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the Star
Hartford Building
Chicago
Tribune Building
New York
Second
Pike St
People’s Bank
Masonic Temple
Seattle
Portland
Pike Street
Fourth
Morrison Streets
Oregon
A. ©. Froom
FHE BETTER HALF A discussion of women and men in society
A reader asks if the editor believes women are better than men and argues that women elevate society. The piece asserts women soften masculine force, prevent selfishness, and sustain civilization, praising woman as the better half and urging respect for maternal influence.
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the Star
Savage theater talk and street dust mix in Chicago crowd
A jumble of notes from a Chicago club talk praising new theater, women’s club quips on plays for teaching children, and early 1900s verse about a sweeping tram and city dust. Reports mention misdated Shanghai firing correction and a distant earthworks claim.
JAP CRUISER LOST BEARING NEAR PORT ARTHUR
Report from Port Arthur dated April 14 notes a Japanese cruiser lost bearing near the harbor. Gen Dee Nyle, once Japanese attache at the James Street power house, dismisses Russian claims of extermination in five years. Russians received 96 carloads of bone fertilizer, details unclear.
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SU Sitty
Japan
Gen
Dee Nyle
Russia
United States
James Street
Port Arthur
History's Hilarities and a Bath Standoff Reference
An archival line recalls Charlotte Corday forcing entry to kill Marat and a wry magistrate reply about the janitor in the basement. The remark frames a critique of tyranny and comic misdirection amid a historical scene.
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Charlotte Corday
Marat
Quips and Quests Mixed in a Patchwork Parade
The column fuses playful (and antiquated) banter with literary allusions. It references infamies and eyeinet, a girl’s hatpin injuring a figure, Alexander the Great, and a joking exchange about conquest and purses. It also notes Behenectady to Tray distances and a taunting line about Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Little Eva.
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Eva
Beeda Chickens and Dickens In Yard Garden Tales
A collage of musings on yard life and society includes Beeda and Dickens references. It notes police stops in the United States vs England and features a comic verse about rose and dream girl. A brief obituary fragment mentions J. B Orner and a cured ulcer praise for Arnica and a local drug store advert.
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J. B Orner
Franklin Grove
Rhucklen
Arnica Saive
G. O, Guy., Inc, Drug Store
Second and
Yesler
The Only Standard Visible Writer Ad Offers Stenographer Positions
An old classified note proclaims rapid deployment of stenographers at no charge and promises access to a large stock of office devices and filing cases along the coast.
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Offine Devica
Harbin the Moscow of Asia in Manchuria bold and grand
The piece portrays Harbin as a rising industrial center in Manchuria, likening it to Moscow in scale. It notes its strategic river location, railway connections, and planned administration, housing, and public works. It cites Russian investment in Manchuria totaling about 257.6 million dollars across railways forts and city projects.
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Myat
Harbin
Vladivostok
Manchuria
Kostia
Port Arthur
Denny
Manhehuria
Harbin’s Racial Mix and New Civic Plans Under Manchurian Rule
A 193 census reports Harbin’s population at 900 with 40 Japanese and 300 of other nationalities including Germans and Greeks, while Russians predominate among residents. The city’s railway administration employs 11,000, and a Chinese workforce of about 40,000 supports flour mills, brick plants, vodka production, and three new breweries. An electric tram loop and a ten‑person carriage service are planned to link old town with the administration city, with fares at ten cents.
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Menehhurta
Harbin
Vladivostok
Old Town
Prestin
Manchuria
Ruselans
Pacific
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Cure for Lung Ailments
Meelbourne resident H Mageines credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life after a consumption scare. The product, offered by G O Guy Inc druggists, promises relief for throat and lung diseases with trial bottles free and full bottles priced at 50 cents and 1.00.
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H. Mageines
Meelbourne
Pls
Dr. King
G. O. Guy, Inc
Good Roads Bill Discussed at Alsen Club Meeting
A measure to let miners perform or pay for road work was debated at the Alsen Club in Hamm and Schmitz building. The proposal would credit 11 percent of assessment work to the claimant and send the bill to the legislative committee for drafting to present to Senator Ankeny. The commerce committee urged supporting a privately built ship at Nome and requiring duplicate passenger lists for ships leaving the U S.
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Alseken
Hamm & Schmitz
Roa
Hie
Legislative Committee
United States Bermtor Ankeny
Committee of Commerce
Gub
Nome
United States
Divorce Granted in Cruelty Case Cheethams
Superior Judge Griffin granted Abraham Cheetham a divorce from Milen Cheetham yesterday on grounds of cruelty. Miran Cheetham had sued, but he proved she caused the domestic unhappiness. Under the Young Men’s club auspices Edwards & W. GM will lecture at Plymouth Congregational church on Hawaii.
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Abraham Cheetham
Milen Cheetham
Griffin
Miran Cheetham
Young Men's Club
Edwins& W. GM
Plymouth Congregational Church
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