Seattle Debates Decency as Moore Promoted for Mayor
The Star argues against Hiram Cc Gill and supports William Hickman Moore as Seattle’s preferable mayoral choice. It credits Moore’s prior term as mayor and states the paper will continue to advocate for his defeat of Gill, urging voters to back Moore for decency and capable leadership.
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Missouri Spelling Champion Jones Tops World in 43-Year Challenge
The northern Missouri scholar Professor D Jones proclaims himself the greatest spelling expert in the world. He began teaching district schools in Bello County and issued annual spelling challenges for decades, briefly losing to a university dean before a young woman journalist once bested him in a famed match.
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One of Shaw's Eccentricities in Washington Crowd
A Washington critic recalls Bernard Shaw attending a performance of Caesar and Cleopatra. During the show a stranger leaned over Shaw, prompting Shaw to wipe the man’s nose with his handkerchief and apologize, remarking it must be his own nose. The anecdote highlights Shaw’s eccentricities in public.
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Chicago
High Cost of Living Explored by a Grace Clerk
Diana's Diary follows Mise Dillpickles as she investigates the disparity in living standards. She contrasts famine relief efforts with wasteful consumption, highlights ignorance in deserving households, and hints at broader causes beyond price rises. The piece ends with a promise of continuation.
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Mise Dillpickles
Fragmented Theatre and Society Snippets From The Barn Catalog
Readable scraps include a theatre joke about opera glasses and ear trumpets during a play, a Labouchere anecdote on a delayed breakfast with Bismarck, a tax dispute over a house sale, a hoarder writer who shuns steak and shellfish, and a seamstress teaching Minna to sew a one piece nightgown with a hole for exits.
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Minna
Goosevale Correspondence and Local Happenings Troupe
A collage of notes from Goosevale reports minor mischief and social events. Two older offenders are jailed for drunkenness. West Silo youths visit the hotel. the Merry Chipmunk Social hosts a lunch. Jimmy Ross, 18, acts in New York films earning six dollars a day. various quips on painting and advice columns pepper the page.
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Lillian Rose
Moving Picture Studios
Jimmy
Little Ho
Beattie
Nota Moving Picture
New York
Bia
Everett Goes Overseas Route Leaves from Colman Dock
A steamship schedule fragment notes a teamer departure from Colman dock with a schedule still subject to change. Contacts listed include Sunset Main and phone numbers.
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Sun
Ex Gov Horace Boies in Public Eye Over Tariff Views
Former Iowa governor Horace Bates Boies, famed as a proponent of tariffs not protecting the common people, enters renewed public focus as he nears Lynd milestone in a life long with political roots dating to 1858 and the Whig era.
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Horace Bates
Iowa
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Horace Bolen
New York
Papes Diapepsin Promises Quick Digestion Relief
An ad promises that one dose of Pape’s Diapepsin prevents indigestion heartburn and dyspepsia. It claims meals will digest completely, no fermentation or gas, and relief within five minutes, urging a 50 cent case from the druggist and boasting a healthy stomach.
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