City Plant Profits Jump After exposing Furth Deal
The Star exposed a crooked GillFourth arrangement in October showing city plant profits rising from losses to sixteen thousand plus and over twenty one thousand dollars by December. The piece argues removing Furth influence would cut rates and prevent the Furth company from manipulating city business. It urges voters to oust Mayor Gill for betraying the public.
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Star
GilFourth
Purth
Furth
Furth Company
Arth Company
Gill
Greed schemes and early profits lure wary investors
A midwest schoolteacher Adiel Wade runs a costly pyramid loan scheme promising 10 cent monthly returns and charging 26 to 30 percent on loans to public workers. She accumulates about 50 thousand dollars before officials intervene. A Vienna medical effort claims startling paralysis cures by inducing and then curing a fever to clear the illness.
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Adiel Wade
Vienna
Phrasey politics and mock headlines in a dream
A reflective piece lampoons political headlines and the confusion of civic choices. It contrasts lofty statements with reality, noting the difficulty of selecting state and national officials. The author critiques party tactics and recalls a controversial figure, suggesting public recall of leaders.
Observations and opinions from early 20th century news items
A collage of short notes on topics from New York carriage fashion to politics and technology. Mentions include ex mayor Hiram C. Gill resuming law practice in Seattle, tariff debates, a shipboard fire alarm off California, wireless communication success, concerns about Ballinger report delay, progressive leadership in the Republican party, and election rule disputes involving a minister and voter registration irregularities.
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Hiram C. Gill
Seatie
California
Strip cartoon quips reflect daily life in 1900s papers
A compact exchange from Star Dust and Baltimore American scenes highlights taxes taxes and cheap meals. Walter in a restaurant jokes about scrambled eggs priced at fifteen cents and omelets at twenty cents, noting the five cent gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Hoston Globe
Burglary Scene Shocks John in Local Trouser Lark
A short, humorous note from Hoston Transcript describes a burglar rifling through a man's trousers while the subject, John, dismisses the disturbance and tells the others to resolve the matter themselves. The incident reads as a quirky local anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Hoston
Big Gun Professor Smart In Minnesota Quip
A witty exchange features a university setting where a professor nicknamed Smart iscalled a big bore while remarks on marital discord surface in a humorous dialogue from a Minnesota campus. The dialogue hints at personal tensions and public persona through campus chatter around a noted scholar.
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Professor Smart
University of Minnesota Minnesaha
Best Original Riddle Sent By Mail Prompt
A reader is urged to mail the best original riddle by Thursday. The request specifies addressing Uncle Jack at The Seattle Star for consideration. The item underscores a deadline and a formal submission process.
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Uncle Jack
Seattle Star
the Star
Seattle, Wash
Adolf Recruits Test Turns Into Farcical Interview
A comical mock medical exam reveals a sailor named Adolf attempting to join the army. The humorous dialogue mocks medical history, surgeries, and facial alterations, with claims of boiler factory work and a supposed newborn sense of smell. The scene ends with a botched tale of a vanished year.
Untitled Dialogue Fragments and Vague Narratives
A collection of fractured dialogue with Germanic spellings and threats, followed by brief, disjointed captions about a baby scene and a distant acquaintance. The text blends quirky phrases, minor threats, and stray lines from various sources with no clear single story or outcome.
Book rewards awarded to Rollin Abernathy and Marie Hansen
Book reward No 1 is awarded to Rollin Abernathy for the best riddie. Book reward No 2 is awarded to Marie Hansen for the best last line of the limerick. Both are invited to call at The Star office and claim their books.
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Rollin Abernathy
Marie Hansen
Star Office
Star Circle reward goes to Seattle boy for new members
Robert Hamlin, 12, of 1924 Fifth Street W in Seattle wins the special reward for securing the most new members in a week with 225. Over 700 new members joined that week, bringing the Star family to more than 1,200 boys and girls, including 400 in Beattie. The prize camera and outfit has been mailed. A separate one dollar cash prize is offered for the best pen and ink iris drawing on white paper. A last line contest for a light verse is also announced with a humorous example about a girl with blue eyes.
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Star Circle
Robert Hamlin
St. W
Seattle
Hobert
Beattie
Star
Robert
Drawing titled Boye Wil Be Boys wins cash prize
A young Edmonds artist Clarence Pritchard aged 15 wins a one dollar cash prize for a drawing illustrating the old phrase Boye Wil Be Boys. The prize was sent to the winner in Edmonds Washington.
