scattered items.
A London Sketch line mocks a child and a man’s attire while a Washington anecdote critiques post meal talk. The first piece features a playful boy and a dad’s old clothes with red facial whiskers. The second quips that after turkey and sage the audience shifts to sage with turkey in a light peacemaking toast.
A National Guard cavalry officer questions a trooper about his horse’s matches. The trooper reveals the horse won plowing contests, not racing, explaining the victories were in a different arena and the horse’s true talent lay in plowing.
A father recalls his daughter sitting on his lap and asking if God made him. She then looks in the mirror and asks if God also made her father, remarking that it seems God is doing better work lately.
The passage notes a varied crowd rushing to the diamond fields after the 1869 Kimberley discovery, comparing diamond hunts to gold strikes and observing that while diamond supply rose, prices stayed high because vanity fuels adornment. Pyren the geologist cannot explain the diamonds' origins.
If Huerta is hanging on for a job, we’ll hire him to whistle for taxis in front of a Seattle hotel. A lunch hour reveals how many visible typewriters exist, though one need not understand machinery. Pine cloth is lighter than voile and more clingy than crepe de chine.
Italian jurors in the Chariton murder trial receive 85 cents daily for their service while the state provides spaghetti and red ink. The dialogue also mentions a wine merchant and various unrelated remarks about a baby and a seahorse.
Estelle Reilly, worldly and ambitious, chases a stage career after a bet to prove she could break into show business. A manager’s curt rejection spurs her, and she lands vaudeville work before becoming the leading lady in Officer 666 at the Metropolitan theatre two months ago.
In New York on September 24 Eric Mikenen was arrested after two nursemaids claimed he took rings as tokens of affection and refused to return them. Sent to Bellevue for observation, doctors deemed him sane though his speech baffled interpreters. The court investigated his Finnish dialect like a foreign language.
An irate mother editor complains about public schools failing to teach reading and writing while children are relegated to basement lunchrooms. She contrasts neat homes and hardworking fathers with classrooms where progress seems blocked and children guess at words. An ex teacher lampoons reliance on parental help.
The Seattle Theatre drew a delighted audience last night with a lively performance of Wildfire. Spectators praised the scenery and acting, noting the production compares favorably to Lillian Russell’s earlier Seattle showing. Tickets range from 30c to 50c with matinees at 25c.
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