A Knightly Soul Seeks No Murmur No Bitterness
Obituary and reflection on Charles D. Willard near Los Angeles who, despite four years with tuberculosis, found purpose in public service and writing. He noted the paradox of illness and contentment, urging others not to murmur and to greet life with a joyful interest until a dignified goodbye. Texans brag about warm winters while Cincinnati adapts woolens, and a National Democratic Club fires Murphy for unpaid dues amid political chatter. A learned claim about people seeing more due to cinematic influence.
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Los Angeles
Charles D. Willard
California
National Democratic Club
Murphy
Laugh Department Bits and Pocket-Wit From The Seattle Star
Comic dialogue sketches and quips from the Laugh Department featuring punny exchanges about money, fame, and stage life. Characters mention Forbes, a pantomime animal, and a traveling rail trip by Lord Deetes, with jokes on duty romance and social foibles.
Might Be All Right Philosophers Smile World Light
Philosophers urge brightening the world with smiles though many are happy only when they have something to make them sob.
Endless World News Flash From America and Abroad
A chaotic jumble lists various snippets from across the world and U.S. inside items about political figures, protests, strikes, treaties, fires, riots, arrests, and public notices. Names like Wilson Tillman Borah Pinchot Lane and places such as Panama Alaska and Seattle appear among diverse events and reactions.
Editor Voices Against Free Tolls and Labor Subsidy
Reader arguments oppose free canal tolls as subsidy for shippers and urge Congress to reject it. The letter to the editor critiques labor subsidy concepts and discusses unions, churches, and investigations shaping public opinion.
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the Star
Panama Canal
United States
P. O
Tracing Stolen Cars and Tax Protest Letters
Readers urge car makers to stamp vehicle numbers on both sides of hoods for easy theft tracing and to deter theft. A letter praises John D. Rockefeller and condemns personal property taxes as dodgable, calling them immoral and unfair.
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the Star
John D
John D. Rockefeller
Doge
Movement for a new university gym by freshmen
Freshman class begins efforts to build a new sanitary gymnasium for the university. Several regents express favorable views and students seek legislative appropriation for funding.
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Board of Regents
Barber Corners Strangers Lead to Shave Robbery Tale
Harry Burke a barber trailed a stranger from Third Avenue and Pike Street yesterday evening insisting the man needed a shave. Sergi D. FE. Quinn reported the incident pinching the businesslike barber.
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Harry Burke
Third Av
Pike St
Sergi D. FE. Quinn
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as fast relief for sour upset stomach indigestion gas and heartburn. It claims results within five minutes and promotes the product as a harmless scientific preparation with widespread sales and a fifty cent case available at drug stores.
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Pape
Woman Recovers From Paralysis After Akoz Cure
Mrs. Clara Witherspoon of Los Angeles credits Akoz with a remarkable recovery from rheumatism catarrh and paralysis after a stroke. She says six weeks of Akoz improved her health and vision and relieved pain and swelling. The advertisement promotes Akoz demonstrations at Owl Drug Store Seattle and invites inquiries.
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Clara Witherspoon
Avenue Sixty-two
Garvanza
Los Angeles
J. K. Witherspoon
John D Mackenzie
San Francisco
Akoz
Mra. Witherspoon
Akow
Akos
Akog
Owl Drug
Pike
Third
Seattle
The
Owl
Construction Firm Fault Delays City Street Car Line
An Eastern construction company forged the framework of municipal street cars four inches too low, causing the Cotterill administration to fail in operating the line as planned. The error will be corrected at the company’s expense.
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Cotterill
Kaiser Welcomes Grandson in Berlin Birth
March 18 Berlin reports the imperial family rejoicing over the birth of a son to the Kaiser’s daughter the Duchess of Brunswick. The infant adds a new grandson to the royal line and is celebrated in the German capital.
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Berlin
Duchess of
Brunswick
Kidney flushing with Jad Salts claim for kidney health
A late 19th or early 20th century advertisement touts Jad Salts as a kidney cleansing remedy. It warns meat eaters about sluggish kidneys causing rheumatism headaches and other ailments. It prescribes four ounces of Jad Salts daily in water before breakfast to stimulate kidneys and purify the blood.
Fragmented OCR Teen Workers Story
A fragmented OCR snippet mentions work and price phrases and a discussion of reaping and regular labor. No clear people, places, or events are readable to identify a concrete news item.
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H. CO. H
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Seattle Star
Telegraph News Service of
United Press Ansociation
Seattle, Wash
Postoffice Ae Second-Clase Matter
Star Publishing Co
Richard Cmberland
Cincinnati
Iilinois
Mark & Crete
Star Office
Mary T.goldman
Mary T. Goldman
Mary T
Leo
Mewes
Lesmas
Goldman Fide
Paul
Mapy
Goldman
Geldman
Mina
Mery
Oviémae
Fearon
Spinning
Jacob
Monarch
Spinning’s Bargain Store
Fourth Avenue
Seattle Star's Laugh Department
Scott
Trotter
Forbes
Duty
Maudie
By Jim Manee
Gauntida
James
Federal Reserve Bank
Lord Dectes
Texas
Louisiana
Cwair He
Young Post
Donald, Way
Si Small
Barah Todd
Abraham Lincoln
Eugene
Ore
Walla Walla
Tacoma
Gustave
Sweden
St. Louis
Edwin F. Wendt
American Railway Engineering Association
Saya
Chicago
Alaska
America
Queen Eleanora
Bulgaria
Robert F. Laguia
Peru
New York
St. Patrick's Day
Joseph Tate
McAlester
Oklahoma
McAdoo
Internal Revenue
Elsie Whalen Goelet
Newport
Robert Goelet
Borah
Idaho
House
Lane
House Education Commission
National University
Nicaragua
U. S
Canal
Naval Base
J. H. Groves
Fairbanks
Max Cohen
Fred Levenson
Woodbine Hotel
Toronto
Edmund Giles
Montreal
Varna
Black Sea
Department of Justice
Wilson
Panama
Tillman
South Dakota
Gifford Pinchot
Take
St. Petersburg
Hudson
Ithaca
N. Y
A. O. H1
Fort Lawton
Frank Picconi
Henry Werner
New America
Italy
Ethel Leake
Redding’s
Central Council of Social Agecies
Harry’ Goble
North
Hippodrome
University Sophe
Freeman
J. M. Morrison
Amphortes
North Yakima
Hahn
Yakima
Fuller
Frak Brown
Frank Mayanich
Hawaiian Islands
Baptist Church
G. M. Miller
Amos Kennedy
Chamber of Commerse
Marshal Wireless Training School
Legislature
Mes, Clara Witherspoon
Kaiser
Mal
Frank P. Nolan
Fifth Ave
Dr. L. R
Cheasty
Cheasty’s Haberdashery Second Av
Spring St
Navy Yard
Nemedys
Colman Dock
Washington Baths
Moore Theatre
Wm. Wickland
Kielberg’s Institute
Hilmer Peters
Unman
Stockholm
Ston
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