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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1911
Page
4
A fragmented critique argues that system abuses by Boss Furth and his corporation implicate both passengers and workers. It contends many conductors sympathize with riders, yet feel coerced by fear and economic pressure, framing the transfers game as a shared misfortune.
A collage of quips and curiosities: Lafayette Choate of Birmingham Missouri tethered his wife to a harrow and rode a mule around a corn field four times. Monks in the Alps reportedly use wireless telegraphy to aid Duzzard rescue. A Wisconsin minister turns down $3 for a senate prayer. Whittier lines and a playful spoof on procrastinating Mexicans appear, plus a comic about a soda clerk and a dope dispenser amid winter plumbing woes at Toledo Blade.
A fragmentary eighteenth century style sonnet mixed with humorous asides and garbled text in a Baltimore scene. The speaker questions love and fate while a chaotic exchange references a hammock, laughter, and playful mispronunciations.
A brief domestic vignette shows a daughter and mother in conversation with a father who notes the girl’s small feet and jokes about his own large feet. A tense moment arises as an angry voice in the dark questions a boy about wealth and a car. The scene shifts to a newspaper gag about a father admonishing his daughter for whispering and a passerby’s curiosity about a red nose.
A fragmentary exchange shows a character named Donald returning a ring to a pawnshop after a dispute over money. The dialogue mentions Marion and a surprised response about entering through a parlor window, implying a comedic or dramatic scene.
Jones returns to his old village where nothing has changed. He boasts of London carriages a motor car and a library of two thousand books while his walls display a full set of Titians. The crowd reacts with astonishment as an old yokel asks if there is any way to kill them.
A London Opinion remark describes a man’s penetrating glance that insulted a speaker, who recalls the instant of being looked at as if unworthy, then the person turned away.
It notes that awareness grows that Texas politics are moving beyond Senator Bailey's dominance as public minds reassess state leadership and policy direction.
A jumble of humor and verse items. notes include a quip about keeping house in Bethel New Jersey and a captioned nickname The Girl. It mentions Niagara Falls daredevil in a barrel and a vacation query. The piece closes with a Richard Henry Stoddard excerpt and a limerick about Bert.
The weekly prize letter honors Alice Anderson of Auburn as winner and promotes swimming as a healthful activity. It extols how swimming strengthens back, arms, and legs, prevents deformities, and aids in emergencies at sea, urging everyone to learn to swim.
Grace Rornne of Boxine Artonien Wash submits a prize winning essay and photo on Swine ming. The narrative begins with a boast about timber on an upper sand bar and two brothers planning to retrieve wood using pik poles axes and a hammer.
A civic note from 13 year old Louise Neff urges Learn to Swim to prevent drownings in Seattle. The letter highlights drowning as a frequent result of not swimming and emphasizes health and daily activity benefits. Also mentions local letters from Circle members to Uncle Jack.
A Gulf of Mexico lighthouse keeper reported a body with a fish tail resembling a mermaid, claiming it links myth and reality. The skeleton, well preserved, was sent to the Louisiana Historical Society for examination.
A humorous reflection on self made men and women finding pace after changes, noting how removal of status symbols leaves people exposed. The piece recalls fashion shifts like tooth pick shoes and jokes about the vanity of having one's name printed and kept in a city directory.
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