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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1911
Page
4
The piece argues two rival groups threaten society: profit-leaning employers who crush workers and violent labor radicals. It asserts both are enemies, with the top-tier offenders harming through economic power, while labor's violence is condemned. It warns distrust between labor and capital fuels war and calls for restraint and social reform. Then a holiday PSA urges early shopping for Yuletide cheer.
A fragmentary account imagines President Taft hearing from Thomas Edison about staying at home while traveling across the continent using talking machine and moving picture tech. The scene features Edison demonstrations, Taft vetoing tariff, praise for judges, and cheering for La Follette as Miles Poindexter pushes to abolish a court of commerce.
The passage notes Laura Harlan daughter of the late Justice Harlan must work to support herself after her father's death. It reflects on Justice Harlan’s own financial struggles and praises the dignity of a daughter earning her bread. A casual remark references Seattle merchants and the abundance of toys in windows.
The text notes a decade of rural population decline by 45 600 with Chicago holding 39 percent of the nation’s population and expanding. It observes fewer people producing food as more consume it and calls the shift a modern tendency aimed at improving the world rather than despair.
A reader urges exposing patent medicine fakers profiting from the poor and urges warning readers. The letter notes personal sickness and failed treatments from quack doctors, warning of swindles targeting workingmen. It also includes a scene of youths under an electric light and a woman shouting at them, with a passing policeman mentioned.
The passage catalogs satirical lines about city life, service drops, and a Crawford franchise dispute. It recalls Mille and Milla schemes, a taffy feeding offer, and a protest tone against authorities, with scattered dialogues and playful misreadings.
A brief foreign note discusses Portugal near a new revolt to restore King Manuel. The piece also toys with wordplay and asks about common usage and gendered language in a series of quirky questions and quotes, hinting at social attitudes of the era.
A passerby delivers a quirky verse as trains move through the station area. The man’s improvised lines about the engine and chilly air reflect a street performance vibe near the tracks.
A collage of comments and quips from readers and columns. References range from Samuel Allerton on youth in Chicago markets to Baltimore women readers and a Missouri elopement, with holiday worries and playful verse on coal, manners, accents, and clams.
A reader laments constant beef or chicken options while referencing the scarce new animal called okapt. The note implies limited practical food value and ongoing scarcity impacting meals.
A fragment quotes Horace Walpole remarking that he never goes to church though he sees no harm in it. The dialogue also features a joking exchange about marriage and wealth, mentioning a man who loses a million. The excerpt reflects social wit from Life magazine.
A reporter quotes Yarvard crew claiming they would have beaten rivals if not for six crabs caught. The victorious captain derides the claim, while a lawyer questions insanity evidence and comments on employment as proof.
The excerpt shows Grace shifting priorities as romantic hopes fade and she turns to bridge. Dialogue hints at a resignation to solitude while a new pastime fills her time.
A dialogue reveals a man’s method of delivering discipline to his wife by speaking through a locked study door. The exchange frames firmness as a demanded domestic standard and hints at gender roles within the home.
Disjointed lines depict a judge and participants discussing luck and travel, mentioning a daughter and a steamer trunk. The text shows conversational fragments with incomplete phrases and mismatched punctuation, lacking a coherent narrative or clear outcome.
A fragment notes Wombat's whereabouts after an eventful evening. The report records an opera sighting followed by a sighting in a bar, suggesting a sequence of locations rather than a single occurrence.
A man recalls ending a friendship with his roommate who he believed was harmless. The conflict arose as the roommate continually imagined himself in a football rush, leading to a necessary separation. No quarrel occurred, and they parted as friends.
A humorous remark about a child asking to be cut exactly like his father. The boy specifies a round hole at the top where the head goes through, adding a playful twist to a routine haircut request.
In a breezy backstage exchange, an heiress teases a Count about weather and luck while a flustered Mr Pamp er recalls a perilous Alps moment. The humorous quip centers on a lost ticket and the Count’s unexpected role during a dramatic snowslide.
Head clerk recalls a man presenting a foreign language written order and cannot tell if it was for soap perfumery or candy. Another clerk notes such prescriptions arise occasionally and he once filled one.
A brief exchange occurs as two people arrange to meet at the corner. One notes the time is near 4, while the other suggests a quicker meetup earlier at 3, reflecting everyday negotiation and timing in a crowded street scene.
A damaged Washington Star fragment shows jumbled remarks about living styles and sports. The text mentions stewed peanuts a steam yacht and a fall hat with unclear speakers including Johnny Henry and Buggins. It ends noting a football games today impression.
Florence Malone, leading actress in The Commuters at the Metropolitan, tells The Star interviewer she will not marry soon. She discusses loneliness, stage life, truth in marriage, gossip as a vice, and verdicts on divorces shown at the courthouse, noting she reads widely and values honest thinking.
A Yonkers Statesman verse recalls a troubled romance. The speaker laments a broken promise and a heartbreak as a lover breaks two twenty cent cigars, finishing with a rueful note on luck and affection.
A Johnstown Democrat comic note cites England’s spending as a guide to personal purchases. The quip compares naval arms to a wife’s preference for gowns, reflecting humorous commentary on wartime procurement and domestic spending.
A playful exchange highlights a plan to shop downtown with Mabel, noting one friend joins another despite lacking money, suggesting saving by shared purchases. The dialogue captures a lighthearted social moment likely from a neighborhood column.
A candidate expresses gratitude to all supporters and especially the twenty three gentlemen who formed the majority.
Dr. Lynott offers free boxes of medicine to kidney and uric acid patients nationwide, saying ten thousand dollars in relief will be sent to those who fill a coupon. He stresses 26 years of experience and guarantees no charge now or later, inviting all sufferers to write for treatment.
A reader lists numerous health complaints including back pain frequent urination burning pain in the urinary tract prostatic trouble stomach gas soreness under the ribs general debility dizziness knee hip neck head kidney and joint pains muscle swelling nerve pain acute or chronic rheumatism and related issues. The items reflect varied bodily regions and conditions.
A reader signs a form from Dr T Frank Lynott at 4820 Occidental Building Chicago requesting free medicines, an illustrated medical book, and any advice for cure. The message asks that no charges apply and includes a name BR.F. D. or Street County as the sender.
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