Bouillon Against Seattle Electric Company Faces Political Grit
The piece praises A. V. Bouillon for opposing the Seattle Electric Company and pressuring reforms in street car service. It contrasts Bouillon with council ally Gill, notes Bouillon’s cautious, data driven approach and the company’s resistance, and laments ongoing public transit issues while calling for continued reform advocacy.
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Seattle Electric Company
A. V. Bouillon
Seattle
Gill
Bouillon
oBuillon
Furth
Potter
Mr. Gill
Mr. Bouillon
Roosevelt Plotted Stopover In Marseilles To Save France
Paris dispatch notes an absurd plan in which Col. Theodore Roosevelt would be induced to pause in Marseilles on his return from Africa to hunt tigers and thereby supposedly save France. The cartoon in L Indiscret imagines a final bully day of tiger hunting as a remedy.
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Hunter Roosevelt
Paris
L'Indigcret
L'Indiscret
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Marseilles
Africa
France
Bouillon Wins Fight to Open Railroad Avenue to Pedestrians
A. Y. Bouillon leads a drive against railroad dominance on Railroad Avenue, battling the board of public works, police, and the mayor to end blockades. After warrants, court hearings, and public pressure, the streets are opened for pedestrian access to the waterfront, preventing the avenue from becoming a permanent switching yard.
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A. Y. Boullion
Board of Public Works
Bouillon
Houllion
Boullion
Striking events in American history pictured
The Jamestown colony in 1621 sought wives from England to boost its population. A ship brought women whose price was measured in tobacco. they became grandmothers of many Americans. The caption notes a drawing error and mentions Washington era attire.
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Jamestown
England
Washington
the Star
Gaynor era brings city news and dining rumors
New York mayor William J. Gaynor walks to office daily and intervenes in transit debates on Riverside Drive. Mayor’s letter pressures Patrolman Mann over drunken assaults, while local restaurant openings and hotel plans reshape 42nd to 49th streets.
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New York
William J. Gaynor
Smith
Park Department
Fitzhay
Riverside Drive
Ths
Gaynor
Chen. B. Stover
Stover
Baker
Wit and whimsy from a bygone era
A humorous string of quips about eloping waiters, heiresses, and a $40000 purchase of a soup tureen by J Pierpont Morgan. The piece riffs on scarcity of soup receptacles, cream’s growth, and a curbstone economist’s mock remedy of more farms fewer roof gardens.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Curbstone
Fragmented thought on suitors and self deception
A torn excerpt muses that nobody is easy for a girl to fool except herself and that a man seeks a philosophy for trouble different from what he believed he possessed. It ends with a woman praying extensively.
Fragmented Ironic Moralities in Family and Faith
The fragment hints at gender roles and fear of heaven, noting men should be the ones to act. It playfully references the paradox of enjoying hell until reaching it and uses rough humor about cussing to evoke masculine bravado and social friction.
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Heaven
Russia and Japan harmonize on Manchuria piano touch genes
A jumble of clipped notes and anecdotes portrays editor ambitions and literary echoes. References to Rex Beach London Twain and a humorous push hint at pressroom tensions and a new chief seeking sharp writers. A stray hotel clerk and a wartime poet tease daily life amid newsroom banter.
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Red Jack
Rex Beach
London
Mark Twain
Succees Magazine
Militant suffragette Pankhurst speaks in New York stores
An assortment of garbled text references Mrs. Pankhurst speaking at a ginner stop in New York and mentions of department stores including Whiteleys and Army and Navy. The fragment alludes to suffrage activism and shop counter discussions.
Depend on a Waltham Watch From a Jeweler
A brief note advises trusting a Waltham watch only when purchased through a jeweler. It underscores reliability and cautions against non-specialist sellers.
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Waltham
Waltham Watches Advise on Temperature Adjustments
N B notes when buying a Waltham Watch to ask the jeweler for a model adjusted to temperature and position, ensuring accurate timekeeping.
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Waltham Watch
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Rheime
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Rector’s
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46Th
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the Heidelberg
Henry Elkins
Cafe de L’opera
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Pitteburc
Noah Lott
Josh
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Bition
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Sige
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Mary
Tennyron
Light Brigade
Waltham Watches
Union Street
Eastern Outfitting Co., Inc
Union St
Reliable Credit House
Baillargeon
Sade
Jaecono Ave. & S
Everett & Edmonds
Eiverett
Telegraph
Se- Benda
Beattie
Everett
Hettiem
Bybee Nh
Geomner
Colman
Hunset
Schuchard Optical Co
Second Ave
Seattle Lighting Company
Fourth Ave
Henry Bldg
Fade
National Cash Register Co
First Avenue
Wash
E. H. Epperson
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