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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
4
The piece notes over 60 000 New Yorkers sought municipal relief in 1909, an 80 percent rise in five years, and more than 100 000 sought lodging shelter. It argues tariff rhetoric masks wage stagnation as living costs rise and calls for voters to rebuke politicians selling tariff prosperity.
A political commentary celebrates rising progressive sentiment and voter empowerment. It praises Kansas victories and shifts in New York Massachusetts California Ohio Pennsylvania and Colorado. It targets Joe Cannon and allied elites as out of date and urges independent voters to embrace the era of the people.
Editor letters praise L. E. Peterson as a South district candidate for county commissioner and urge boosting him. A second letter critiques the Vacate piece, calling vacation demands a tool of parasitic employers and includes satirical verse and political jabs at Beattie steam laundries and Poindexter supporters.
A playful list highlights familiar figures and objects that routinely return. From Felts Domestica to the tax collector and the lawn mower, the piece notes how recurring items and characters reappear in daily life with a wink at cultural references like Santa Claus and Easter bonnets.
A fragment discusses right handedness with theories on heart dominance and evolutionary habits. It mentions theories of heart weight balance, ancient warfare with shielded left sides, and heredity as causes, followed by an ad snippet for a furniture extension table and a pool room prize offer.
Georgie, the village’s bravest lad, boasted he could dodge a steam roller. He jumped in front as it neared, claiming he would exit unharmed, but the result left him as part of the roadbed.
A collection of humorous vignettes and children's misstatements from a rural setting. Gerald rejects fresh milk after seeing the cow, Paul misremembers geography with a riddle, a girl imagines herself as the Stork delivering dolls, and siblings react to a mason using mortar in a playful domestic scene.
A collage of fleeting quips and notices spans topics from a taunting remark about a rival wife to remarks on temperance in schools and the Pilgrim Fathers tribute. It mentions India manufacturing matches, Norway and Sweden wrapping paper, tobacco costs in France, Hungarian remittance, and windmills in Turkey, with quick digressions on local personages and political names.
From Diana's Diary the narrator and Goldie Gumdrop plot to flee six miles out of the country to return by car and face neighbors. They hide in their house resting, complain of hot weather, and fear attention from Lady Meddisheimer while a noisy porch gang distracts them.
In a society column abroad Miss Van Bullion makes a striking impression replying to a question about her fortune she says about twelve million. The exchange highlights her social prominence in the referenced scene.
Two-Minute Vaudeville by Fred Schaeffer features a humorous skit where Slap Thud and Adam and Eve humor hinge on Adam being the original joke. The dialogue leans on a pun about Adam and Eve to spark laughter and reflects classic vaudeville wordplay.
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