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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1910
Page
5
In a critical editorial voice, the piece attacks H Knox Smith’s proposal to tax stock exchange gambling as a weak compromise. It argues taxation would only mask the issue, worsen market manipulation, and drain the public’s wealth, urging a firmer, principled stand against gambling. It references politicians, investigations, and calls for better governance.
A collection of sharp witticisms about women friendship honesty and marriage propose moral gaps and social judgments. It contrasts women’s influence with men’s faults and jokes about propriety domestic skills and flirtations across a string of brief quips.
A doctor prescribed reset and change for a young boy who overindulged in pudding. After the doctor left, the boy quipped that his foot was asleep and joked that things were bad when you go to sleep at the wrong end.
Thaw hints at rainfall and potential high water and flood risk along the creek unless a freeze curbs the surge. AW announces AW C T U to organize locally to reform Job Hardnut and Tom Henbrooder who has an abscess. Goonevale Military Band to give a concert at the schoolhouse. Mrs K Foozlewing visits Heeleyaport. Lib Onion seed travels there for a tooth extraction. Ote Babblebeth’s children recover from measles. others remain well.
Dialogue shows Osgar asking for more snow and Adolf saying they already have what they need. The exchange reflects a provincial, weather related remark with two speakers and a humorous tone.
In Washington on February 17 1909 Senators Depew and his New York editors encounter President Taft. Taft greets the group and then answers requests for cameras as a boy tries to photograph the scene. The piece notes Taft’s casual handling of visitors and the lively interaction with Depew.
A senator dismisses an opponent’s exaggerated claim with a Ben Johnson height joke while a defendant argues with a police witness. Uncle Ephraim narrates two razorback hogs escaping byaging up the pen and slipping through a crack in Old South style.
A dialogue fragment shows a patient questioning a doctor's stance on a cane and therapy. A teacher comments on a nine year old's backwardness while a mother and others discuss interests in steam engines and future tech. A reporter identifies Dr Acheson and humorously speculates about two others, joking about railroad names Topeka and Santa Fe.
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