Philippine Secrets and Press Censorship Critics Score
Professor Frederick Starr cites cholera deaths in the Philippines and accuses government secrecy of concealing news. He argues voters deserve full disclosure of wartime actions and conditions, criticizing press censorship and policy. The column also notes Tacoma Tigers and weather bureau remarks and mentions a $20,000 deposit and the lumber tariff debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Starr
Philippines
United States
Philippine
War Department
Government of the Philippines
The Curious Dining Tale of Jack Sprat and Wife
A humorous vignette by Wally105 about Jack Sprat who despised animal fat and his wife who avoided greasy foods. They each rejected the other’s menu items, leaving no leftovers, an example of frugal domestic economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack” Sprat
John Sprat
Sprat
Fragmentary Verse Fragments From The Kansas City Journal
A garbled OCR fragment presents scattered lines referencing poets, Bible verses, and dialogues. Includes stray quotes and partial names suggesting a collage of literary or column content with unclear attributions and missing context.
An Odd Ball Game With Adolf and Osgar
A narrator recalls a chaotic baseball game with Adolf whose ignorance and mispronunciations spark mischief and clashes. Adolf mocks opponents while failing to understand plays, leading to suspensions, bench humor, and a zany exchange about the game and peanuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf
Hamburg
der Brice
Armia
von Blazer Waee
Annoder
Fractured loyalties in a doomed city defense encounter
Amid a tense World War II style siege scene Cartwright and Bessie confront a crucial wireless order to attack by an unprotected eastern bridge. The revelation of a possible city fall clashes with duty and devotion as an old woman disrupts the setup by smashing the wireless gear, ending the crisis.
Lorimer’s Rise From Newsboy to U S Senator
A Chicago political arc traces Lorimer from early labor and job roles to U S Senate, highlighting his ward politics, committee influence, and long campaign to secure a three month deadlock ending in his election. The piece notes his popularity, ties to Chicago figures, and strategic assembly of votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Billy” Lorimer
United States
Realia
Lorimers
Hitnole
Albert J. Hopkins
Hopkins
Hie
Lorimer
Chicago
Chicago Harbor
Spain
Congress
Hey
Senate
Fate of the Armies War Romance Scene at Wireless Table
In a wartime romance from the Army of the Red and the Army of the Blue, Jack Cartwright, a prisoner of war, greets his captor Beanie Warden as tension rises over intercepted wireless messages. Beanie wields a Caliber revolver while a nurse watches, the fate of telegraph lines and communication hanging in the balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Williams
Jack Cartwright
Bessie
Army of the Red
Beanie Warden
Blue
Cartwright
Doasie
Jack
Army of the Blue
Heesle
New Fad Bags and Accessories Hit Market Prices
The listing touts leather bags with extended flap sides and matching strap card cases at $1.50, plus patent leather hand purses lined in leather at $1.25. Also advertised are sheer dainty styles, rabots, crossbarred handkerchiefs in pure linen all white, priced at 15 to 25 cents.
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Tacoma Tigers
Mgr. Dug
Dale
Ventertay
Emerson Hough
Weather Bureau
Highbrow Nursery
Wally
Jack Sprat and Wife
Everett True
Ekin
myRey
Rive Tomor
Josh Wise
Kansas City Journal
Rouch
Coneee
Osgar
Nat Bale
Hay Vich
Adolf Det Haasenpfeffer
East Bridge
Beasie
Bhessie
Wuxtry
U. S. Senate
Mra
Debnam
Boog
Nusband
Conta
Antrim
Brussels
A.Y.P
UNION
Seattle
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