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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1910

Page

5

Rats and the human-rat war a grim warning

An impassioned essay compares humans and rats, urging vigilance in a global fight against the rodent menace. It cites costs of rat damage, plague transmission, and the Mayflower origin of rats, linking them to national defense and daily life.

Messrs Wm. Atherton E. T. Brewer McClure’s Mus

Just Kids by T S Allen Buoyed by slang and dialogue

A fragment from a column or humor piece features rural dialect banter. Jimmie complains about not speaking, and a playful exchange centers on a bag of candy. The scene captures colloquial voices and character dynamics.

Jimmie

Red Rose Proposal From Loneleyville Neighbor

A personal letter from John B. Rusty in Loneleyville Mo asks Miss Amelia Spinster to marry him, offering to wait for her answer and asking her to wear a red rose at Thursday prayer meeting. The page also includes satirical snippets about a novelist claiming sales of two hundred thousand and jokes about a cousin Jack, plus a note on the Canada US boundary markers.

John B. Rusty Amelia Spinster Loneleyville

Local Sayings and Odd Facts From Historical Snippets

A collage notes Star Dust Aden making 10,000,000 cigarettes yearly with wages at 16 cents a day. A dialogue shows a boy James sneaking a look at ball fame through a knot hole in a fence. Mentions state mottoes and a note England has not executed publicly since 1868.

Aden Dad James

Echo from Cannibal Land First Captive

Two captives speak in a stark exchange about confinement and being fed, noting fatness and feebleness while commenting that the natives offer no banquet to anyone.

Public EYE gossip on Billy Burke and Senate squabbles

Rumors swirl about Billy Burke and a would be suitor Aloysius Jones who never asks her. John Kean faces political pressure from Congressman Fowler while Senator Bacon of Georgia quietly votes late in roll calls. James R. Keene lauds horses at Cedarhurst and contrasts parental affection with a two year old thoroughbred in a Detroit Free Press vignette.

Billy Burke Frohman New York Cincinnati Times Star Aloysius Jones Miss Burke Hilly Burke William Burke John Kean Senate New Jersey Congressman Fowler Congress Kean Aldrich Bacon Georgia Waite Lst Washington Times James RR. Keene James R. Keene Cedarhurst Detroit Free Press

Then It Happened at the Breezy Encounter

Coolduffer known for breezy stunts meets Pilker in a brief exchange. Pilker produces a black cigar in his vest pocket and offers a match. Coolduffer lights the loaded cigar as they share a half smile and a local newspaper note records the moment.

Coolduffer Nervine Pilker

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