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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1912
Page
4
Sitters in the Sun and Seattle Pencil Sale Report
In a June sunset image of upscale elders enjoying leisure, a futurist vision calls for a fair share of toil’s product and peaceful rest. Separately, Seattle reports a pencil sale for the children’s hospital earning a net $4,182, praised as a fine city effort. A Chicago arrival ofColonel Teddy sparks a town anticipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Children’s Hospital
Great Delegates Battle Looms In Republican And Democratic Parties
A long piece notes the current delegate battles in Chicago and Baltimore with a view of uncertain outcomes similar to historic races in 1880 and 1896. It compares Taft and Roosevelt to past rivals and cites two elderly newlyweds in Los Angeles saying age is no barrier to love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine
Grant
Taft
Roosevelt
Friends of One
Garfield
Arthur
Horace Boies
Town
Dick Bland
Maryland
Bryan
Sewall
Los Angeles
Bright Hope Dies Over Homes for People Plan
Massachusetts seven Supreme Court justices oppose the state engaging in the real estate business. They rule the initiative unconstitutional, arguing public progress hinges on people ruling the courts and blocking special privileges. Eye graft on a man in Philadelphia is noted with sarcasm toward science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etts
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Observations on lending and alimony in society
The piece remarks that borrowers justify lending and mocks the idea of delaying lending until it is too late. It notes women trading a rich husband for steady alimony and critics who celebrate art while lacking engagement. It ends with caution about a woman who defends a man before marriage facing commitments afterward.
Noisy city crusade debated by Star readers
Editor letters warn against a future noiseless city with six months jail for wagon clatter while praising a quieter life. A second piece ponders crime and society after a youth named Lawrence Dye robs a store, arguing whether social systems bear responsibility rather than the individual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star—11
O. B
the Star
Lawrence Dye
Nothing Serious She Spoke Truly in Odd Scene
A dialogue fragment contrasts women and men on thrift and art. A sculptor is teased for draping nude statues in fashionable contexts while a skirt is described as a symphony that drags, highlighting social jokes about artistry and attire.
Unclear Script Snippet Lays Odd Phrases and Characterisms
Fragment from a column blends quotes about a tender Mrs Softleights a brisk and a young fellow. Phrases mention chioro forms clams plans and a veterinary college graduate with odd humor and natural remarks. The text reads as a humorous stream of rural talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterinary College
The West Point Method Controversy Echoes at Cadet Board
A fragment from Cleveland Plain Dealer portrays a tense exchange over cadet discipline. The dialogue hints at high stakes in reinstatement requests and possible congressional involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Trip to the Moon Story Wins Story Contest
The Port Angeles girl Thelma Norcross wins a story contest with a tale about an aero plane trip to the man in the moon. The dreamlike voyage features a moon host, a white palace, and a green cheese before the plane crashes back to earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Angeles
Moon
Bob
Vielt
Ths Palace
Hab
Thelma Norcross
Wash
Community Names and a Brief Personal Note
A list of individuals including Ada Crump Clara LeGary Alvin Bjornson Arthur OConnell Violet Johnson Neil Larsen Evelyn Cummings Peter Robertson Alberta Kunz William Kautzier Neraine Dunn Marie Scholz Evadne Sephton Genevieve Schwartz Esther Longly Arthur Ford Charles Hagen Clarence Monrot Victor Cummings Olga Langland Nora Andrews Veriane Thompson appears alongside a stray text about meeting someone and a request to join a Circle from Flora Hopmann at 4207 Maynard Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Crump
Startup
Clara LeGary
Edmonds
Alvin Bjornson
Port Orchard
Arthur O'Connell
Bremerton
Violet Johnson
Silverdale
Neil Larsen
Evelyn Cummings
Peter Robertson
Buckley
Alberta Kunz
Kenmore
William Kautzier
Neraine Dunn
Marie Scholz
Evadne Sephton
Genevieve Schwartz
Esther Longly
Arthur Ford
Charles Hagen
Renton
Clarence Monrot
Poulsbo
Hare Luther
Victor Cummings
Olga Langland
Oak Harbor
Nora Andrews
Hoquiam
Veriane Thompson
Three prizes this week for Circle photo contest
Readers are invited to submit photos of Circle members for a chance to win one of three prizes. Each prize is 40 cents. entries should be fair size with a good stamp picture. Include name age address school on the back and request return if needed. Contest closes next at 3 o'clock.
Brothers debate drink cure effectiveness
In Sugpenge the first club says my brother has taken the drink cure and fears it will not work. The second clubman asks if it cured him, and the reply is that he fears it has not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitteburg Post
Jumbled verse hints at fashion and team fever
A fragmented pastiche blends seasonal musings with sports banter and fashion lore. References to summer light, a hard-up man, a cheerful crowd chanting about a team, and fashion notes mix in a garbled OCR style, yielding a quirky, non-sensical newspaper snippet.
Attractiveness and Remarriage in Quick Dialogues
The Philadelphia Record notes a magnetism in a cafe encounter and a joke about missing a watch. The Kansas City Journal quotes a judge’s custody arrangement as a light remark about remarriage and shared children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cafe de Swift
Gartier
Jove
Philadelphia Record
Outbursts of Everett. True Breaking Even
Conversation from the Boston Transcript features Henley and Penley discussing writing for magazines. Penley says he keeps pace, noting editors return as much as he sends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Henley
Penley
Boston Transcript
Poser at Expo Sparks Brief Encounter with Senator
A short stout man at the Industrial exposition drew friendly greetings from a fast-moving admirer who misidentified him as Senator La Follette. The bald figure tipped his hat and moved on as the inquirer's son Josh boasted about baseball knowledge and umpiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Saya
Newark
Hind
Senator la Follette
City Hall
Fragmentary Readings Across a Patchwork Text
The excerpt blends literary quotes and stray facts noting a Chesterton remark about marriage, a damaged dialogue snippet, a quip about China’s physician ratio, and a line on coal gas use. The readable parts offer minimal cohesive narrative or events to anchor a full news item.
Beautiful City Seattle Child Narration
A young girl arrives in Seattle and writes to Uncle Jack describing her emotions and first impressions of the city. She mentions being new to the area and attending school in the South Seattle district as she adjusts to her new surroundings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Political Gossip From The Capital By Gilson Gardner
Washington dispatch notes senate leaders abandon forcing appropriation bills and plan to sit through summer and fall. Rev Henry N Couden delivers a pragmatic prayer in the house. Senator Borah fights to keep the eight hour bill alive while others push to sidestep roll calls and adjourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilson Gardner
Washington
the Star
Senate
Congress
Henry N. Couden
House of Representatives
Jesus Christ
Borah
Warren
Heyburn
Gallinger
Lodge
Bacon
Overman
Thornton
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Seattle Star Phone Private Exchange
Scripps Northwest Shade
Beattle
Star Publishing Co
Lincoln
Teddy
Chicago
Baltimore
John Alden
Foxsy
Frisk
Mrs. Softleights
Cribe
Cleveland Plain Dealer
the Star Circle
Uncle Jack
Tle
Elty
Flora Hopmann
Maynard Ay
Kansas City Journal
Baltimore American
Josh
Farmer Corntesse
Washington Star
Chesterton
Wee
Mie
China
Youngstown, O
Star
Stag
Fountains & Elee
Horlick
Gough
Eoully
Poe
Abe
Apologi Jey
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