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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1913
Page
5
A collage of quips and anecdotes including party etiquette about Georgie, Mary Garden, and humorous lines from vaudeville, cabaret and Westminster Abbey. Snippets cover gifts, matches, sugar world share, and a tongue twister from Strand Magazine and the Saturday Evening Post.
Idaho's high court jailed Boise Capital News editors and a stockholder for contempt over editorials backing Roosevelt against Progressive electors. The piece argues criminal liability should not extend to stockholders and bondholders, urging restoration of the people's right to oversee courts. It notes a dissent and questions intent standards.
A newsletter comment cites Greenwich England climate trends over decades showing fewer frost days and hints at global warming. It recalls a Swedish scientist on coal gas trapping heat and questions future coal depletion while joking about prices and Baer’s coal.
Editor The Star complains about unheated street cars forcing workers to shiver after shifts and suggests heating would boost ridership and cover costs. A reader contends Taft misrepresented socialism, urges reading the socialist platform, and touts Seattle's progressive spirit and Phinney Ave rides. A third reader asks if Seattle bans minors in pool rooms, citing observed underage players and a lax response by police, urging enforcement.
A compilation of humorous lines and anecdotes from theatre and domestic life. The manager of a touring company seeks prospects in Texas while a hotel owner and clerk recall trunks, followed by a peaches tale about a butler negotiating prices and dignity.
A quirky note from Hickeville News Dolefulike hints at a lively year ahead amid superstitions and witty aphorisms. The piece mentions a August Rethley led election for Archbold Cemetery Vault, with treasurer Archbeld Mackey in possession of 43 cents, amid humorous asides about local figures and misquoted phrases.
Josh Wise reports a soft shell crab missing from a mall car between Beeleysport and Silo Siding. He says the finder can identify it by two new parcel post stamps attached to its back between the shoulder blades.
A collection of humorous lines portrays quaint stereotypes: the farmer greasing boots with lard, the city man with a beard for throat protection, the knitting-loving woman, and a boy seeking flaxseed oil for strength. Other quips reveal attitudes toward night air, body image, singing, shoe fit, cooking, and seasickness.
A passerby character names Kitty admires a hyacinth in a shop window and casually appropriates the flower, declaring affection for blooms and suggesting a playful theft in a Victorian style vignette.
Young Edith Haldeman rose from a theater hopeful to a regular stock company member under King Baggott at an Imp company in New York. The actor praised her talent, mentored her, and she gained notoriety as his protegé in films like Officer 174, becoming a familiar face in Scent theatres nationwide.
Health and social morality were discussed by the Pre Legislative Institute at the Commercial Club. A law similar to the Iowa red light Injunction act is proposed for the new legislature. It would grant any citizen the right to an injunction against property used for immoral purposes.
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