Gill and the White Slaves in Seattle’s Political Arena
A Seattle political attack piece claims city council president Hiram C. Gill aided white slave owners by offering legal help to evade federal efforts. The missive alleges public officials could influence police protection if Gill were mayor, tying his candidacy to a broader national political friction involving Taft Ballinger Cannon and other figures.
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Seattle
Congress
Max Turner
Joseph Herman
Uncle Sam
North
South
Club of the Law
Hiram C. Gill
Gill
United States
Mukilteo Postmaster Finds Capital A Jay Town
Washington dispatch describes Mukilteo postmaster 8 Bherman recalling a visit to Washington with humorous anecdotes about the capital. He meets a German envoy and a Seattle reporter and quotes remarks on Washington’s character, officials, and social strata. He also records talks with Speaker Cannon and Secretary of Agriculture Bill Wilson on governance and land conservation.
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Mukilteo
Jay Town
Washington
Bherman
Portland
G. A. RB
Denver
Hie Valley
Whelington
Mukil
Athens
Cairo
Kgypt
Seattle
Department
Theaurocracy
Army
Navy
Bill Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Tama Bill
Boy Gests Health Officer
Franklin Carter, head of the Burlington board of health, overhears a prank about a boy fishing dogs from Assiscunk creek. The boy collected five dollars for burying them, then the friend reveals the ruse, noting the hoax could have earned ten if the dog had lingered longer.
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Franklin
Carter
Board of Health
Borg of
Burlington
Kingdom Come
Nhece
Assiscunk Creek
Philadelphia Telegraph
Travel rewards for a man differ over time
A brief reflection notes that travel benefits a man less now than in the past and suggests modern postcards offer less value as a substitute for sharing news. The tone imitates a late historical newspaper aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Intimate 2 Korrespondence on Washington Jan 3 1910
Dear Dad I report a New Year present for Frank Hitchcock and a plan to cut the post office deficit. I propose stopping rental payments to railroads for postal cars and presenting them instead. Current costs include 4.8 million annually in car rentals and 46 million for hauling mails. Champ Clark criticizes subsidies and the piece notes Clark’s presidential boom talk and Taft opposition. Sincerely RA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hitchcock
Treasury
Frank Ta
Vilas
Death and trials mix with a Bayonne charity party
In Bayonne a kindergarten party at Bergen Avenue Church drew ten sick children with whooping cough, yet five joined the celebration. Meantime a grim tale unfolds of Laura La Barti’s murder conviction, family deaths in Messina, and a reward moment linked to a car stoppage chance encounter.
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New York
Bergen
Haptiet Church
Bayonne
Grace Oliver
Clase
Robbie
Louise la Barti
Bedford Reformatory
Messina
Store Pollshine and Brain Removal Scene
A surreal dialogue portrays a scientist named Osgar using a new device called store pollshine to remove Adolf's brains. The exchange includes gruesome, comic, and grotesque elements as the villain and victim grapple with the procedure and its bizarre consequences.
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Osgar
Nelider
Theatre notes and wry quips from the press
A collage of witty lines and glimpses from era papers. The notes lampoon theatre, politics, technology, and social mores with references to removable roofs, wireless lights, Taft era conservation, and women’s suffrage as a visual gag.
Great Hoaxes of History and the Mississippi South Sea bubbles
A compact survey of famous financial fakes. It covers John Law and the Mississippi company during Louis XV, and William Paterson’s South Sea scheme under Queen Anne. The piece notes mass speculation, currency debasement, and eventual collapses as France and Scotland pursued wealth abroad.
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John Law
Louis XV
France
Louis XIV
Louisiana
Europe
Mississippi
Paria
Law
Banque Royale
William Paterson
Queen Anne
Paterson
Bank of England
Afghan War Talk From Kurram Valley Afridi Interrogation
A British officer questions an Afridi in Kurram about possible Russian British war. The Afridi replies with a plan to observe the conflict from the mountains, then raid the defeated side and loot, declaring God is great.
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Kurram
Russia
England
Graybeard
Wal
Native-born American Prods Migrant Carpers at Immigrant Guests
A four-man group of business men lunching together joke about foreign birth. A native-born member rebukes them for being “truders” while immigrants remark they arrived with fare and clothes. The exchange highlights tensions over belonging and gratitude in new arrivals.
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Every+ body's
Solar Tables and Barber Shop Headline Ad at 1413 Third Ave
A large bar restaurant and cigar stand with seven chair barber shop proclaims itself the largest of its kind. Daily cash giveaway of ten dollars promotes the business located at 1413 15 Third Ave between Pike and Union. An optical ad from Schuchard Optical Co. offers headache relief through correcting eye defects at 1207 Second Ave.
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Pike
Union
Worst hotel in Ablione Kansas haunted by escape attempt
Jeff de Angelis recalls a notorious Ablione Kansas hotel where he bunked with a fellow actor. In a tense misadventure during a disrupted night, a shouted alarm about a gate escaping frames a brief, odd reminiscence from Harpers.
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Jeff de Angelis
Ablione
Kan
Ays de Angelle
Harpers
Campaign pledges outlawed in three weeks claim
A playful exchange hints at a statute of limitations on campaign pledges. The line from the Chicago Tribune jokes that all campaigns are outlawed in three weeks, with a playful misheard interaction about a porterhouse steak.
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George
Chicago Tribune
Loutaville Courier-Journal
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Dr. Cook
Mr. Taft
Mr. Pinchot
Joseph G. Cannon
Danville, AL
Taft
Ballinger
Cleveland Leader
Korrespondence
Hare
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Champ
Jn Honek
Frank
Clark
Gaynor and
Harmone
Ohio
Little Old New York
Eddie
Italy
America
la Bart
Borse
Dominio Vernial
la Barti
Maude Bridge
Traction Company
Louise
Gallant Motorman
Miss Adame
Philip Brennan
Mies Adama
Brennan
Adolf
Burgery
Fred Schaefer
Rilkine
Baltimore American
Nicola Testa
Senator Sorghum
Madison Square Garden
Harry Thaw
Cassini
Parise
Kanane City
Harper's Basear
Th’ Desser
Panama
Scotland
Spain
New World
Pat
Schuchard Optical Coy
Our Union St
Eastern Outfitting Co., , Inc
Northwest
Columbia River Milling Co
Seattle Lighting Company
Fourth Ave
Henry Blig
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