Bad Bill Dead The Star praises Seattle bill defeat
The Star celebrates the killing of house bill No. 117 aimed at allowing Seattle Electric Company to seize right of way at taxpayers' expense. It notes the bill's dubious backing, poor sponsor signals, and urges readers to scrutinize proposed laws and beware corporate influence through clubs and endorsements.
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The
Star
Seattle
Seattle Electric Company
Bremerton
Whatley
Whalley
Improvement Clubs
The Peasant Girl Who Led France to Victory
A retelling of Joan of Arc centuries ago who heard voices guiding her to aid the French dauphin. She led battles, earned a sword, and helped lift France before being captured and executed at age nineteen.
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Joan OF Arc
Sol
Eng
Joan
Dauphin
Eugliah
Odd Bits from Providence and Paris Dinners
President Nicholas Brown quizzes boys in Providence streets and meets a youngster named Harry. Mile Genee comments on American women's fashion and social behavior at luncheon. A London man jokes about misidentifying a wife’s cousin over powder in pitch darkness.
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Nicholas Brown
Brown University
Providence
Iittle
Harry
Old Mick
Genee
Mile
Indien
London
Il Trovatore at Moore Theatre Promises Tragedy and Romance
The Moore theatre presents Verdi's Il Trovatore with Gui seppe Pimassoni as Count Di Luna and Rivira Campolli as Leonora, amid a melodrama of vengeance, witches, and doomed lovers set in medieval castles and gypsy camps. The production follows the opera’s famous four acts, featuring dramatic arias and intense confrontations as Manrico and Di Luna clash over Leonora, with Asuciena’s vengeance and a fate sealed in fire.
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Tonteht
Moore Theatre
Verdin
Il Trovatore
Guiseppe Pimassoni
Count Df Luna
Rivira Campoll
Sopring
Leo
Hora
Dolores Pray
Aruce
Alessandra Scelabrini
Maurice
Attidore Mauceri
Verrando
Lana
Rascal
Ghana
Tees
Leonora
Neil
Mule
Rhee
Fifteenth Centry
Waa
Hom
Anrico
Luna
Perrando
Asacons
Heaven
Asteena
Aypetes
Tune
Bie
Manrtes
Pension quarrel and political sniping across a state
A report weaves anecdotes from Arkansas and New Jersey about pension claims, claims adjusters, and a Republican farmer with Uncle Reuben who faces pressure from a Democratic magistrate. The piece also mentions a Trenton youth seeking consent for a relationship and a stove giveaway offer.
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Chasnee Allen
Arkansas
Reuben
Union Endurin
Allen
Squire McCabe
Marae
Keub
First Puzzle Contest Winners List Revealed in Star Telegraph
The article describes the first puzzle contest results with readers identifying smoked ham as the correct answer to a mystery clue. It lists several participants and addresses, notes a counterfeit prize process, and hints at a second contest to be held February 20 at 6 o'clock.
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Ceemberiotn
Merten Savage
Hird
Wanh
B. Wateoe
Montera
Krateter Beach
A. D. Seveme
Bird's View
Viawk. W
Cetin
Pitte
Ruth Whitiet
Meueren James
Miner
tLeekekl
Gearertowshi
Patater
Urete-Haakiea Coetti
W. B. Stredter
Miss Maeragle Pemerey
Orcas
Rh. Pe
Tol Pike
Meraeret Mentetth
Tis
Keyes
A. Marefatter
Etty
Clarence Comi
Olek
Mere
B. Stroma
Stethen MH
B. Crees
Geerne Vierret
Dattard
Cole
Praeets MH
Lee
South Seattte
Vloreece Hoek
Gribele
Mnewerd Gage
Cherries F. Moore
Wester Way
T. Wade
Weet Giraat
Pred Boker
N. Jamevens
Pigtech
Wouler Way
Keearth Leavey
Angel
Hewett
Everett
Wash
Natette Breckitn
Leary
Cleaver
V. B. Chembertate
Overdoing Episode and Dispatches From Everyday Life
A fragmented narrative sketches a young Engnehman drifting after months away. Tales of cultural oddities, a wary landlady, and mockery by a neighbor frame the idle routines of a fading era. A stray subway accident note adds distant, detached intrigue.
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Mare E Vane
Everybody's Magazine
Wordplay and Wit From a Fractured Page of Gossip
A collage of quips and mock dialogue from a late 19th or early 20th century paper, featuring snippets about Grover Cleveland, actor Joseph Jefferson, jokes about baby weights, musical punning, readers’ quips, and casual banter. Names include Cleveland, Jefferson, and Nuetler amid flirtations with language and slang of the era.
Diana's Diary: Mise Dilipickies Debuts as Understudy
A column by Fred Schaefer profiles Mise Dilipickies making a five cent vaudeville debut as an understudy for the Spinaccio Sisters at the Medallion Nickel Palace. She describes starting from the bottom, pumping ice water, and observing acts between film showings in a bid to advance in show business.
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Mise Dilipickies
Spinaccio Sisters
Fred Schaefer
Weill
Medallion Nickel Palace
Fragmented Observations on Human Nature and Money
A garbled paragraph discusses hypocrisy and money in social relations, noting some men’s honesty yet questionable nightly behavior. It implies a moral judgment on flattery, companionship, and appearances, with a dismissive view of predictable virtue and romantic folly.
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John L
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Roller
Magen
University of California
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Alice
Harper's Weekly
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the Star
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Wittie
Prather
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Richard
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Winnie
Black
N. Y
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Robert Nuetler
Robert Kuntier
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Smith’s
Guseke
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J Uder
Washington Herald
Byron
Quinsome le Biting
Anne Hitien
Chicago Tribune
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Dominie
Prench
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Kansas City Journal
Miortds Times-Union
Attier
Tommy
Viettor
Chicago Daily News
Diana
Acta
Monologista
Angel Prysaery
Eastern Outfitting Co., Inc
Second
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Bartell Stores
Parke, Davis & Co
Eastman’s Tooth Poy
Der
Parke, Davis
Euthymol Toot
King’s
Tor
Mansfield
Packer
Allcock’s
Scott
Wyeth
Rowat's
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Howard's Hive
Tervey
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Marine Eye
Merck
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