Palmer not the man for speaker in Olympia
The King county delegation should withhold support for FE B Palmer as speaker due to his long standing ties with corporations, notably his role as Northern Pacific tax commissioner. Critics warn Palmer would steer legislation to corporate interests and favor government payoffs over the people. Other delegates are urged as alternatives who lack such conflicts. The piece links Palmer to a broader critique of corporate influence in Washington state politics.
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King County
FE. B. Palmer
Palmer
Northern Pacific Railroad
Mr. Palmer
Northern Pacific
Joe Cannon
Olympia
Washington
Folkloric Gadflies and Fools Gold in Ragged Scribbles
A collage of odd quotes and snippets spans gossip, commerce, and light fiction. It references fools gold, a nobleman’s wealth, a battleship steel note, a reader/listener exchange, fashion chatter, and Gaelic school enrollment, all presented in a clipped, newspaper-like miscellany tone without clear narrative unity.
Notch Church and Goads for Travelin Gentry
A witty collage from the Louisville Courier Journal features humorous dialogue and sketches. A British drawl voice references London sights while a fair American yearns for the Church of Notch. A motor dealer and customer exchange farcical parts requests as two dead cows and many chickens paper the scene.
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Sherlock Holmes
Watson
Louisville Courier Journal
Sweetens the Kitty and a Southern lynching tale
The piece shifts from a playful exchange about a peony aunty to a stark report that Mose Rastus was killed alongside a white man, illustrating a clash between humor and violence. Epilogue hints at a medical opinion regarding an elastic and resilient birth, while a dime museum persona is referenced in a grim context.
Two Years Courtin Ends With Quiet Penny Request
In a rural drawing room Maggie and Sandy share a long quiet wait at one end of a horsehair sofa. After an hour and a half of silence he asks a penny for thoughts, and Maggie cheekily kisses his ear before returning to contemplation. He then wonders if payment of that penny is due now.
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Sandy
Magele
Maggie
Randy
Gandy
Ike
Shay
Garvin's Corner Courage and Truth in Everyday Life
A meditation urging fearlessness and honest effort. It extols thinking freely, defending ideas with civility, changing wrong habits, pursuing truth, and practicing mercy as religiously meaningful acts. The piece champions personal growth and steadfast integrity in modern life.
Button My Back and the Marital Rite in Verse
A playful poem explores the marital ritual of asking a husband to button a wife's back. It blends cheeky humor with references to Solomon and marriage norms, posing the question who to blame when the wife asks another person to button her back if there is no husband.
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Tia
Gentina
Moonlit Bower Forces Engineer To Choose Between Love and Duty
A narrator tracks toward desert work laying rails and bridging chasms while Amabel Keane enchants with stage magic and blue eyes. The scene unfolds in a veranda garden as a tense deadline and romantic tension climax with Bridgeman’s interference and the lover’s struggle.
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Stuart
Stone
Bowers
Billy
Amabel Keane
Amabel
Anebel
Tron
Mr. Bridgeman
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