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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
4
The Washington Post notes Congress may defer action on canal regulation until Theodore Roosevelt resumes leadership. The Springfield Republican argues investigated senators should retire while whitewash remains fresh and spotless.
Fragmented dialogue shows a sister calling Willie home during a pivotal moment in a game. The exchange hints at a tie score 107 to 107 and a request to join the Ladies' National League with a playful suggestion to play shortstop.
Anna Murphy, a civil service winner, becomes ward street superintendent for Chicago stockyardsCleanup. She clears alleys, whitewashes fences, enforces garbage rules, and covers waste with ash and gravel to build a new highway, prompting talk of women in public work and a challenged ward politics.
A tale of women trapped by cheap waists and debts shows how small bills drain households. Elizabeth the nurse confronts misery at a boarding house, urging repayment and proper help over mere charity. The piece ends with quick takes on lawyers and a fort Harrison theft, plus a Connecticut congressman quitting.
Report notes a theatrical mood as hundreds of dressed women calm potential fighters while Alton Parker seeks temporary chairmanship. Gill law firm eyes a recount quit before First ward. Teddy Roosevelt and Kid Roosevelt loom in talk of battles and outcomes. Taxpayers fund the spectacle.
Readers debate presidential picks with Roosevlt Taft and La Follette. Some urge a dark horse win and a split nomination between La Follette and Bryan. A Seattle reader lauds Billie Burke for column contributions to The Star and offers anticipation of guidance to young women.
The Chicago Evening Post recalls Mansfield’s angry demand for a chord during a rehearsal of Bean Brum mel. He balanced on one foot and shouted for a decisive beat as Manefield struck the stage with a dramatic footfall.
A Washington Star feature recalls a patient accepting a doctor's order for cold plunges and admitting surprise at the nerve to carry it out. The piece frames grit and self motivation alongside a humorous note about buying a canoe as a symbolic reward.
A humorous vignette portrays a clash over smoking where one character insists tobacco is forbidden while the other nonchalantly remarks he will smoke potato parings, highlighting reluctance to change behavior.
A playful dialogue contrasts a highball rule with commentary on baseball knowledge. A speaker explains a highball and its catch, while another quips about his wife’s unfamiliarity with baseball and his readiness to take women to games.
A man and wife argued at home and exchanged sharp taunts about status. The dispute escalated into a flying furniture melee as neighbors listened to their heated exchange.
A female passenger bugged officers about whales relentlessly, asking a hundred times daily to be alerted to any sighting. The captain finally asks why she worries, and she reveals her lifelong wish to see a whale blubber.
A humorous exchange from a Chicago Record-Herald feature shows a mother and child bantering about schooling, fatherly traits, and a playful take on suffrage era ball club attire and baseball knowledge.
The passage jokes about Prof. Burton N. Gates of Amherst College pursuing a stingless bee and comic quips compare the effort to making a fish hook for a hat. A young man insists no dope can fix his frayed straw hat, scrubbed with soap and gasoline, for the year.
The text presents a collage of sayings and odd data. Mentions of Heeleysport between trains and a hotel office sit alongside notes on street life and theater. It cites a curious statistic about lead pencils and a playful Boston moment with President Taft.
A compact line echoes John Hay style urging broad rhetoric and concise thought. The phrasing invokes a global voice paired with a concise, minority perspective. The juxtaposition suggests blending universal expression with selective insight.
Richmond Virginia report details Avuguatus Darts, 68, who was perched on a tree limb yesterday and sawed it off, dying today. A witness recalls no altercation, saying he was watching a fight. The scene includes a discouraged fruit vendor and a stray comic remark.
Dialogic quip contrasts a citizen and Diogenes about honesty and neighborly opinion. A Washington Star excerpt jokes that girls perform as well or better in college due to more study opportunities, quipping about a girl avoiding time spent coloring a meerschaum pipe.
Washington Star notes a quip about wealth at a dinner. A promoter’s wife complains about a $900 sable and ermine stole order. The promoter jokes by tying his right hand to his left foot with a skipping rope as a playful reminder.
Chicago attorney Lambert Kaspers recalls a Kansas farmer from Denmark who, when asked if he is satisfied with general conditions, says yes but wishes for more rain, in a humorous naturalization story shared at a YMCA banquet.
Jimmy claims his father is a church member and Henry retorts that his father never contributes. One boy mocks another by saying his father is only an honorary member and does not contribute to the collection box.
An old Chicago Tribune note records Jack beginning a climb toward those taller figures after a prompt question from a bystander. The Chronicle notes he eventually settled the matter by landing them.
An old advertisement touts Cab elde compound for foot ailments. It promises instant relief from corns callouses bunions and foul smelling feet after soaking the feet in a warm water basin for fifteen minutes with the compound dissolved. A twenty five cent box is sold by druggists.
In an interview at the Metropolitan Theatre Henrietta Cromman claims she will give all earnings from her tour to Long Island farmers. She criticizes livestock owners for sacrificing animals for profit and jokes that crossing livestock with automobiles would improve value.
A Seattle mother gives her two daughters five cents each. The six year old buys a sprinkling can and, after a bystander questions her character, the clerk says the cheapest is ten cents. The ten year old offers her nickel to fund her sister’s purchase, sparking reflection on who benefits more from the sacrifice.
A Louisville Courier-Journal item quotes a suffrage figure joking about rally outfits. She plans to wear a 39-cent hat to lure others, then reveal a $50 confection as a ploy to draw attention to the movement.
The Los Angeles Evening Herald contrasts a declaration to learn swimming this summer with a remark about last summer’s lessons by George. The speaker then reveals a change in engagement status, no longer being engaged to George.
A St. Louis man answers whether he has sacrificed for patriotism by saying he bets on the home team regularly, as quoted by the Washington Star.
A Washington Star quip has a man who tries to please explaining he prefers discussing himself to tariffs or trust regulation, noting others think his topics more interesting.
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