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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1910
Page
4
The author argues that Mexico’s current upheaval stems from colonial Spanish bloodlines and conquest-era vengeance. He claims eleven million Indians or part Indian of sixteen million people, with the ruling class tracing largely to Spanish ancestry, and predicts retribution for past cruelties.
A contemplative essay argues that those who fall lowest can rise highest while condemning those who stay down. The piece contrasts workers aboard a ship and a locomotive with the lives of the rag picker and the rich, warning that big minds are needed in rich homes to end the cycle of poverty from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves.
A historic call argues that one third of U S coal land remains government owned and should be leased under strict safety terms. It condemns selling public resources and warns mining tragedies must not be repeated by greed and ignorance.
Fragmented notes discuss meat price drops in cold storage, potential President Madero’s fate, Mexico’s unrest, Rye’s troops fed on pepper and beans, Hitchcock’s raids hurting business, a Sage memorial city project for profit, and Yarini’s funeral in Havana amid white slave traffic scandal.
Interview with Maud Roches owner of a monkey act at the Orpheum. She discusses her weight of 185 pounds, her entry into monkey training through marriage, daily rehearsals, and the difficulty of managing monkeys and their energy.
A 1910 letter to a father critiques Senator Penrose’s plan to appoint George T. Oliver to the Senate citing “Special Privilege” and clashes with public choice. The missive mocks political favors, recalls names like Tom Carter Hemenway and Hansborough, and touches on press items about retrenchment. It ends with a note on the Chingko tree imported from China and a closing signature Rath.
Berkeley is declared dry while Oakland remains wet in a novel sentence. Judge Brown orders probation for the offender with daily police reporting and a ban on leaving Berkeley without court permission.
A moving picture camera records 2780 photographs per minute or 46 per second. Dance at Dreamland tonight.
A chorus girl Miss Dallas Doe pursued stardom after bribing a trolley motorman for a kiss. She now stars in a popular play earning large daily sums, with media noting a Pittsburg millionaire suitor as rumor swirls.
A fragmentary vignette describes a single house scene at midnight with a mouse amid items including an insurance path a store fat assignment a packing box of excelsior and a box of sulphur matches. The piece ends abruptly with The End.
In New York a Brooklyn judge hears the tangled case of Michael Leo McLaughlin, a child at the center of a custody battle as both parents remarried. The boy, now years old, testifies he loves both parents. the court urges the parents to settle. Michael ultimately leaves with his mother.
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