Bob Hodge for Governor Aims to Bring Power to People
The article portrays Bob Hodge as a traveling candidate who meets voters directly in Bremerton Gig Harbor Puyallup and South Tacoma. He emphasizes direct democracy recall of judges and ending special privilege and boasts no campaign staff or press agents while urging people to vote for him. Taft is labeled a consistent loser in the same piece.
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Washington
Bob Hodge
Bremerton
Gig Harbor
Puyallup
South Tacoma
Hodge
Bob
Wiley
Detroit Free Press
Brooklyn Eagle
New York
Birmingham Age-Herald
People's Voice
Dilling Park
Grandmothers’ Era Sparks Call for 100 New Household Helpers
New York faces a shortage of hired girls as steamship fares rise and treatment in homes deters applicants. An official notes the core issue is the hired girl’s lack of social instinct and the menial nature of the work, contrasting modern women’s benefits with grandmothers’ pride in self-reliance.
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New York City
Thea
Quotes and commentary from various papers on social issues
A compilation of excerpts notes editors opinions on death rates in New York City, public protests over a park garage bill, steel trust price practices, Andrew Carnegie being named a foreign count, and a writing-paper trust price hike. Each line reflects period voice and civic topics.
Little Boy Questioning Future in a Humorous Exchange
A playful dialogue features a school superintendent and a boy named Bobby discussing family legacies and dinner plans. The scene includes light humor about appetite and a quip on insurance terms, highlighting a fond domestic moment.
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Meuseum
Bobby
Mia
Kimper
Supreme Beauty and Eloping Maid Tale in Chicago Post
In the Chicago Evening Post a young man declares his beloved beautiful and persuasive, while she modestly resists, noting rivals. The paper hints at an eloping maid, framing a romantic tableau with cautionary tone.
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Bermaid
Chicago Evening Post
Menace of Cape Race story recalled with boat wrecks aid
A magazine piece recounts a tale from Trespassey near Cape Race. A priest dining with Bishop Power of St John replies that his people will fare the winter "with the help of God and a few wrecks." The line reflects historical peril at sea and reliance on salvaged wares.
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Cape Race
Life with a Suffragette and a Hyde Park Husband
A humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly features Mr Cholmondery Rippingate of Hyde Park claiming five years of happiness with a suffragette wife. The suffragette leader responds wryly as he notes Mrs Rippingate has been “in fall” for four years and three months.
Boundary Fence Department Versus Jurisdiction Crisis
A Northern Missouri justice of the peace valued his state fence but when his son and a hired man fought the old official charged cease in the name of Missouri. They crashed through the fence and he proclaimed I’ve lost jurisdiction, ves, son.
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Missouri
Iowa
State of Missouri
Outbursts and a Joke Referencing Titanic Heard
Fragment from Detroit Free Press shows a request to share a proper address the day before a move. The line blends slang and personal appeal with a playful nod to the Titanic and a family joke. The readable text is limited and lacks clear event details.
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Tee
Detroit Free Press
Prosperity Questionokes on Senator Sorghum’s Wealth
In a Washington Evening Star quip a senator answers a charge about his riches. He says wealth came from easing burdens and making life happier for some multi millionaires who wish to shed their money.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Evening Star
Lost explorer and Kurds intersect in Tangled tale
An excerpt notes Leasly missing with no trail found while nomadic Kurds ride in. The returned explorer says he was not alarmed because he believed the Kurds would guide him to the camp. A Hatener comments on the scene in Tit-Bits.
Balloon Enthusiast Hails Patience Amid War Talk
The San Francisco Chronicle quotes a playful remark about patience during discussions of the Italian Turkish war and a balloonist’s quip about being in a balloon, highlighting lighthearted wartime banter.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Hite Stage Promise Exchange Over Worldly Goods
Theater dialogue snippet shows He and Madam exchanging bold promises and refusals about worldly goods in a dramatic exchange. The scene focuses on power dynamics and coded bets within a courtroom or stage setting. Context suggests a tempers themed confrontation with ironic formalities.
Just Like a Woman Proposals Spark Banter
A light exchange in Tit-Bits features Mrs Parslow and a friend debating engagement norms. The friend recalls her own proposal, noting her husband did get on one knee, while Mrs Parslow dismisses the custom as unnecessary.
Grass Widow with Hay Fever Quip Cited
A brief Baltimore American quotation notes a humorous line about a grass widow suffering hay fever in a wry aside about fit ness and social image.
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Baltimore American
Welsh coal miners lead at Orpheum week of song and film
The Orpheum features a troupe of former Welsh coal miners including T Glyndur Richard and the Bates in Nobody's Widow with Melbourne and Clemmer Photoplays. Richard inspires local pride as a leader whose choir voices are praised by judges from Europe. the act aims for a national musical festival honor.
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Orpheum
Old Watgy
Mountain Ash
Wales
T. Glyndur Richard
T. Glyndur
T. Glyndur Rickang
Richard Anso
Af Were
Europe
T. Glyndur Richardy Gs
San Ae
Martin Beck
Glyndur Richard
Anard
Two Hotels Baffle Town Leader Says Courier
A fragmented note shows a drummer stating the town lacks two hotels and needs accommodations. A functionary confirms people are choosing one or the other, prompting talk of more lodging options in Courier-Journal context.
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Ville
Walter
Courier-Journal
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