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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1912
Page
4
A dialogue style excerpt ponders Shakespeare Smith the poet with a mournful look and questions the cause, offering a joke about dyspepsia or anemia. It then shifts to a cheeky remark on woman suffrage, suggesting a wife with a vote would consider more than a husband’s flaws.
A 1912 editorial urges united progress in science and mechanics and emphasizes liberty and brotherhood. It vows people seek a fair wage for a fair day’s work and calls for collective effort to give everyone a fair chance, not a guaranteed living.
The passage argues leaders are foam on waves of revolt, not the cause. It muses that history shows leaders emerge only after mass readiness, while genuine change comes from the people's action, not engineered fevers or personal ambition. It contrasts genius and demagogues with the patient, poised chance that births real moments of destiny.
John Castellon of Windsor North Carolina has reportedly never worn clothes in his 624 years of life. He lives on a se farm and remains healthy in body and mind despite his unusual habit. The anecdote prompts questions about clothing as a habit and warmth strategies.
A heated, clipped editorial voice rails against the oil trust after a U S Supreme Court ruling. It proclaims a 5 cent per barrel increase for producers and vows to push via public pressure before refiners raise prices on Pennsylvania crude refined products.
The text argues that courts fail to shield public interests from bribery by public agents. It suggests referendum provides relief courts deny, enabling the public to protect itself when legislative or city actions lack protection. It emphasizes a shift from court protection to democratic remedy via referendum.
G Elliot Flint argues imagination aids digestion and asks for proof that it helps obtain nourishment. The author suggests proving imagination can improve earnings and family living without wage strikes, aiming to raise living standards.
In scattered remarks from this era, figures like La Follette, Roosevelt, Bryan, and Harman appear in a dialogue about party confidence and recall. The text notes Ohio Buckeyes as a recall lever for judges and hints at shifting alliances as conventions approach. Political maneuvering and suspicion color discussions of bank plans and judicial ethics.
In a casual office exchange, He Miss Bigmouthe insists on airing opinions while others react. Johnson questions the laugh at a shared story and Smithson confirms the reaction. The dialogue hints at gossip dynamics within the workplace.
A school teacher notes that his arithmetic class grasped the problem quickly. He presented a riddle about a rich man who dies owing a huge sum with shares to wife son daughter brother and rest to foreign nations. The clever reply from the youngest pupil was a lawyer.
A Chicago Record-Herald item notes a grasshopper can leap about 200 times its body length. The remark hints at a collegian who overestimates his future usefulness after breaking a jumping record in jest.
A Washington talk prompts a joke about language learning. A student claims strong grammar and accent but struggles with gestures, illustrating common hurdles in acquiring fluency.
Conversation snippets from the Detroit Free Press show Brown mortgaged his house to buy a car, then sold the car yet kept the house mortgage. A separate quip notes a wife fearing banquets with her husband and his possible toast attempt if asked.
In a witty exchange Miss Chance Miss Antique boasts her engagement ring cost a hundred dollars while Miss Caustique quips about lavish entertaining before the ring. Daisy is said to have sung for Jack all evening and the talk hints at lingering tensions. Mrs Pester asks a question about a soft mark being hard up as a final aside.
A Cleveland Plaindealer passage recalls an incident in New York where an ambulance arrived at a hotel side door to aid a wealthy wounded man. A bystander notes there is no commotion beyond the fact a stage lady shot the man, with no further details given.
A collage of quirky exchanges from dispatches and satire. A barber jokes about a patient’s cold and a baby’s reaction while wordplay and misheard phrases thread through scenes involving a pianist, a wasp, a gas meter, and a playful street banter in London Baltimore and beyond.
A Houston Post snippet contrasts a grand label with a family of nine living on $12 weekly. The quotation highlights disparities between public perception of wealth and private poverty. No additional context provided.
A short droll item notes Nate Fride mush gaining a reputation as a speaker before city farmers. He recalled when buttermilk was fed to hogs and stirred local memories. The piece includes quips from Mrs Grammercy and Mrs Park about working for a living and alimony.
A short dialogue reveals a family quip about Little Johnny’s dull company and his lack of humor. Sister comments on his misfit behavior as he rushes in and bangs doors, hinting at a playful, if teasing, family dynamic.
The quip imagines Eve stepping behind Adam as they leave the Garden of Eden. Adam retorts that if that rule had applied during the serpent interview, they might not be walking out now. The comment preserves humorous tone and playful wit attributed to Puck.
A fragmented quotation attributes to John Bigelow, contrasting wireless telegraphy with enduring tariffs, noting the persistent presence of both. The line hints at tension between new tech and longstanding economic policy, framed as an aside about enduring forces.
A letter notes Mrs Nexdore-Professor Adagio visited yesterday and daughter played piano. the guest praised the performance. Another reader replies the compliment was too visible, criticizing him for not concealing his reaction like others.
An unclear report describes Mars and the Razorbacks facing a puzzling event marked by unusual phrases and a strange prop, mentioning a ski, a hat, and a wobble as observers seek meaning.
Burnsides laments a disappointing purchase while a Furniture Clerk recalls a prior month’s pleasing sideboards. The exchange hints at a domestic dispute over a wife’s insistence on shaving the furniture, reflecting shopper frustrations and shopkeeper awkwardness.
An unusual Chicago Record-Herald item reports on social tensions over respect and gifts, echoing a plea about recognizing workers like janitors during the holiday season. The brief notes embarrassment and communal reminders without heavy detail.
A fragmentary diary passage cites a joke about predestinarian belief and fate. The exchange references common sense diaries and a stationer remark that after early entries a diary reads like a memorandum, with a judge noting formalized procedure.
A brief Yonkers Statesman joke exchange features Sam and his boss discussing how Sam gets chicken, with playful misuses of grammar and the line Love will find the way cited as the mechanism. The humorous dialogue highlights rural dialect and lighthearted banter.
The Chicago Tribune quotes a witty exchange where a child asks about chiropodists and corn doctors, and a reply humorously suggests a fifty cent difference. The line captures a period bedside humor about medical names.
Conversation fragment shows a host and departing guest in a humorous exchange about rain and dinner. The hostess insists rain is beginning and suggests staying for dinner while the guest resists, noting it is not raining that hard.
A Washington Herald blurb notes a father promising sawdust to entertain a child as part of a light exchange. The brief item alternates with a joke about Gibbs and Banks from the Boston Transcript, highlighting a wife who talked too much leading to divorce.
A Louisville Courier Journal line depicts a plan where a major company will honor long service by presenting employees with a gold stripe on their sleeve after 25 years of tenure. The remark reflects employee recognition practices and corporate symbolism.
Gertrude Andrus, head of Seattle Public Library children’s department, has told stories to 22,211 youngsters. Her program, expanding to branch libraries and schools, promotes reading, attention, humor, imagination, and moral truths without overt didacticism.
Washington dispatch reports 999 of 1,000 Americans never see a five thousand elk killed in Montana. Elk leave Yellowstone Park during snow to graze lower pastures, where poachers from nearby states shoot bands. Photographs on a depot platform in Ga Mont show elk carcasses as government guards appear understaffed.
An old time remedy touts two ounces of Gtreerine and a half ounce of Concentrated Pine mixed in a half pint of whiskey. Aimed at rapid cold relief, it prescribes a teaspoonful after meals and at bedtime, with smaller doses for children, and warns to use only genuine Globe Concentrated Pine.
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