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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
4
President Wilson states that true Americans do not see themselves in groups and that national belonging is an individual identity rather than a collective label. He argues that a person who thinks in terms of nations or groups cannot be authentically American.
Congressman Will E. Humphrey writes Seattle's Central Labor Council praising provisions that aid sailors and passenger safety but objects to other sections of the La Follette Seamen's Law. He criticizes language requirements for crew and claims Pacific ships carry Chinese crews under the American flag, while Atlantic ships use American crews. He argues the law could affect Pacific fleets but not Atlantic ones, suggesting bias in ship staffing practices. A second note discusses Japan and China with satirical commentary on imperial aims and regional power plays.
The St Bernardino electorate recalls a preacher-turned-mayor on charges of incompetence and favoritism toward regulations affecting jitneys. The note references scripture, contradicting the situation as there were no jitneys and no Isaiah-era recalls.
A jumble notes famous figures like C Alicea Dale and A Cheshire with frock coats, a councilman clash, and a staged tamento. Banter about banana eggs, provincial indictments, tax on liquor dealers, and local civic quips fill a hectic page with fleeting anecdotes and verses.
In San Francisco on September 29 the cavemen in Mary Austin's Fire at Court of the Universe threaten to strike if not allowed warmer costumes. Lead actor Ernest Clewe shivered as icy winds cut between his knees and chattered his teeth during the scene.
Jacob M. Dickinson, receiver of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, sues New York directors for seven and a half million dollars. Isaac N Maxwell, 70, and Jennie Y Maxwell, 65, of Renton, remarried after six years apart. Samuel Lender shot at a garment workers strike in Chicago. Marguerite Grossano, 12, abducted from a father's farm near Chicago. Carrie Smith, longtime YWCA secretary, to resign and travel east.
Letters to The Star praise Ford vehicle standardization to save taxpayers money and urge officials to rely on driving skills rather than chauffeurs. A critic condemns past penal abuses aboard the prison ship Success as a mirror of today’s justice system and questions modern freedoms.
An offer for relief from piles and hemorrhoids is advertised as a private home remedy. A free trial box with booklet is mailed in a plain wrapper upon request, with fields for name street city state.
An 81 year old writer argues that many seniors are unjustly discarded. He recalls feeling in prime years from 60 to 65 and asserts capability for all tasks from stamping mail to bookkeeping. He contends laborers deserve fair wages for a day's work.
The narrator recalls wandering past a shooting gallery and rides at a fair, discovering a high wheeled sulky tucked away amid stables. Amid stalls and crowds, a stocky man bellows and the crowd cheers as horses race to the wire, while a boy with 40 cents hides his money to treat his mother.
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