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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1908
Page
4
The article reflects on the approaching election cycle with Taft and Bryan drawing attention. It notes Washington state figures like former Senator John L. Wilson as influential yet controversial. The piece also mentions media silence on a letter from Rev. M A Matthews and critiques a safety fault in a vault.
The piece links Roosevelt's hard hitting creed to the case of Judge Peter S. Grosscup, detailing alleged railroad favors and court ethics. It contrasts perceived soft versus forceful tactics and cites Vancouver World feinting dispatches and local municipal debates on franchise terms. It notes New Westminster lacrosse team’s continental pursuit and Pacific Coast prowess.
A Country Mouse invites a Town Mouse to sample rustic bounty and nature. The Town Mouse rejects simple living, mocks the country, and quickly descends into urban excess with ornate venues, high spending, and a sharp critique of rural life.
A collage of quips, verse, and cartoon captions from various papers. Jokes about campaigns and politicians mingle with light verse and seaside refrains, including casual banter about ear doctors dances and farm life humor.
The Ostend report notes a women’s club yachting party with fifty members aboard. The line all told signals total attendance, and the remark about telling everything hints at a joke about disclosure rather than a factual detail.
A collection of quirky facts and quotes including misheard phrases and historical notes. It mentions production of buttons in the United States, a misnamed cantaloupe origin, dog barking habits, Lord Northcliffe and the London Times, a jail term for stealing religious books, Paris newspaper takes on party platforms, a baseball pitcher’s fielding streak, a fatherly mirror exchange, Henry Madeon's vessel Malt Moon, fashion notes on hats, elephant killings in Africa, and railroad earnings in the United States. The closing lines offer a blessing and a friendly farewell urging future visits.
The governor, described as stout and apoplectic, sits inside the sheriff’s house as convicts wait stockaded nearby. A girl on horseback pleads to see the convicts, asking the sheriff to intercede for her, promising to coax the convict to cooperate after a nap. They move toward the house, the crowd startled by a loud scream as the governor stands at the door.
In a decayed jail yard a mix of white prisoners and black trusted men share cells with mangy dogs and pigs while fowls roam. A lifer named Jim Durgan, jailed for murder, stands among wary inmates as the sheriff questions a girl about the defendants and the attempt to obtain pardon fails. The scene hints at a tense, class charged drama with a looming breakout.
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