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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1911
Page
4
A garbled collection of poems and lines mentions sea life sailors and tragedy. It includes phrases about crabs lobsters fishes and the sea alongside lamenting couplets about a star Mary Ames and a grandmother. The text shifts to snippets about Little Willie and other disjointed entries.
A fragmented discussion portrays real estate dealers as builders of growth advocating free lumber and expanded irrigation while criticizing lawyers and politicians. They urge better immigrant placement, natural resource conservation, and public-domain protection, arguing for practical housing and farm development over urban expansion.
New York employers and workers discuss cracking down on loan sharks with new rules. Tactics limit wage attachments and promote savings among employees while bosses pressure lenders to avoid high interest. Potlatch in miniature events to entertain children mark the final days of vacation with daily stunts.
A reader praises a Minneapolis style waste disposal method where housewives drain moisture from trash wrap it, and place it in a can. Garbage is carried to an incinerator in clean bundles, burning to ash without handling or odor. The letter urges adoption to save fuel and money.
Article notes a proposed machine to distribute cards and share deals in a game. Mention of attaching it to mining stock and a Nebraska labor commissioner flooded with farmhand applications signals broad interest in automation and labor trends. A remark about workers returning to rural work prompts comments on employment demand and gender roles.
Readers fault Seattle Transit tactics and transfer rules led to a fellow passenger being ejected from a Lake car. GEO J Hibbard urges a vigilance committee and signs a petition for accountability amid unsanitary Lake Union dumping near the gas plant. H. M. T. notes Lake Washington strawberry fields opening at 15 cents per gallon.
A noisy appeal hints at potential payments and quieting dissent. The text suggests coercive pressure and a warning that payments may be required to suppress unrest as tensions rise.
A jumble of novelty lines and anecdotes mentions Jones, Laura Lean Jibby, a Chicago bathing incident, a New York quarantine witness, sloe gin, and a Barrry Historical Society note on Ottawa chiefs. It also touches on marriage postponements, Japanese whale flesh, a divorce lawyer remark, and Luther Burbank plums.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a English visitor seeking his brother Williamson believed dead by suicide years ago. The scene mentions a feud culture linked to Kentucky drinks and life, with terse exchanges about absent kin and ill fate. No clear events or dates emerge.
Snelling Cal August 4. A humorous look at a rookie rider and a sly pony on a ranch corral. The scene, a timeless cowboy rite, ends with the rider hitting the ground as laughter and chaos erupt. The caption notes the photo is real and mirrors cattle country life through generations.
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