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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1915
Page
7
A young man earns the label good spender for running up rounds and generous offers at a saloon. the scene contrasts his lively start with a later image of a broken man who realizes his former good spending harmed himself and his family, learning true value in prudent use of money.
By Herbert Quick the article argues war requires rapid brain power over brute force. It notes 32000 inventions offered to Britain and others, praises Secretary Daniels civilian board on invention, and warns against poor financial sense in building a navy and army. It laments mobilizing global intellect for war while peace seems distant and criticizes costly, inefficient spending.
A well known actor abroad on pleasure trip in South America receives a playful New York cable and replies with a humorous rock express. A British sergeant and recruit joke in a battlefield hole leads to a quip about who found it first. Various light items include a humorous hat remark and a fish joke, with exchanges from a Judge and a theater manager. An amusing police aid tale follows about two missing dogs Queenie and Henry Grattenhaler’s bulldog.
The piece notes the Frisco collapse and Rock Island receivership after a $38,348 due bill, with Rock Island stock plunging from $81 to under $1. It questions the reality of Postal stock at such levels and pivots to a satirical query about sculpting a hero in the act of spraying chlorine gas.
A Western traveler group encounters Osage Indians near a way station in Oklahoma. They describe them as filthy and starving yet receive a coin gift from one woman who believes they must be hungry. The piece notes the tribe's annual income of 2500 dollars per person from oil land leases.
The Bingtown Bugle reports rising enlistment fever as residents claim their country is invaded by General Humidity. The piece mocks generic foreign foes and notes local nerves about threats from unspecified enemies. A separate line suggests a girl bored by romance in a novel may thrill at a love letter.
The piece notes President Wilson pursues a sane, businesslike navy expansion amid internal and external pressure. It contrasts official aims with naval contractor demands, warns extremists may misread the administration, and cites figures and names like Joe Bailey, C A Culberson, Oscar Branch Co, and references to prohibition and John Wanamaker.
A fragmentary vignette implies a man tests a saddle horse on a Friday the 13th. Dialog hints at clerks and a young ethnographer. The tone echoes a stage or panel scene with a tense, unnamed setting.
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