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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1911
Page
4
The Boston Traveler’s pilot praises reform in women’s dress and mocks men’s custom bound attire. The piece notes decades of female fashion changes versus little change for men and cites Judge Babcock’s Cleveland court remark on coats and collars. It playfully questions snoring and fashion norms.
The column condemns Uncle Congressmahs Kahn for a proposed dowry tax on girls seeking titles. It argues the scheme is vice dressed as statecraft and mocks it as police-like thievery. A separate subway encounter shows a punch to a man mistaken for a masher, showcasing rough street humor.
An elderly Los Angeles woman, Mrs. Mar Hughes, extols a beauty regimen that includes keeping a gentle smile and cheerful thoughts. She notes the effort required to apply the face paste but promises lasting beauty for women into advanced years.
The snippet notes debate over keeping the Declaration of Independence in a safe and hints at tangled commentary on Taft. It mentions a 20 million gallon yearly mail order whisky business in prohibition states, a sales halt for Collier's in Boston over an ad on the American flag, and other quips about New York beauty culture, politics, and Western influence on the East with references to trains and railroads.
A playful dialogue unfolds with witty retorts about love, work, and summer sideshows. Fat Lady questions fidelity while Whirling Dervish boasts freelance earnings, creating a lighthearted vignette of backstage banter.
In a Chicago Record Herald excerpt, Limping Lem rouses Weary from a nightmare about being a boy as his mother prepares a bath. The dialogue mocks memory and fear with regional speech.
A jumble of brief items and jokes appears, including stray notes about wills and acknowledgments, a Philadelphia Ledger anecdote on a man saving a seat for his wife, and light humor about engagements, rents, and misunderstandings.
Overcrowded train forces a large woman into the smoking car near the door where she confronts a man absorbed in his paper. She complains that some men here are not gentlemen. The man replies politely with an offer of a cigar.
A Loulaville Courier Journal note observes that older village areas host many odd characters. Residents agree that a surge of travelers may arrive as new hotels are fitted up, signaling changing times for the town.
Dialogue fragment shows playful banter about luck and winning but no identifiable event, people, place, or organization in readable text. No concrete facts to summarize into a news item.
A jumble of lines recounts James Whitcomb Riley in Indianapolis and a playful verse about bathing on a vacation. It also notes opium exports ceasing in 1917 and a Colorado incident where John Thompson fears blood poisoning after aiding a marshal arrest, plus a brief Minnesota News mention.
A fragment discusses neighbors who come to the back door unannounced at all hours frightening residents, then shifts to a note about locking doors. The text adds a historical aside: military uniforms first appeared in France in 1668.
Clyde Leroy Morris, 34, president of the Arctic Club, emerges as a deeply practical figure amid tales of Alaska and gold. Born in Pomeroy, he built 300 miles of ditches, landed Nome cargo, and even began a farthest-north steamboat railroad. Married with a daughter, he belongs to the Rainier Club and the Chamber of Commerce while remaining wary of romance.
Ten barrels of flies gathered at Worcester Maas by 272 contestants in an anti fly crusade. Fil bath tub with water and pour in sack of walt. Place empty cans and melon rinds on surface. Jump in and paddle around adult.
Fragmentary quotation from Pretaburg hints at a reformist proposal on female involvement in childcare. The line suggests a question about action and a plan to appoint a reliable woman to oversee baby care within the reform context.
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