Mayor veto sparks debate over Seattle tuberculosis refuge
A strong editorial lauds Mayor Miller for vetoing a council bill to remove Seattle’s only TB refuge. It argues the veto upholds humane principles despite protests over property rights, noting future sanitariums will shift costs and affect neighborhoods. It critiques politics on Capitol Hill and ponders broader social welfare.
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Seattle
Capitol Hill
Hospital
Kirkland
Riverton
Miss Dillpickies Probes High Cost of Living At Grocery
Diana's Diary reveals a clerk's weary take on rising prices. She muses on middlemen profits, local food costs, luxuries versus necessities, and global trade as she wrestles with the puzzle of making ends meet. The piece ends with a playful admission of delirium.
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Miss Dillpickies
Lincoln's Compassion Revealed by Woman Who Met Him
Ypsilanti story recalls Abraham Lincoln as a tender, protective figure. Eliza Wells recalls how Lincoln comforted her family friend Dr. Taylor during a cholera outbreak, aided the doctor with care and rounds, and supported Lincoln family members through hardship. The account portrays Lincoln beyond politics, as a humane presence in wartime grief.
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Feb
Abraham Lincoln
Eliza Wells
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Eliza Taylor
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Young Kansas City Pair Spark Daily Letter Betrothal Tale
A Kansas City man and a local woman meet by chance in New York as a matinee conversation reveals playful bets about marriage. The woman notes the habit of daily letters, joking that only a fiancée writes daily, while a narratorial aside recalls Edna May and Mia and a Belgrade amateur theatricals gathering.
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Kansas City
New York
Edna May
Mia
Oscar Lewissohn
Tella
Belgrade
I Am Faithful to the Simple Command of Love
The speaker rejects formal church creeds and vows allegiance to a church that centers on loving God with all heart soul and mind and loving neighbors as oneself. They seek membership only in a body that embodies this Saviors condensed statement as its core creed.
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Saviors
Fragmentary quote reflects comfort after election and pledge to end oppression
A disjointed excerpt shows a foster child finding solace in a figure who spoke of sacrifice and freedom. Mrs Wells recalls a moment when the president kissed her goodbye as he left for Washington, underscoring themes of liberty and burden.
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Mrs. Wells
Washington
Minstrel Banter Recounts Doughnut Joke Origins
A humor piece features exchange about the difference between a doughnut and a whisky bottle necks. The dialogue shifts to a mock boxing match and a mock stereopticon class, using playful dialect and caricature.
Untitled scene behind the scenes with a lone girl
The narrator finds a little girl seated in a dark corner during the final act and asks if she is left out. The child replies she is not left out, saying she is the baby waiting to be.
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