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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1907

Page

4

The Ballard Star Agency Subscription Notice

Readers are reminded to renew subscriptions to The Ballard Star. Contact numbers for Independent and Sunset Main offices appear, with delivery details and receipt reminders.

Honest Ed Bailey Pays 60,000 in 36-Cent-Dollar Debt Settlement

Edward W. Bailey, 60, discharged in bankruptcy, sent $60,000 in checks to 40 firms to settle debts at 36 cents on the dollar. He says his father would have acted similarly, honoring a personal moral code beyond legal obligation. The Chicago press highlights him as Honest Ed Bailey.

Cudahy Park Edward W. Baily Bailey Satan Edward W. Bailey Goozlemeyer Blease

Publicity as Deterrent: Schmitz Speech on Press Cruelty

The piece reflects on Mayor Schmitz's interruption before Judge Dunne and the pain of public humiliation through the press. It argues publicity deters wrongdoing, praising newspapers as a mirror of society while noting their failures. Lechmete’s indifference to the judge’s lecture highlights the power and cruelty of print.

Sehmits San Francisco Dunne Schmitz Minch Lechmite

Word Whims and Jests From The Era Of Yoon Wise

A collection of quips and snippets from various writers and papers. Jokes about matrimony and luck mix with classroom banter and political barbs. The light humor shifts to social commentary as lines hint at human folly and clever retorts.

Whimsical Schoolroom Tales and Parlor Jests

An odd mix of colonial era humor and classroom chatter features a minister’s departure, quips about law and justice, and a blunt geography lesson. A schoolmaster’s retort about Chinamen and a joke about Joshua stopping the sun pepper the scene, while a humorous exchange at a restaurant rounds out the fragment.

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