Machine Politics Crushed by Primary Vote
Under the old plan councilmen could rig terms to favor their wards and misdirect funds. In Tuesday primaries Conway Wolfe Sawyer and others were toppled. Yesterday Murphy Mullen and Behlump followed. The public rejects machine politics in favor of honest leadership. The Fat Men's club is noted in a closing aside.
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Iim
Zbinden
Conway
Wolfe
Sawyer
Murphy
Mullen
Behlump
Eer
Franchise riches and publics gain in city utilities
The piece critiques public franchises in New York City including gas electric telephone steam and railways noting a total value of 483 908 200 and Harlem River & New York transit growth from 646 000 in 1910 to 2 070 900 in 1911 It argues franchise owners profit daily from current and unborn generations and cheers the franchise made billion while deriding democratic reform proposing revenue from franchises as unchecked privilege ENGLAND'S heir apparent is down with democratic measles and is compared to common clay.
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Cm Mana
New York City
Bronx
Harlem River & Railway
New York
England
Railroads bide legal path after rate clash
The piece notes railroads seek to raise rates but the American people through government push back. It questions if their response will be to challenge Mann Elkins as unconstitutional and rely on courts to curb Congress and the administration. It also mentions a New Mexico cowgirl colony as a leisure novelty.
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Fie
Congress
Quotations and Jests From Various Papers
A collage of witticisms jokes and brief notes from multiple papers includes observations on rooms telephones rooms and guests, plus quips about indigestion virtues and sailors. It cites Walter Winans and statistics on transatlantic cables and Americans in China, ending with light exchanges about a cake and a man who can quit tobacco but not boasting.
Outbursts on Shirt Waists Neckband Shrinkage
A dialogue recalls a consumer and manufacturer quarrel over shirt waists with neckbands that shrink. The producer blames busy production for poor materials while boasting a side line of shrink resistant neckbands sold to shoppers seeking replacements.
Hobson's Choice on Nevada murder punishments
A noisy comment from a Nevada outlet argues that criminals may soon face a grim choice between death by poison or the gallows, expressing a crude cheer for harsher penalties in homicide cases.
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Hobson
Nevada
Poteon
New Australian Bird with Four Legs Reported
A humorous passage notes a supposed discovery of a four legged bird in Australia. The joke puns on bird politics and creator’s dispensation, suggesting the creature can stand on both sides of the fence.
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Australia
The Czar's Watch From Odds to Timepiece
Czar Nicholas received a remarkable watch crafted by Polish mechanic Jules Curron from copper nails wood scraps broken glass a china cup wire and cribbage pegs. The czar tested Curron by supplying odd materials and receiving a china case watch works. Delighted, the czar honored Curron with several distinctions.
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Jules Curron
Curron
China
Cear
Curzon
Smugglers or Saints The Bells and Beams of Odd Notices
A jumble of clipped lines and headlines notes thieves about to sell a church bell, a Balt imore Sun line on an old lawn mower, and assorted quips from newspapers. Dialogues poke at alimony, primaries, romance, and satire across several U S papers.
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Kansas
Milk Wagon Halt Ends With Putrid Label
Sanitation squad halts all milk wagons on a gray morning. Agua Pura Dairy wagon stops as a 20 gallon can is hoisted to the curb. Chief bacteriologist tests a pint sample and deems it putrid. The fragment ends with THE END.
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Agua Pura Dairy
Dent you think Mrs Strong minds husband is naturally a gentLe
A garbled collection of quips and jokes appears in the clipping from Boston Evening Transcript and Puck. It includes a detective exchange about a burglar escaping, a joke about a gentleman with many I's, dental mishaps, and a Lent observation from Catholic Times.
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Jimmy
Billy
Boston Evening Transcript
We Women Hate to Think of Growing Old Says Georgia Cooper
Georgia Cooper expresses reluctance about aging while promising to quit the stage when she can no longer be lead actress. She lives with husband Landers Stevens and raises two sons, valuing family over career as she continues on stage.
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Ruth
Georgia Cooper
Stevens
George Cooper Stevens
John Landers Stevens, Jr
Abe
Billy Kimball
McCulloch
Cooper
Kalamazoo
Mich
San Francisco
New York
Landers Stevens
the Star
Letters to The Star on public utilities and street lighting
Editor letters from Ballard and Seattle readers praise The Star for its stance on masses rights while urging municipally owned street railways and criticizing local lighting delays. W Horoman of Ballard supports public utilities. A Constant Reader laments no street lights on Thirtieth Ave West for four weeks.
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Bellingham
Wash
Star
Noiples
Ballard
Equor Seattle Star
Freckles vanish with new ethinedouble strength drug
An ad claims ethinedouble strength clears freckles by nightly application. One ounce from Bartell Drug Co. is said to remove even dark freckles and fully clear light freckles, with money back guarantee if it fails.
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Bartell Drug Co
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