Wanted A Chief of Police In Seattle
The Star urges Mayor elect George W Dilling to hire a new, clean chief of police free of past corruption. It favors a strong, courageous, untainted leader and urges ending gambling and underworld influence in the department. Also mentions Grand Duke Serge and Mile Kishinski danseuse scandal in Russia.
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George W. Dilling
Seattle
Dilling
The
Star
Wappy
Underworld
Serge
Russia
Mile
Kishinsk
Taussig on lemon tariff and protectionism critique
Harvard professor Taussig argues a 144 cent per pound lemon duty costs consumers more than it protects growers. He says buying all lemon trees would let Europe lemons flood in at near cost, while true protection wastes resources. The column also condemns Mrs Harrison for her deadly act, noting motive and leaving justice to unfold.
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Taussig
Harvard
United States
Europe
That Poor Cigaret Frying out Social Change
A reflective piece contrasts a tea pot’s steam with a sweeping modernization, mocking anti-cigaret laws as freakish. It rails at labor family protection debates and rails against Senator Piper’s minority stance, framing reform as future steam car progress.
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United States
More Fun for the Masses in Moving Pictures
The piece notes 13 000 cinemas in the United States attracting about 4 000 000 daily patrons, with annual spend around 1 092 000 000. It cites film industry employment, last year’s 18 060 000 spent on films, and Edison’s weekly royalty up to 15 000 as talks advance to synchronized sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Edison
Observations Langford Johnson prize fight off
A Barstow, Cal. SOCIETY note reports a prize fight canceled as two men, darker in complexion, provoke no white hope. A 40-pound wildcat was killed in suburbs by Miss Alice Chilson. Velaska Sur ratt’s husband offered $50,000 to divorce her, half to Velaska, in a real estate king’s scheme. The House passed a dairymen bottling bill amid society chatter and a burglar trap at a Peoria church attracts key attention. Dr Pantchenko’s trial at St Petersburg draws medical interest for alleged bacteriological acts.
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New York
Velaska Surratt
Velaska
Countess Gyzicki
Wray
Peoria
O O O Medical Fraternity
Pantchenko
St. Petersburg
Pant
Monument fund grows as rail tycoons back Cleveland memorial
A group of wealthy magnates including J P Morgan George Gould Tom Ryan J F Dryden and others pledge 100000 each to raise a monument honoring the late President Cleveland. The scene hints at editorial chaos and advertising conflicts within the newspaper office as a contrasting glimpse of 19th century press life.
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J. P. Morgan
George Gould
Tom Ryan
J. F. Dryden
Cleveland
Two-Minute Vaudeville Y FRED SCHAEFFE
A light vaudeville bit features Slick back and forth between Thud Slap and Siap with farmer jokes about crops visitors and a skunk. The exchange mentions voting on potatoes or cabbage and a punchline about eyes having it. The Master and Jane lunatic asylum joke closes the short sketch.
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Thad
Siap
Osgar and Adolf by Fredd Schaeffer
A collage of humorous vignettes and social cartoons with lines about Osgar and Adolf, misheard dialogue, a grocer’s boy, a legislator and referendum, a royal incident, a baby’s kiss, and reflections on home life and social manners.
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Osgar and
Adolf BY
Fredd Schaeffer
The Beat Way to Hire a Jaille to Pile a Demaurier
A dialectal dialogue centers on Edwin asking about a judge come arbiter. The exchange clarifies court roles with humor while a note mentions a punishment for contempt of court.
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Edwin
Champ Clark Outlines Democratic Duty in Next Congress
Washington dispatch reports Champ Clark answering seven questions on tariffs and democracy. He explains the Ways and Means Committee will rush information gathering to draft tariff bills, supports downward revision, and favors a schedule approach over wholesale revision to curb log-rolling while urging prompt action.
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Champ Clark
Star
Washington, D. C
Congress
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
House
Ways and Means Committee
Taft
Payne-Aldrich
Symptom No 3: Lost at Home After Drinking
A humorous caution notes that wandering home after a night of drinking ends with the person failing to find their front door by around 4:30 A.M. The piece highlights drunken disorientation and the morning after effects in a compact, witty sentence.
Patch of Land as Inheritance and Health Note
A patch of land is described as an inheritance from God and a foundation of Inde. Improved sanitary conditions are said to have raised the average life of Berlin residents over the last 30 years.
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Berlin
Pretty Thief and the Roguish Arts of Hearts
A verse fragment describes a kleptomanic woman who charmed many men by stealing what she did not need. Her roguish arts lure a hundred fellows into heartbreak and longing.
Maud Muller Recollection and Oddities From Today
A winter scene recalls Maud Muller sweeping snow as a north wind defeats her effort. Odd inventions include New York bowling ball carrying tongs. Prices cited cover ships and purchases: Louisiana Purchase 3 750 000 Alaska 7 000 000 modern battleship 10 000 000. Quotations reflect on aging and renewal through Geo MacDonald.
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Maud Muller
Maud
Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase
Alaska
Stop Pimples with Stuart Calcium Wafers Trial
A health ad promises a quick cure for pimples blackheads and skin eruptions using Stuart's Calcium Wafers. It claims the wafers purify blood remove impurities and are harmless. Readers are urged to request a free trial package by mailing name and address to F A Stuart Co. Marginal note: sample sent by mail.
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Stuart
George
F. A. Stuart O Co
Stuart ‘Bidg
Margball, Mich
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