What I'd Do With It If I Had Rockefeller's Money
Dr Washington Gladden imagines restitution for those damaged by great fortunes. He would locate victims and pay compensations to widows or orphans before diverting the remainder to the public treasury to alleviate municipal debts and fund affordable investments. The aim is to absorb wealth back into national life and avoid memorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Washington Gladden
Congregational Church
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Fortuna
Carnegie
Osler
Seattle
City
Echo Lake Garden
Seattle-Everett
Richmond
Honest circulation figures for Seattle Star 1904 1905
Certification shows the Daily average bona fide circulation of the Seattle Star exceeded 16 000 copies daily in 1904 and over 18 000 copies daily in the first quarter of 1905. Statement sworn by notary A J Tennant on April 3 1906 confirms figures and authenticity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Star
B. F. Chase
A. D
A. J. Tennant
State of Washington
Seattle
Pessimistic preacher warns of degenerate rich youth in Cleveland
The Rev Charles A Eaton of Cleveland, pastor to John Rockefeller, rebukes the millionaire class accusing their sons of folly and predestination to perdition while praising the plain working people. He cautions that wealth tied in corporations and trusts poses the real danger, and urges touching elbows with the real people who keep society’s wheels turning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Eaton
Cleveland
John Rockefeller
Let My Love Be Good to Me Maid and Father’s Door
The passage reflects a woman's questions about age earnings savings and parental reception. It contrasts love with social expectations and the fear of rejection, explaining why marriage may be delayed and why love remains hidden as the girl becomes a maid.
Readers urge funds for aged parents to own homes
Editorials by Star Readers argue a Rockefeller type fund be created to assist fathers and mothers with large families. They urge sizable grants to provide debt free homes, reducing housing woes, preventing later poverty and possibly lowering divorce and asylum rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Mr. Rockefeller
Meeting with Pitt Reveals Invasion Fear and Treason Claims
Lord Devenac confesses his escapades in France and England while Sir Robert Pitt weighs Napoleon plots. The premier praises Devenac’s loyalty, notes Nelson and Calder defenses, but cautions that the murder charge against the Earl of Sudmouth remains unresolved. The prince of Wales' rout is cited in a key sword mystery.
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Weill
Mensidor
Marquis de Sevringen
France
England
de Sevringen
Count d’Arras
Napoleon
John Masters
Lord Mellville
Lord Melville
Admiralty
St. Cloud
Kent
Suffolk
Clariase
Pitt
Lord Devenac
Gay
Robert Calder
Villeneuve
Nelson
Gibraltar
Channel
Earl of
Sudmouth
Devenac
Greenwich
Rom
Prince of Wales
Whitehall
Miscellaneous witty asides and anecdotes from the era
The piece collects varied quips and vignettes about public figures and social scenes. It mentions Pierpont Morgan paying a housekeeper, a diver hearing prophecies, Tom Lawson and a YMCA appeal, stage actors and cigarette leagues, a New York suit settlement, and lighthearted questions about criminals and magazines.
England's Guardian Thanks Rash Enterprise's Eminent Success
A dialogue scene shows Pitt praising a risky mission and a lordly reaction shifts to suspicion about an attempted escape. The Earl hints at possible prior dispatch and midnight delivery, as others share that belief, amid tense exchange.
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England
Pitt
Birthday poems and clever claims grab headlines
The piece notes Julia Ward Howe celebrating her 86th birthday with poetry at breakfast and mentions others who read poetry at meals. It cites a Rhinelander chemist claiming a single liquid drop could alter beer, and a jibe about beer production by hops. It ends with a digression on Kang Yu Wei and Dowie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Ward Howe
Els
Excursion Rates for Teachers and Public to Eastern Cities
An old notice promotes a Portland excursion at 5.60 round trip with an 8:50 a.m. June 9 N P train from Seattle. Northern Pacific offers reduced fares to St Paul Chicago and other cities for teachers and general travelers, with sales June 14 to 17 and tickets valid ninety days. Temporary ticket office at First and Yesler is noted.
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U. GC
Portland
N. P
Seattle
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Chicago
Sioux City
Kansas City
St. Louta
Milwaukee
Yesler
Also Mentioned on This Page
DR. Washington Gladden
Cynthia Gray
Star Readers
Wilson's Modern Business College
Eines & To
Gents
Russia
Oxford
Mode and
Diack
Marouer
Mottow
Deterson
Pike Street
A. Sword Mastard
Dowle
Josh Wise
Pierpont Morgan
Pierp
Port Arthur
Petropavlovak
Togo
Kansas
Thomas W. Lawson
Tom
Hen Rogers
New York
Nother
Willie
Johnny Rockefeller
Hooker
Pany
Mademoissne d'Arras
Wis
King Edward
Kang Yu Wei
Dowie
Kang
IERE
Eastern Outfitting Co., Inc
Cor
Fifth 'S Beattle's Reliable Credit House
Blon. Brooks & Co
2Nd Ave
Great Northern Railway
Quaker
Graves
Young's
Weat Beattie
Caeeer
New York Block
Cline
New York Liquor Co
First Ave
Stone's Pike ST. Pharmacy
Brown
Brown's
First Avenue
Union Block
MacDougall & Southwick
Boston Dental
Second Avenue
Albert Hansen
1St Avenue
Stone Fisher & Lane
To7eson
London Loan Office
Guy
Isaac Lurie
Hovre
SEA Second Moor Howard
Penn Mutual
County of King
Evans Manufacturing Pany
Alyder
Roseman and Johnson
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