Fifty Years Ahead Warns of Racial and Immigration Perils
A. L. Miller of Edmonds Washington argues that slavery and liquor laws harmed the nation, condemns Chinese and Japanese immigration, and predicts Asia and the Pacific Coast under Japanese influence within fifty years, urging strict Asiatic exclusion and long term statesmanship over politics.
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California
Pacific
Japan
Hawaii
Philippines
China
Manchuria
Siberia
Asia
United States
Rocky Mountains
Monroe
Johnn Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
South America
Spain
A. L. Miller
Edmonds
Wash
Contempt of Mankind Quip Attributed to Zimmer
An unclear line references contempt toward mankind attributed to a figure named Zimmer. The fragment hints at a remark by the ex-GP, but lacks context, date, or location details.
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Uty
Zimmer
Fragmented Musings on Dinornis and Modern Life
A rambly dig of prehistoric bones contrasts Dinornis giants with today’s humans. It muses on shock, capacity for violence, and imagined encounters with dinosaurs, tanks, and old legal tricksters, weaving in scattered place names and historical throwaway lines.
Favorite poets across eras and styles debated
Nannie Shaw and Maude Amon discuss favorite poets including Poe Burns Kipling Swinburne Tagore and Burns. They note cousins connections and assess why difficult to choose a single favorite, mentioning William Williams and Kipling among cherished poets.
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Nannie Shaw
Spruce
Allen Poe
Poe
Burns
Williams
New York
Kipling and Swinburne
Tagore
Maude Amon
Early Seattle Roots: Ordinances, Masons and Woman Suffrage
The city’s first acts included a municipal tax ordinance and a drunkenness curb while the Masonic lodge arrived in 1860 as Seattle was a seven year old town with about 140 residents. An 1883 territorial act granted women suffrage, later struck down by the courts.
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Seattle
Masonic Order
Washing
Encourt
Good Business and Labor Squares With Property Power
The Atlantic Monthly article by Louis Bartlett argues that labor progress stems from recognizing social interests align with good business and dividends. Bartlett contends capital’s supremacy of property and contract rights blocks a true square deal for workers, unless property rights yield to human rights.
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Atlantic Monthly
Louis Bartlett
Bartlett
Victory Within A Deformed Body Inspires The Star
Dr. Jas S Vance reflects in The Star on inner victory overcoming fear and hate, detailing a man once physically deformed who finds triumph not in war or wealth but in conquering self. The piece notes the first practical operation in 1846 at Massachusetts General Hospital, Beeton.
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Solon
York
Fran m
Malamagoo
Kankakee
All
Mister Ruth
Jas. S. Vance
The
Star Today On Victory
Monty
Massachusetts General Hospital
Beveton
Voice of the City Illumines Its Silent Message
A narrator seeks the citys true voice through encounters with barroom bartenders cops and a poised Aurelia. He chases a single civic sound that embodies New York and finds the idea, not a concrete tune, in the chorus of urban life and its anonymous inhabitants.
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Billy
Mame
Akeesicks
Broadway
Kids U& Women
New York
Poland
Henry Clews
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