Miles Poindexter Emerges as insurgent in national spotlight
The piece elevates Miles Poindexter from Washington state to national attention after a year in Congress. It argues his insurgent stance against Cannon and Cannonism boosted his fame and political prospects, noting insurgency’s rising appeal and rewards while warning of overreach and political entropy. It also tethers the Los Angeles aviation meet moment as a contrasting dash of public safety.
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Young Man Afraid to Enter YMCA in Darkness
A community notice notes a young man avoids the Y M C A premise after reports of unsafe conditions about the building at night. Authorities urge calm and say safety measures are being reviewed.
Letters From The People Beiter Star-Dear Sir
A reader complains about service and costs on the Madison street line toward the lake. He recalls crowds, long waits, and lack of reliability, urging better train service and questioning the motive behind the push for new railroad projects. He asks editor to seek explanations from officials such as Jacob Furth.
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Mirrors in Elevators and a Reckless Auto Man
Tales from town describe elevator design with no mirrors to prevent crowding as a Seattle driver recalls circling a Moore theatre crossing. A crossing policeman quips on the auto man who jokes his circus past keeps his hand in by spinning the car in place.
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Alaska
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Seattle
Moore Theatre
Auto Man
H A P Holds Discourse On Misfits Of Society
Horace Ackley Pomerone criticizes social misfits in a blunt talk beside the New York block elevator. He contrasts wealthy misfits who evade consequences with those punished by the system, compares imperial figures to social dissidents, and questions law with sharp, provocative satire.
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Horace Ackley Pomerone
New York
Queen Anne Hill
Napoleon
Morgan
Rockefeller
Humorous Household Snippets From a Country Home
A series of light anecdotes recount children mishearing words and miscalling family members. Dottie fears a stubborn turkey, Edward’s mother scolds yawning, Merian visits the country, a boy learns spelling by punning, and a grandchild jokes about a mustache.
Mississippi Senator Gordon Reveals Past Pulpit Parody
Washington notes recall Col James Gordon A S A now a Mississippi senator wrote minstrel style songs under Pious Jeems. A sample verse mocks religion and race with dialect, lines about Shake your foot my own true love and life dem feet, reflecting a controversial past.
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Liptons Swan Prank Ends With Historic Dinner Tale
A Devonshire man sent a Christmas swan to a Piccadilly club. The bird, served on a silver salver, proved tough and uncarved, exposing a hoax. The sender learned the joke, noting the swan had been in his family for 290 years and had dinnerized kings.
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Thomas Lipton
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Ewan
Charles 1
New York
Woman Resents Husband Over Old Pipe Jealousy
A woman expresses lingering jealousy toward her husband sparked by a trivial possession an old pipe. The remark highlights persistent suspicion and marital tension over a minor item.
Random Quotations and Missives From Across The Nation
A collage of stray phrases and captions appears, from a forgotten Indiana man jailed 104 days to weather notes at 7000 feet and musings on living simply. It touches on lectures about Keats, a bald secretary Knox quip, sex and politics in Oklahoma, and a chorus of everyday curiosities and questions about synonyms and endurance.
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Indiana
Henry James and the peculiar fame of long sentences
The article notes Henry James as a controversial figure whose fame rests on extended sentences that defy concise discourse. It recalls his residence on the Isle of Wight, his influence on American literary style, and a visit to Chicago marked by praise but reluctance to settle there.
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Wight
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Chicago
Ah Hadn’t Much to Say Fade-fade-faded Away
A fragmentary humorous dialogue features a dialect exchange about a landscape gardener and a ladybug eating holes in a rose bush. The passage ends with a stage cue about a vocalizing titled Ah Hadn Hadn’t Much to Say So Ah Fade-fade-faded Away.
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