Both The Seattle Times and Seattle P-I covered Farmer's release from Western State Hospital. The two articles were almost identical, and even ran on the same page in the same place on July 2, 1944.
The article in The Seattle Times states that Farmer was released to her mother after being "completely cured." The article then goes on to lightly discuss Farmer's plans for the future, including her desire to eventually get back into filmmaking and her possible interest in nursing. The article focuses on her future and does not address her experiences, and Farmer's mother is quoted often, even mentioning how much healthier Farmer appears.
Similarly, the Seattle P-I article states that after Farmer's complete cure, she was released from the hospital to her mother. Like the article in The Seattle Times, it discusses Farmer's desire to return to acting; however, it never acknowledges any desire on Farmer's part to pursue nursing, and features her mother less prominently than The Seattle Times does. Instead, the P-I briefly mentions how Farmer's "split personality was reportedly mended in the Steilacoom institution," and how Farmer's mother saw the "psychopathic results... as almost miraculous."
Pictured below, the articles are strikingly similar, with slightly differing approaches: the P-I focuses on Farmer's actual recovery, and The Times focuses on Farmer's future.
The Seattle Times, 1/15/43