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Clarence Pritchard
Edmonds
Wash
New Members List Spans Many Local Figures and Families
A long roster of new members appears with numerous surnames and given names indicating a densely populated local community. The list names individuals across multiple households, including Evans, Carlson, Pratt, Waterman, Coombs, Hudson, Lonrer, Mays, MacDowell, Dunwoody, Gambhel, Campbel, Brown, Dunwoody, and others, suggesting a broad recruitment or enrollment event within the locality.
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Kagar Coler
Arthur Emerson Augusta Menpett
Pea Kinging Wileon
Charles Evans
Kula Kirkpatric
Plorence Cogkleo Mainguil
Mawin Carlson
Edwin Pratt Dadge Arel
Effie Waterman
Chauncey Coombs
Anna Carlson van Bekten
Balle Button Ihe Yy i Ae
Abe Omgaul
Bonnie Mays Inte
Toll Zeima Roche
Natalie Hudson
Walter Lonrer
Armeda Arel
Nellie James Cerella Farrell Leonard Coombleen
Kerpatric
Manard Butt
Stephen McGill Heatrice
Michelulu
Honor Roll members listed for The Star Circle weekly results
The Star Circle names members whose contributions earned favorable adjudication this week. Lois McCoy Martina Mary Lusk Anna Wtileted Delveara Swen rie Gouthro Demirus Uder Arthur Hendric son Jeanie Knoles Eisie Huedermaar Alwin Kuehl em Martina Maryina Peters Keneth Lyman Wiite Case Fiaie Wileted Alfred Steiger Harold Mundas Heyal Monk Merle Gainer Geo McCormac Katie Harringt Nebert Allen Rather Finger Ruth Herberge Corinne Dennett Lactie Murat Marie Haneen Tavern Smith Metiesa Fiatile Marie Hansen Eleanor Krickeon Juanita Jenkins Charlotte Nutt Anita Weint John Neilson Lillian Kussett Florence M Jewett Ida Aseeletein Elbert Mooney Ruth Mcleod ge Orne Sebert Hamlin Rhoden Gustafson Clara Legary Hose Feinberg Klien Lenehan
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Lois McCoy Leaone Martina Mary Lusk
Anna Wtileted
Delveara Swen Rie Gouthro
Demirus Uder
Arthur Hendricson
Jeanie Knoles
Eisie Huedermaar
Alwin Kuehlem
Martina Maryina Peters Keneth Lyman Wiite Case
Fiaie Wileted
Alfred Steiger
Harold Mundas Heyal Monk
Merle Gainer
Geo, McCormac
Katie Harringt
Nebert Allen Rather Finger
Ruth Herberge
Corinne Dennett Lactie Murat
Marie Haneen
Tavern Smith Metiesa Fiatile
Marie Hansen
Eleanor Krickeon
Juanita Jenkins
Charlotte Nutt
Anita Weint, John Neilson
Lillian Kussett
Florence M. Jewett
Ida Aseeletein
Elbert Mooney
Ruth Mcleod Georne Sebert Hamlin
Rhoden Gustafson
Clara Legary Hose Feinberg Klien Lenehan
Prompt for Early Flu Treatment Sought at Drug Stores
Delay until the development of influenza catarrh pains and soreness in head and chest cough general prostration and fever may lengthen cure. Available at drug stores for 25c or by mail.
Two-Minute Vaudeville by Fred Schae
Silk stocking senators may win battles by deceiving people but such short lived victories fade as the public grows wiser and not easily fooled. The humorous quip hints at political sharpness and the fragile nature of manipulative triumphs.
Hens to Stamp Dates on Eggs
A Yonkers Statesman note announces a plan or bill requiring hens to stamp production dates on eggs. The item frames the policy as a step toward orderly offerings at the start of the year 1911.
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Bill
Jill
Yonkers Statesman
Curing the Liquor Habit Praised by Iowa Pastor
Reverend J F Nugent of the Church of Visitation in Des Moines says many former Neal Institute patients now feel entirely cured of the liquor habit. He notes the program has helped numerous individuals seeking sobriety.
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Neal Institute
J. E. O'Brien
Our Lady of Good Help Parish
Seattle
Monsignor Flavin
St. Ambrose Chruch
Des Moines, Iowa
J. F. Nugent
Church of Visitation
Des Moines
Iowa
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