Post Office Marks 6 Months as Second Class Matter
Unclear OCR fragment notes a Seattle post office marking six months as second class matter with a 61.50 amount and 1 month reference.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1910
Page
4
Unclear OCR fragment notes a Seattle post office marking six months as second class matter with a 61.50 amount and 1 month reference.
The piece argues Teddy Roosevelt will be pressured by business interests and letters favoring Taft era policies and the status quo. It warns that if Roosevelt accepts these voices he could endorse bad tariff policy and betray Rooseveltian aims, testing his leadership amid looming congressional elections.
A description of hat making using fur from raccoon beaver and rabbit. Hides are shaved dried cleaned and mixed with wool. Fur is formed on a revolving cone then dried pressed and blocked. Hats dyed trimmed lined and finished through several steps.
A lively scene shows two women arguing that they plan to salvage a fresh egg dropped in a risky habitat. The dialogue captures urgency and humor as they discuss their plan.
THUD recounts a comedian’s misadventure with a baby and a curious mother. A vaudeville bit unfolds as a man is handed a infant while the mother enters a store. He reassures her curiosity and holds the baby, awaiting her return.
A Collier's excerpt from March 19 invokes Spring’s arrival as a musical saraband. The poet paints April awakening fields seas of color scent and sound with nature’s pageantry and human joy, inviting hearts to lay aside grief and join the festive mood.
A narrator recalls visitors at a Capitol Hill home who rely on a soft answer approach. A bashful youth asks for the time after a piano tune, then departs coatless. The daughter’s father jokes that a watch once ran down and that was why he wanted the stranger’s time.
A Chicago News passage notes friendship shifts with marriage and the humor of a sleeping husband. It cites a bachelor’s altar scene and a man yielding to his wife’s relatives, plus children mimicking an alarm clock to wake a sleepy father.
A compact-drawn reflection on life and death with quotes about love, luck, money, and risk. It cites a widow, a mirror, a speaker, and a man with money or none, linking all to the single fate of matrimony. The tone echoes a New York press observation on social wit and fate.
Henry Gassaway Davia of West Virginia New York and Washington D C will not seek the Democratic vice presidency in 1912. He cites his own choice not his age or party resistance as the reason saying he will give most of his fortune to his granddaughter Kittie Elkins and has about 50 million dollars stored in various assets.
A garbled collage of jokes and quotes from various papers. Snatches include romantic serenades, money and respect notes, a canine dispute with a kicking punchline, courtroom dialogue, and moral aphorisms. The mix favors short quips and partial phrases without coherent narrative.
A jumble of quirky lines and jokes from a Star Dust style column. The chatter covers Easter eggs, a joke about twins and a steel trap, jokes about diamonds and cars, Major J M Burke, a club scene at night, and a Pike County Arkansas reference linked to Senator Jeff.
An advertisement touts a method to replace missing teeth without bridges, claiming full teeth on two jaws that feel natural and can be cleaned like real teeth. It asserts gums stay healthy, teeth are tightened, and inflammatory gum disease can be cured, with a free examination and written guarantee.
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