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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1911
Page
4
A judge praised justice over punishment in the John Allen case. After he admitted stealing canned goods to aid a starving family, the prosecutor and bench offered reform over jail. The decision aims to restore responsible citizens rather than cast them from society.
London proposes garden cities suburbs as solution to housing woes. George B Ford of Columbia University supports the plan after Vienna conference, noting suburban plots with 10 houses per acre yield similar dividends to denser 40-per-acre plots. He urges American cities to adopt cheap rapid transit to make city outskirts viable.
The Postmaster General argues lowering rail contract profits to six percent could save the nation nine million dollars annually and fund the department. He is pressed to disclose the railroads’ actual profit margins on mail contracts, noting criticism of post office waste and demanding transparency on railroad earnings.
A mosaic of snippets notes Mexico illiteracy and a Philippine posting of Gen Funston. Items report tobacco use in Durham Indiana and life insurance loans, plus a shipyard queen Olympic, and Mrs Ivan Swift’s miserly grant. A Belgian princess and Leopold’s marriage woes are lightly touched. A Chicago pastor links gray hairs to sin and punishment.
The tale follows J Derringford de Rockabilt once spoiled by wealth and luxury. After a lavish upbringing and a swift university finish, a dramatic family feud ends with a will shocking all. He becomes a necktie seller as the mill metaphorically never turns.
A fragment discusses nuisance of misnaming patrons and adds playful lines about tips and French accents. The speaker jokes that a Parisian accent changes tips and mentions reorganizing ballots so the speaker can stay home during elections and handle errands.
A bank executive reviews a church conversation where the cashier’s singing of a gospel hymn prompts concern. The dialog hints at tension between leadership and staff over motives or behavior, framed in a humorous Puck-style exchange.
Hodown explains his wife drew up the pans for the new house and is now busy arranging the rest of the rooms. Jigsup says she had finished the cupboards but must complete the remaining house layout.
A guest offers to pay in advance for daily meals, claiming he leaves town tomorrow. The host cites a dollar for the favor and questions the guest’s trust as the strange arrangement unfolds in a luncheon setting reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Mrs Snide speaks cautiously about debt and prompt payment, while her husband’s reputation for settling obligations quickly is noted. The exchange underlines financial reliability and social perception in a light conversational tone.
Vera speaks of dangerous long hatpins and the practical joke of sterilizing them. The remark contrasts risk with caution as a witty exchange echoes a bygone humorous note.
A lawyer boasts of his wife's thrift as she buys a suit. She explains the tailor quoted 150 dollars, and she chose to proceed to avoid extra car fare for multiple visits. The husband remarks on tiny economies.
H Chandler Egan, the golf champion, says seashore golf rarely amounts to much and recalls a playful Jack and Jill dialogue about the caddie and a lost ball. The remark appears in the Wheaton link scene as quoted in the St Louis Globe-Democrat.
In planning honeymoons, one speaker notes Gibraltar’s 70 miles of tunnels. An Adv Professor says his geological work keeps him away, while a farmer quips about changing views on the matter, admitting there is real substance behind it.
Two men discuss boats and engines as the salesman and proprietor contrast knowledge and inexperience. One asserts deep engine knowledge while the other admits no experience, highlighting a cautious buyer and a riskier gamble. Washington Star.
A jumble of notes about a sick vacation at Lake Oconomowoc Wisconsin and a feature on Carlotta De Felice an actress poisoned by makeup. Also mentions athletic records rowed by a student and general social commentary with jokes on manners and a mock coronation cocktail recipe.
A collage of short items notes a 21 by 21 foot cake for patients in Mansfield Ohio a lightning struck hen house in Montville New Jersey a boast about a bread weight joke a test proving sound lumber stronger than new stock a Connecticut millionaire gifting 100000 to a grandson born in Philadelphia remark about being born there a 50 cent piece paid to Frank Woods and Canada minting its own gold coins a Los Angeles judge ruling wives may read private letters.
A reader reflects on Kirkland's rise and collapse since 1888 with three-story brick blocks, two banks, and a booming economy that vanished after the 1893 panic. Today only a newspaper office remains, while the city sits near Seattle, a ghostly contrast to Goldsmith’s Deserted Village.
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