Two Seattle Pictures From 1880 and Now
A vivid contrast between Seattle in 1880 and today. The piece compares wooden houses, dirt streets, saloons, and riverside crime to modern streets, landmarks, and a transformed urban landscape, noting similar sun, tides, and mountains while the city’s growth fills the gap between then and now.
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Seattle
First Ave
Columbia
Main
Yesler
Commercial
Gro
MacDougall-Southwick
Second St
Bon Marche
Yesler Hill
Baptist Church
University
Metropolitan Theatre
Americans Seek Work Fairness Amid Local Tensions
Letters to The Star reveal workers blaming minority competition for job scarcity and demand fair opportunities for American citizens with families. A reader lauds Wilson Day as a unifying tribute to the president, while another defends Bryan’s cabinet resignation and credits his role in Wilson’s rise.
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the Star
Europe
Wilson Day
Wilson
Bryan
Star
Cab
Inet
F. R
Maybeso Evia Tianguay in Billboard Money Scandal
Wesley Rading visits Sioux Falls for two weeks of vacation while rumors swirl around Evia Tianguay a dancer linked to Melican fame. The manager allegedly offers a million dollar week on billboards and a ten percent cash kickback amid talk of a possible murder connection. The Webster report notes era crimes and national security debates color the scene.
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Evia Tianguay
Bill Bryan
Allesamee
Evia
Comstock
Webster, 8. C
Wesley Rading
Sioux Falls
Miss Murphy Visits Downtown Music Store In Uptown Tale
A fragmented Chicago style column recalls Teresa Murphy of West 124th Street visiting a downtown music shop to buy songs for her planner. A freckled clerk and a hair department joke arise amid a fragmented city vignette with other notes from Mattoon and Cooks Milla M. E. church social humor.
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N. Y
Teresa Murphy
West 124-St
Potes
Alsoraville
Chicago
Resinol Soap and Ointment Promised to Clear Complexion
Advert asks readers to wash with Resinol soap and apply Resinol ointment daily. Soothes pores, removes pimples and blackheads, and leaves skin velvety. Promises instant itching relief and speedy healing of sores burns wounds and chafing. Sold by all druggists with free sample offer from Baltimore Maryland.
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Resinol
Baltimore
Every Woman Can Use Special Value to Wena
An advertisement touts Every Woman as a remedy for headache backache languor nervousness and depression linked to debility and poor circulation from indigestion or constipation. It promises relief in a special value box sold widely for 10 and 25 cents with a prophecy about greens.
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Wena
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MR. True
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Tom
Stella and
Gertie
Twat Simp
MR Bubble
Igertie
Gery
By Allman
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Chinaboys
Eva Tanguay
National Security League
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UR Junior
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Daniela
Everyebody's
Johny
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Mrs. Jones
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Aun
Thousan
Beecham
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