Peace Talkka Force and the Peace Farce in World Powers
The piece critiques global leaders who preach peace while expanding military power. It cites England, France, Germany, and the United States expanding navies and holdings, claiming a universal theater of pretense where mighty armies rise to threaten others even as talks continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Japan
England
Asia
Africa
France
Germany
Roosevelt
Cassin
Secretary of the Navy
Pitt
Clarisse
Satan
London
Public transit ire targets Seattle streetcar waits
G P Rowe voices frustration with Seattle Electric car service on the Madison Broadway line. He describes missed connections and long waits at transfers to Madrona Park, urging the company to allow Madison transfers to be punched Madrona so riders can walk and catch the Madrona car. He warns the issue reflects poorly on Seattle as a metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Daily Star
Broadway
Madison Line
Madrona Park
James Street Power
Panched Madrona
Madrona
Seattle Electric Company
Madison
Seattle
G. PF. Rowe
King County
Kenny
R. C
Fragmentary Star Dust exchange hints at letters and governance
The readable lines show a quarrel over letters between a young woman and Harold, with remarks about dictating mail and spelling. Officials and government critique appear obliquely, suggesting tensions about American identity and authority in a clipped dialogue.
Word From Josh Wise and Odds and Ends
A string of comic quips and anecdotes includes a joke about why good men were not burned a remark on a 6 cent cigar named for a person and a judge’s quip about an automobilist who steps into an auto. The humor reflects old slang and social quips.
Wedding Gift From Father Sparks Mixed Feelings
A dialogue reveals a $190 000 wedding present from a father, with pleasure at the gesture shadowed by desire for the money itself. The exchange notes how money enters daily conversation, while a tangential line hints at unrest in the Philippines and corruption among locals.
Miss Anna Lundholm Barber Shop Ad at Osborn Block
Miss Anna Lundholm invites patronage at her modern bar ber shop and bathrooms tucked in Leonard's old stand Osborn block 1910 West Superior Street Duluth Minnesota. The ad ends with a brief street-scene line about a man saving more money after marriage and a fragmentary remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Lundholm
Leonard
Osborn Block
West Superior Street
Duluth
Minn
Trerald
A Tale of Imprisoned Guilt and A Graceful Escape
A political prisoner awakens in a prison governor’s private quarters after a mistaken detainment. The earl Franks of Sudmouth meets a courteous host, learns he is not charged with serious offense, and is offered hospitality and an elegant new room. He surveys a gothic library, the governor’s daughter Miss Bessie Ormond, and a fragile tension between past sins and present mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat
Jall
Lord George Fitsmaurice
Franks
Earl of
Sudmouth
Earl of Chatham
Bessie Ormond
Bessie
Miss Bessie
Miss Ormond
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W. Blackwood
Chicago
Hartford
W. D. Ward
New York
Tribune
Seattle Star
B. F. Chase
A. D
A. J. Tennant
State of Guba
Peace Talkka Force
Star Readers
Harold
Josh Wise
Feminine Finance
Philippines
Wd Modern Business Colege
First Avenue
Newgate
G. A. R. Excursion
Portland Exposition
N. Pp
Queya Ker~s Drug CO
Bor
Dick Jack
Per Ounce Lundborg
Frangipanini Verbena Ree
Ind
Finest Pei
Lees
Boas & Sam
Pike Steett
Third Ave
Eastern Outfitting Co., Inc
Pike Street
Cor
Fifth “Breattle's Reliable Credit House
Cor Ana
Seattle Lighting CO
Fourth and Union
Third Avenue Theater
Saan
Russell & Drew
Mr. Chan. A. Taylor
Taylor
Star Theater Car
Firetape
Serbing
Calef
Waldron
Hoeliman
Jordans
Ray Ogden & Co
Leatie Pomeroy
John Cort
Mer
Rolb and
Dill
California
Tacoma
Cedar Stars
Sre Ja Sic Wok Non Trust Photo Supply Co
School of Photograph
Sweer Timatenase
Isaac Luria
King and
Greenbaum
York
First Ave
Howard
Penn Mutual Life
LAD
Brown’s
Rieck
MacDousall & Southwick
Albert Hansen
Reliable Transfer CO
Wiest Avenue
Sunset
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