Roosevelt on the Courts and people’s control looming
Former President Roosevelt predicts the people will reform courts by electing honest judges and recalling dishonest ones. He says the next big job is to remove sacred dignity from courts and curb power of the rich. Attorney General Wickersham warns recalls could turn judiciary to mob rule amid Wall Street trust cases.
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Roosevelt
Campbell
People's Representatives
United States
Col. Roosevelt
Wickersham
Wickershams
Ballingers
What the craze for variety costs Mrs Richards of Boston
Mrs Ellen H Richards of Boston laments rising living costs driven by consumer desire for variety. She cites more frequent mail, extra telephone charges, pricier groceries, hardwood floors, bigger entertaining bills, and longer meals. She urges a standard based on minimum needs to maintain efficiency.
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Ellen H. Richards
Boston
Hobbling the Money Trust and Calls for Reform
The piece argues weak banks fall to stronger ones forming a money trust led by Morgan Rockefeller Kuhn Loeb Co. It notes Attorney General Wickersham seeking legislation to control the trust and questions how such changes could be achieved, joking about disrupting universal laws.
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Money Trust
Morgan, Rockefeller, Kuhn, Loeb Co
New York
Wickersham
Aldrich Central Bank
Observations on Propositions and Historical Oddities
A spirited miscellany notes a Frisco club rejecting a Teddy banquet proposal and hints at uneasy ties with Young Mexico. It recalls Turkey’s purges and Abdul’s banishment, mocks a lost priceless records claim from New York’s capitol fire, and quips about field correspondents in Mexico. It ends with Taft forming an Ananias club and Ed Hines’ Springfield testimony about Lorimer.
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New York
Capitol
Bill Taft
Ananias Club
Ed Hines
Springfield
Lorimer
Gas billing inquiry prompts reader concerns to editor
A reader asks if gas customers in the city can receive fair treatment from the gas company. The writer cites a Supt Valentine claim of a future aid, says a recent bill for three lights and two gas plates with 14 feet of hose totaled $15.50, compared with prior bills of $3.50 and $2.50, and questions the honesty of a 28 day charge.
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Supt. Valentine
Noted teen talk and comic quips from modern child
A collection of humorous lines about school life and parental expectations. Jokes contrast children’s school tasks with chores and a playful misinterpretation of language. Includes a tadpole becoming a frog and a light discussion prompt.
Boyland Everywhere and the Burden of Growing Up
A poem split between two speakers, exploring nostalgia for boyhood and the pull of adulthood. The first section laments dull work and recurring springtime memories of carefree days, while the second, voiced as Willie, longs to become a man and treat his future children fairly, noting his father’s insistence that boyhood remains universal.
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Father
Two-Minute Vaudeville Sketch With Banter
A short vaudeville exchange features Slap and Thad bantering about fishing. The dialogue flips jokes on bait versus angling skill, with wordplays about fish catching and a mistaken line about reeling in a drunken bite. The routine relies on rapid gags and audience-friendly humor.
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Thad
A Prosaic Affair Inspires Washington Herald Cartoon
The Washington Herald features a comic strip exchange on romance and marriage. A couple debates premarital affection and wedding gifts with dry humor about kissing and rings. The wife is practical claiming cooking and steady work as the couple’s true romance.
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Washington Herald
Tommy’s Corner Answer Sparks School Humor
A six year old boy named Tommy quips that he stands in the corner in reply to a visitor asking his place in school. The wry remark reflects playful classroom humor from a Harper’s illustration.
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Tommy
Harper's
Foreman Denies Theft as Holmes Questions Words
A Chicago News item quotes Sherlock Holmes doubting a foreman’s innocence by noting calloused hands and asking to see his tongue. The Courier News fragment shows a bridegroom’s sister cautioning about rumors at a bishop’s wedding question.
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Sherlock Holmes
Chicago News
Then It Happened Then They Fled Across Rio Grande
Ki Hop a Cantonese man reached Mexico and sought smugglers to ferry him into the United States. The smugglers planned to ship him in a barrel or row him in a skiff as freight. A revenue launch intercepted them in the Rio Grande forcing a quick getaway.
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Nat Goodwin
Cincinnati
Goodwin
Popular Magazine
Ki Hop
Mexico
United States
Rio Grande
Dignity and a merger in clever quips
A congressman famed for dignity jokes about burglars in the house and senate. A witticism on a brilliant marriage turning into a merger when heirs loom. A playful home training exchange ends with a comic mom and son dialogue.
William Duncan’s half century of Alaska mission and progress
A biographical sketch of Rev. William Duncan who left England at 26 to evangelize and civilize Metlakatla Alaska. He taught Christianity and practical skills, built a fine church, organized a band, promoted sports, and fostered education, leaving a lasting foundation as he, at 79, plans transfer to a younger successor.
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Alaska
Rev
William Duncan
England
Metlakatla
Metlakatia
Russia
Union
California
Seward
United States
Duncan
Northland
North
Father Duncan
Strollers Column Details Bicycle Comeback After Years
A city businessman returns to cycling to curb weight gain. He buys a bicycle for 25 dollars, once paid 150. The seller warns that bicycles now share roads with cars and riders must watch for automobiles as the fastest riders no longer have right of way.
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Porfirio
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Josh Wise
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Pele Mele
Miss Willing
Chicago Tribune
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Fredeschaeff
Our Daily
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House
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Misa Cayenne
Washington Star
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Puck
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Nowell
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Lipyitair
Kirkland
Burke & Farrar
Prof. Johnson
Yale University
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Berkeley
San Francisco
Seattle
Fourth Ave
P.1
Federal Paint & Wall Paper Company
Houghton & Hunter
Jewelers
Fire Ave
Third and Yoslar
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Yesler
Home of the Fame
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Kovesti
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