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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1916
Page
5
The excerpt shows bold slang and garbled slang dialogue with a character named Albert Hansen musing on an absolute snap. The tone resembles a newspaper column fragment with playful diction and missing clear context, suggesting a piece about a tossed or deleted column and a quirky aside by Hansen.
Citizens are urged to vote in the E D K election as polls close after this edition. The outcome will reveal the presidential nomination between Allen Dale and Harry Thaw as ballots are counted and results announced tomorrow.
In a Miami club melee last night two lady dancers exchanged shoes by accident. One woman is willing to trade back if the other calls 616X. The note appears in Troy Ohio Daily News.
Nashville lawyer Harry S. Stokes was shot and killed in a graft fight against Mayor Howse. His will reveals a $10,000 bequest to legal associates to continue the fight for good government. He had spent about $20,000 of his own money on the movements and held life and accident policies worth $160,000.
In a crude 12-foot ring five black contestants fought a brutal “battle royal” with aims to strike at the head. One fighter kept to the edge while the others fell, the final blow granting the purse to the last man standing amid wartime allusions to Verdun and London.
Bob Bennett boards a small town train toward Tonkton and lands at the Ralston estate. He dodges social scrutiny from Miss Gwendoline Gerald and Mrs Dan while meeting Lord Stanfield, a fashionably lively crowd, and a bishop at luncheon as he contends with honesty and growing unease.
The piece notes the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage has adopted a campaign of sweetness with lavender boutonnieres and polite notes aimed at the House Judiciary Committee. It argues women now seek rights by appeal and cajolery, while warning lawmakers to report on the Anthony amendment.
An in depth look at cruel overfeeding of chickens using gravel pepper and shells, its impact on 30 million pounds of poultry sold in New York last year and seven million dollars spent by consumers. Health officials can revoke licenses of dealers, urging communities to pass humane laws.
A New York feature extols nuxated iron as a life boosting remedy. It cites a man nearly a century old who regained vigor, claiming iron deficiency caused many illnesses. The ad warns against older iron forms and promises strength gains within weeks with nuxated iron, offered by local druggists.
An ad promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a dependable laxative that avoids griping. It claims regular morning use aids elimination, discourages harsh cathartics, and offers a free trial by writing to Dr W J Caldwell in Monticello Indiana. It cites a California user's endorsement and notes a fifty cent bottle price.
At a calm luncheon Bob makes a dozen brief remarks and then dances the tango under social pressure. He does it well despite thoughts of a statuesque goddess with another partner. A dark little companion flatters him while discussing properties tied to a rival Dickie and a consolidation plan that never materialized.
A Russell Sage Foundation investigation in New York among wage earners and charities shows sickness as a key factor in dependency and poverty. It finds over 85 percent of aid cases linked to sickness, with two thirds ill more than six months and 295 chronic cases likely to worsen, urging sickness prevention as the best anti poverty measure.
School children will supply flowers for the Memorial Day events on Tuesday May 230 with exercises at the Hippodrome at 1130 a.m. A parade will route through the streets and Rev J D O Powers will read the memorial address. Three hundred automobiles are needed to convey veterans and their wives. Bert L Sweren asks willing auto owners to mail names addresses and phones to the Elks club or call Main 435.
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