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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1911
Page
4
A collage of quips and notes on daily life with jabs at labor, drink, and crime. It references Los Angeles history, Horace Greeley, and social mores, then pivots to observations on appetite, fakery, humor in trouble, and a French vineyard wage. The piece ends with a stray fact about motorcycle engine placement.
Yesterday Seattle dismissed its top official for misconduct, a vote seen as a statement that the people are supreme and can act for the right. Women participated decisively, vindicating equal suffrage as husbands supported moral reform against graft and big business influence.
The editorial condemns threats from Taft's cabinet to veto Arizona's constitution if approved by voters. It argues such federal coercion undermines self government, cites Arizona's careful draft, and warns big interests use the easy White House tactic. It hopes Arizona voters reject pressure and awaits Taft's restraint.
The piece argues the China boycott has cut Sam 70 percent of exports since 1905, with $55,000,000 in 1905 down to $15,500,000 in 1910, suggesting trade shifted to Japan and Germany. It denounces Asiatic inclusion and calls for driving Chinese out, prioritizing domestic welfare over foreign markets. Also notes Mary Garden’s latest gripe about a St Louis barn appearance.
A collage of short notes notes on Havana’s supposed moral decay, a Globe reader’s take on women vs men in industry, a surgeon’s odd operation at sea, rapid photography claims, tobacco cravings, imperial crowns, and French women in the workforce with domestic service declining.
A compact catalog of humorous quips and social satire spanning topics from shoe sizing to mail rates and politics. The piece interleaves dialogue with brief moral witticisms illustrating everyday absurdities and the era’s attitudes.
A concise editorial urging fairness as a guiding motto for the year. It cautions against cruelty or slurs toward others and argues that speaking of men well or ill does not gain respect or advance one's own merit.
Mrs Wicklebridge proposes raising poultry in the yard to supply the table and office workers, while Lemuel imagines sensational headlines and societal backfire. The exchange pits frugal domestic goals against exaggerated public interest and a final quip about reform by Henry Watterson.
In Wilkes Barres Feb 7 a legal battle centers on Ethel Harris Pettebone claiming inheritance from Robert Treat Pettebone. Minnie Harris says she is the lawful widow and Ethel the heir. The case reveals paternity and a potential will, amid rumors of a non marital birth and a large estate.
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