The Clock of Destiny Tolls for the Supreme Court
Opinion piece denounces the U S Supreme Court as an unelected, unaccountable body and argues democracy will force reform or removal from power. It claims the court holds unchecked authority and must become elective or lose power to legislate. The piece frames recent judicial appointments as politics signaling future battles.
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Clock OF Destiny
United States Supreme Court
Dalai Liama
John Marshall
Supreme Court of the
United States
Senate
Congress
Supreme Court
Executive
The True Spirit of Christmas in a Commercial Age
The piece critiques modern Christmas giving as driven by materialism and social expectations. It warns gifts become burdens and money is spent on costly items while genuine acts of charity and kindness are neglected. It urges restoring spiritual meaning over exchange and consumer pressure.
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Paradise
Fattening of the Beef Trust Directors Vote Big Capital Increase
Swift & Co Chicago packers boost capitalization by 15.9 million dollars to 75 million dollars after a 25 year period of rapid growth. The editorial questions whether new capital or dividends funded the rise and links it to warnings that beef and mutton prices will stay high.
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Swift & Co
Chicago Packers
Weather and World News Spars with Light Notes
A mix of light items including warm Southern California weather, jokes about chumming with Uncle Joe, and a humorous legal quip about a husband whose money vanished. Mentions Harmon and Wilson in 1912 political debate, English penny postage pledge, a gemstone Morganite named for J Pierro, and a cautious Interstate Commerce Commission stance.
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Champ
Joe
Harmon
Wilson
Seattle Barbers See Fewer Shaves As Men Self-Care
A Seattle survey finds more men shave themselves to save money while barber shops suffer. Respondents note fewer shaves, poorer grooming, and increased self-application of haircuts and remedies. Some barbers worry about long term business decline amid self care trends.
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Seattle
Mos
Seconday Hotel
Frisco
Yesler
Boy Scoulds in a Farce of Scouting and Deceit
The article recounts Ongar and Adolf posing as Boy Scouts to raid a farm and feign virtue. They mock Scout discipline, are confronted by Kit Carson Boone and the town marshal Mr Slammer, and are jailed briefly for freight car pilfering. A Christmas liberty for the fake scouts is noted.
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Fredd Schaefer
Kit Carson Boone
Beout
Ongar
Adolf
Schultzelbank Patrol No. 1
Scoulds
Osgar
Kit Caraon Boone
Alzo
Mr. Slammer
Grizzly Bear Patrol No. 88
Tanbark Junction
Hoy Scoulds
Talks on Teeth by the Regal Dentists
The Regal Dentists present a practical plan to restore missing teeth using partial plates from two or more teeth in either jaw. They claim natural appearance and function, offer free examinations, and guarantee all work, with offices at 1405 Std Ave NW and Union St cross.
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Regal Dental Offices
Std Ave
N. W. Cor. Union St
Wells Fargo reward hoax sparks Seattle uproar in Strollers column
Ernest Shipman promotes a fake Wells Fargo reward for a show robber, triggering calls from amateur sleuths. The chaos prompts Shipman to quit and highlights a Sunday school vaccination dispute as Harold’s debut looms. A police note warns against counterfeit fire badges amid public confusion.
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Ernest Shipman
Haker Stock Company
Seattle
Wells Fargo
Ramares
Beattle Theatre
Wells Fargo Co
Ramarez
Shipman
No Experiment Claims Universal Benefit at Loughney Institute
The Loughney Institute advertises that after two and a half years of operation hundreds have benefited from its prescribed course of treatment. Doctors offer free consultations and provide references from many communities. They focus on skin, lungs, liver, stomach, bowels, kidneys, rheumatism, and other chronic ailments with hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays 9 a.m. to 12 m.
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Loughney Institute
Doctor’s telephone diagnosis sparks fireproof hay bill in New York
In New York a doctor advises patients to limit calls after a phone check on a child with suspected croup. The tale shifts to a stage火 scene where hay used in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm costs about $90 a ton and crumbles during performances due to fireproofing rules, creating a hefty hay bill for Klaw and Berger.
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New York
Rebecca
Sunnybroog Farm
Republic Theatre
Klaw
Bo Langer
Random Sentences Across Topics Stir reader Curiosity
A jumble of historic trivia and quips spans religion, travel, literature, and law. Notable notes include Taft, Elinor Glyn, and a jest about jury meals, with curious facts about Christmas customs, billiards, and the Panama Canal scale.
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Indigestion Relief
A homely sales blurb touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick fix for indigestion sour stomach heartburn and gas. It claims five minute relief from belching eructations and nausea while warning readers away from inferior remedies.
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Harmiees
Pape
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