Ballard Star Agency Subscription Notice
In a postal notice readers are informed of subscription details and offices including Ballard Star Agency and Everett Gyan Agency. It lists addresses such as Guneet Main and Hewitt Ave and Sunset Main MT, with instructions about subscribers’ names and dates. The notice mentions changes to counts or receipts and directs readers to verify their names on the list.
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Everett Gyan Agency
W. DT. Leonard
Hewitt Ave
Sunset Main
Missing His Chance For Aggressive Prosecution Of Swindlers
The article criticizes Prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh for neglecting victims of wildcat mining schemes. It warns he faces public pressure to adopt an aggressive, helpful approach, arguing his public image as a praised youth harms his performance and urging a decisive shift to serve the people and pursue offenders.
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Wildcat
Mackintosh
Mr. Mackintosh
Jerome
Three Boxes of Citizenship II Sparks Debate in Massachusetts
Charles R. Saunders of Boston opposes a proposed constitutional amendment removing the word male from voter qualifications. He argues American freedom rests on ballot, jury, and cartridge boxes. Suffragists counter with men dodging duties and women supporting renewed participation.
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Charles R. Saunders
Boston
Massachusetts
The Real Things and Raucous Remarks in a Colonnade
A garbled dialogue sketch features a poor man listening to a wife describing a colonial country house scene and candlelit lighting. It laments social pretenses with lines about presidents railroads and a Chicago writer, ending with a jab at Taft and fashion corsets priced from six to fifty dollars.
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Jim Hill
Chicago
Joshua Wise and Teddy Discuss Washington Visit
Special to the Editor recounts Joshua Wise arriving safely in Washington after a 3000 mile rail trip. He narrates his wife’s worry, asks for a telegraph note home, and proposes meeting Teddy to discuss public issues rather than fight in a gym. He describes welcome in Washington and mentions ordinary concerns like streetcar service and kitchen help.
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Washington
Joshua
Pitteberg
New York
United States
Spelling, Railroads, and a Crisis in a Rail Era
A speech scene features a president and speaker debating spelling reform and railroad car shortages. They debate why words are spelled as they are and then pivot to rail traffic and Brownsville, Browneville, and Foraker. The discussion references Vice President Fairbanks and public demand for a square deal.
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Browneville
Brownsville
Foraker
Geo. Gould
Vice Premidest
Fairbanks
The Lapse of Mr George Martin
A humorous tale of George Martin who envies Daisy Mannering, Daisy rejects him, she hides a bull dog named Rex Random, and Martin is wrongly blamed for stealing him. He ends up in court as Daisy’s mischief and a gypsy’s confession shuffle blame.
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George Martin
Daisy Mannering
Dalsy
Daisy
George
West
Matice
Rex Random
Martin
Dotaila
Unclear Dialog Leads to Justice Remark Amid Confusion
A fragmentary exchange shows a judge and others discussing a wrongful arrest and a remark about forgiving an error. The dialogue reveals tension as terms like Discharged and forgiveness surface within a courtroom or legal setting.
Jim Was Always Good to Kids
Poem recounts a town’s quiet loss as Jim dies yet remains praised for kindness to children. The speaker notes Jim’s simple acts, his trembly hands, and red eyes, while reflecting on whether the town mourns or moves on. The verse ends with a hope that God will remember Jim’s care for kids.
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Jim
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