Honest Abe Lincoln remembered in honesty tribute
A reflective tribute marks Abraham Lincoln on his birthday, praising his honesty and steady leadership. It highlights his childhood thrift, legal cautions against litigation, political humility, and enduring democratic ideal of government by the people. Lincoln’s life is framed as a standard of moral conduct for business and society.
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Abraham Lincoln
Hanest Abe
Illinois
Abe
Andes
Abel
Lincoln
America
Abra Lincoln
Shakespeare
Tariff Graft Critique From Perennial Hearings
An editorial denounces persistent tariff protection as graft. It argues industrialists push for self serving duties while the public demands reduction, noting eight years of broad demand to lower protections and questioning the loyalty and judgment of sheltered manufacturers.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
Steel Trust Labor Fight Echoes Across Nation
A columnist argues the Steel Trust crushes worker organization while noting a Rankin strike briefly raised union awareness among low-wage steel workers. The piece condemns the law of the jungle in corporate power, praises persistence of democracy, and cites political missteps from Representative Craig and others amid broader labor clashes.
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Steel Trust
Rankin
Billionaire Steel Trust
America
Syrup of Fig as a Gentle Remedy Ad Highlighted
An old advertisement warns against harsh laxatives and promotes genuine Syrup of Fig from the California Fig Syrup Company. It contrasts gentle, natural relief with harsh compounds like calomel oil and salts, urging readers to buy the authentic product and reject imitations.
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Senna
California Fig Syrup Company
Measured Words and Local Notes From A Turbulent Page
A fragmentary column gathers quirky quotes and observations from small towns and cities. It mixes jokes about gas meters, temperamental furnaces, and local gossip with references to public figures, regional events, and oddball humor.
Marvels of Creation and odd notes from the era
The banquet remarks by Rev. W. T. Dorward praise a Scotch preacher’s return and creation’s wonders. Brief squibs reference Tom Marshall’s inaugural parade role, a London scientist’s view of the future head size, Lent offerings by Rockefeller and Lauder, the Prince of Wales learning bagpipes, and a local obituary in Ada, with a humorous jab about a dollar’s heart.
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W. T. Dorward
Tabernacle Baptisl Church
Milwaukee
Skygack from Mars Records Farth Customs
A science fiction note details Skygack from Mars making wireless observations from his notebook about farth customs. The piece blends alien observer activity with speculative technology and cultural insight.
Altimoney Club Sale Stirs Ludlow Street Crowd
A notorious Ludlow Street stop known as the Altimoney Club offers post mortem meal tickets and a three month stay with life style paybacks. Rudolf Myers, jailed briefly for 45 dollars, seeks shelter until sheriff orders arrive, then gains admission as a regular member.
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Nh. Y
Ludlow Street
Rudolf Myots
Rudolf Myers
Allimoney
Rudolf
Saya
Joday
Bargain Days and Curious Headlines
A collage of quips and notes including a joke about bargain days, a playful line about O Henry’s successor count reaching 1,459,225, and brief items on politics, a job applicant, a baptism by a Baptist elder, and a remark on street railway management.
Best Short Stories of the Day
A collage of vignettes from early twentieth century culture includes hoboes dreaming over coffee in a tomato can and tales of brutal railroad hardship. A Cleveland lecture on eugenics stirs debate about love and intellect while a Pittsburgh Dispatch quip notes men preferring beauty to brains. A Dream Band dance closes the note.
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Wilkes Barre
Perth Amboy
Lillian Bol
Cleveland
Saif
Haven
Vassar
Pittsburg
Fence Failure Sparks Pig Escape Inquiry
A farmer complains that a hog fence sold as sturdy failed allowing pigs to escape. The caller questions the type of pigs kept and references a theft concern, noting goats and others may have aided the escape.
Paris barber shop tale and health rules cited
A returned tourist recalls bumping into old friends in a Paris barber shop and meeting the Count of Pompadour who made a swell at Newport. The railroads followed a health order banning roller towels and drinking cups, requiring passengers to supply their own. Modern rooms at Hotel Virginus near Weatlake advertise low rates.
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Rue de-Saint Gerard
Paris
Newport
Monsieur
State Board of Health
Charter Amendment No 1 Proposed Welfare Board for City Institutions
A March 4 election proposal would create a five member public welfare board appointed by the mayor with council approval to run jails asylums world detention homes reformatories lodging houses public baths public farms and works and to cooperate with school and park boards. The first board would span five years with staggered terms and include two women. The council reserves power to make other provisions for arrested persons pending trial and civil service rules govern hires.
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Welfare Board
Reader Letter Proposes Timber Sale to Fund Homesteads
M A Carty of Pt. Crescent Washington urges The Star to publish a plan turning untouched state timber into cash by selling it to lumber firms at fair prices while gifting farmland to homesteaders. He argues this would boost communities, citing prairie homesteading costs and the work required to clear sod and gullied land.
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Xedoff
Prairie States
Letter writers challenge farming, taxation, and roads
A series of letters discusses HOEK rent free acres and farm conditions, advocating roads, municipal markets, and fair returns for products. The writers push for state aid to farmers and oppose elite land exploitation via the Big Six. They also reference Griffiths police bill and the Single Tax, urging tax justice and steady income for workers.
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the Star
Hoek
Axe
Joan Carmichael
Municipal League Committee
Griffiths
Griffiths Police Bilt
Powder manufacture urged to aid Puget Sound clearing
The Star letters urge the state to manufacture stamping powder at cost for the poor, arguing it saves labor and spurs regional growth. Walter claims a box equals eight men's work and calls on farmers to urge senators and representatives to pass powder manufacturing laws.
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Taor the Star
Puget Sound
W. W. Walters
Glendale
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