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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1911
Page
5
Washington Supreme Court upholds that working parents are not dependent on their grown children in a suit over a death. The Kanton versus Kelly case narrows the duty of employers to provide safeguards, while noting parental moral duty to support their adult offspring.
An editorial excerpt criticizes President Taft for backing Cox’s ticket describing it as a horror and questioning whether Taft should be nominated. It laments his failures on tariff, Ballinger, patronage, wool veto, and foreign relations, labeling the latest move the worst display of lacking backbone.
A collage of items notes war prevention ideas, prison health curiosities, theater business, gold hoarding, postal costs, outdoor art studios atop the Flatiron, large land holdings in Texas, a new sleeping illness linked to aviation, and political moves surrounding Governor Foss and Woodrow Wilson.
A jumble of aphorisms jokes and quips from a 19th or early 20th century humor page. It mixes wry one liners about life love dreams and social observations with cartoons and brief exchanges. Notable bits reference Nat Goodwin hats glasses and American- English remarks, ending with a cartoon caption style exchange about dinner and hunger.
A whimsical note reports Prof. Paul Linder of the Royal Agricultural College Berlin claiming the mosquito buzzes because it is drunk. He explains the insect converts blood sugar into alcohol via internal yeast, making bites a daily alcoholic feast.
Partial vote table lists candidates including Silvey with first choice 25 and total 97. La Follette appears as first and second choice candidate with unspecified totals. No further context or dates provided.
A collection of brief quips and jokes from early 20th century magazines and papers. Snippets include opinions on what constitutes art, humorous exchanges about marriage patience, a tailor’s skill, and satirical lines about advertising and temperance publications.
The clipped dialogue shows a character landing work in a second hand store after asking a playful question. A terse exchange hints at a modest wage and a rough, working living. The scene centers on street language and everyday labor.
A Washington Star excerpt shows the warden assigning a number 1323 to a prisoner while a shady financier objects, saying it would humiliate him to mingle with such small figures as friends visit the facility.
A Harpers Week item notes a playful remark about how Adam and Eve named their eldest son Cain. The quip involves a Digbats character questioning the reasoning in a light, humorous tone.
OCR fragment from a performance piece shows jumbled lines about a boy at colfved timing a hospital visit on Missionary and cannibal imagery. The readable text includes phrases like fast rate and I’ve come to do you, but lacks coherent narrative or clear event.
A furious father challenged a visiting young man and asks if he kissed the daughter. The youth remains calm and jokes that the dim lights may risk a kiss with the house maid, avoiding direct admission.
A quirky dialogue imagines distances in steps between two figures. One asks about the Schiller monument, and the other estimates ten to fifteen thousand steps, signaling a playful metric joke within a literary vignette.
Pretty Little actress Edna Furry lands a part in The Country Boy after a clever sewing stunt. Press agent Chester Rice says the tale is true as Furry joked about altering her height by removing her shoes to win the producer Henry Savage’s notice.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a premier hair treatment that kills dandruff germs, stops hair loss, and revitalizes dull hair. The Quaker Drug Co. sells a large bottle for 50 cents with a money back guarantee, available nationwide via five druggists and express delivery. It features the slogan the girl with auburn hair on every bottle. Beattie Automobile School listed at 10 Broadway.
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