Where Do You Stand on Wilson and Equal Suffrage
A political column questions Woodrow Wilson stance on women's suffrage arguing his delay mirrors party boundaries. It criticizes courtesy to the Democratic Party and calls for clear position supporting enfranchisement. Also mentions transit transfers printing on St Louis Street cars and bellhops responding to suffragist inquiries in a Chicago hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Congress
Democratic Party
Woodrow Wilson
St. Louis
Spectators Pack Mexico City Amphitheater for Bullfight Display
The article notes 25 000 residents filling an amphitheater to see Belmonte and Ganona perform as a bullfight exhibit. It contrasts public interest in entertainment with apathy toward politics, arguing that underlying loyalty to government shapes behavior during peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lthough
Huerta
Mexico
Belmonte
Ganona
George
Minnesota city bars married women from police exams
Minnesota officials bar women who are in love from police force examinations and extend the rule to married women unless commissioners decide they still love their husbands. The policy signals gatekeeping based on marital status and presumed affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota City
Controversial remarks and odd notices from a bygone issue
A collage of quoted lines includes threats against a bandit, a plan to release him from a mine, and a claim about starving him. It also reports a New Jersey woman who bought a ticket to heaven for 300 dollars before death, with relatives contesting the will. Additional items include a job ad seeking a versatile young woman, a Seattle weather quip, and a note on U.S. nut imports and suffragists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Heaven
Humorous Child Tales and Quirky Courtroom Snippets
Readers share amused exchanges from daily life with youngsters and adults. A boy explains standing on his head to avoid wearing shoes while a Sunday School question yields a sharp punchline about the quick and the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goosenberry
Tommy
Letters to The Star from McNeil Island, dinners, and Chittenden
A reader denies reforms at McNeil Island Prison stating the stool pigeon system persists and claims a spy follows them to Seattle. A suggestion urges city families to invite a mealless worker to Christmas dinner. Gen Chittenden thanks The Star for support of Port Commission projects noting ballots wording may have skewed outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M'Neil Island
the Star
Uncle Sam's
McNeil'a Island
Gen. Chittenden
Port Commission
H. M. Chittenden
State Powder Factory Commission Named to Study Cost
Governor Lister appointed a commission after a year’s delay to study whether Washington should establish a state owned stamp powder factory to supply stump removal powder to ranchers at lower cost. The 56,000 appropriation sits idle until the commission reports and the public seeks lower prices from the powder trust. In Chicago a dispute over liberty’s torch or lamp sparked a rooming house fight and two arrests.
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State Powder Factory
the Star
Lister
State of Washington
Departments of State
Washington, D. C
A. T. Churchill
Chicago
Tango Lesson With Teenie Ford At the Metropole
Abe Hurwitz recalls interviewing Esther Ford, stage star Teenie from Scotland, at the Metropole Theatre. He recalls her youthful charm, Boston lilt, and a playful dressing room tango lesson she gave him between showings.
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Perso
Esther Pord
Shire
Bobbie Liurns
United States
Boston
Misa Ford
Financier Fails to Unseat Supreme Court Judge in Drama
The Seattle Theatre staging of The Lion and the Mouse recounts financier John B Rider known as the Octopus failing to unseat Judge Rossmore. Shirley Rossmore saves her father’s name as engagement with Jefferson Ryder is announced. Bailey and Mitchell present a gripping Charles Klein drama with admission unchanged at 50 cents night seats and 25 cents matinees.
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John Burkett Ryder
United States
Octopus
Judge Rossmore
Supreme Court of
Ryder
Shirley Rossmore
Miss Rossmore
Jefferson Ryder
Mr. Ryder
Seattle
Bailey and Mitchell Players
Charles Klein
Messrs. Batley and
Mitchell
Adv
Early 20th Century Names and Legal Notices
Misesour triplets named Thomas Woodrow and Wilson with a father also naming Herbert Hubert and Hobart. Judge Addie presided in Hammond Indiana over a case charging a woman with selling addled eggs. A French heir to 20 000 000 francs from 1675 is entangled in litigation, and Napoleon I is linked. An archaeologist notes Egyptian dogs named Rover and Prince dating to 500 BC. An Illinois man who threw eggs at a woman summoned a magistrate for wasting eggs. li.
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Misesour
Thomas
Woodrow
Wilson
Herbert
Hubert
Hobart
Addie
Hammond
Ind
Napoleon
Illinois
Neckwear Kaleidoscope Brightens Second Avenue Window
Christmas shoppers view a Neckwear display on Second Avenue featuring a kaleidoscope of rich tones. Prices start at 50 cents.
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Second Avenue
Cross London Leather Goods Christmas Display
The advertisement promotes Cross London Leather Goods with a sincere warm message for Christmas. It highlights fine needlework and sewing baskets and features smokers items including novelty cigarette boxes cigar cases and magazines. It also showcases humidors lined with cedar and other woods for smokers.
Evening Clothes in Perfect Taste
Evening clothes and tuxedo suits are the last word in refined dress for men and young men with styles from New York and London. They fit to your personality. Evening suits priced at 35, 45, 55 dollars and tuxedo suits at 30, 40, 50 dollars. A gift certificate applied to evening clothes is a splendid remembrance.
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Benjamin
New York
London
Glove Department Offers Men and Women Apparel Deals
The retailer promotes a wide glove selection from Dent's Fownes Cross London and others for both men and women. Prices start at $1.25 and the store advertises silk robes pajamas sweaters and vests as comfort wear to solve Christmas needs.
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Dent's
Fownes, Cross
London
F. C. & F. Updegraff
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Minneapolis
Central Market
Everett True
Lopez
Mae
Commonwealth Ay
Alhambra
Angeles
Pittsburg
P. D
Willie
Pir
Mra Vy. & Parcel
Washta
Oftien Sasce
Albert
Albert Hansen
Second Ave
Madison
E.j.brown
First Avenue
Firatav
J. Brown
Hewarie
First Ave
Union Block
Dr. Browns
Edwin J. Brown, D. D. S
Abe Hurwitz
Teele
Scotland
Teenie
Metropolitan Theatre
Bunty
Rab
Ford
Bim
Mother
Paular
Esther Ford
Supreme Court
Case
United States Senate
Connecticut
Los Angeles
Rover
Prince
Cheasty
Cheasty’s Haberdashery
Spring St
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