San Francisco’s Quiet Celebration After Heney Defeat
San Francisco begins a subtle celebration after Francis J. Heney’s defeat in the district attorney race. Banquet for Patrick Calhoun at the Fairmont highlights a shift toward perceived good times, with remarks on reforms and line politics signaling a new era. Heney’s reaction is a curt “Poor San Francisco.”
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Francis J. Heney
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
Heney
Fairmont Hotel
Calhoun
San Francisco
City Hall Site Clash Splits Seattle Opinion
Mayor Miller urges voters pick from several sites for a new city hall amid opposition to the Yester Way location and a proposed eastern lot due to an underlying railroad tunnel. The Star backs a site north of Madison and no farther east than Fourth Avenue as the city center shifts with business growth.
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Miller
Seattle
City Hall
Yester Way
The
Star
Madison
Fourth Av
Union St
Third and Yesler
Star Dust and Spars in a Saturday Scribble Column
A collage of quips and vignettes from the era, including jests about pay cars, a Hoboken desertion, Ballinger and coal lands, a dam record, and a Washington anecdote. Notable lines reference public figures, opera chatter, and a Delmonico waiter amassing a fortune from tips.
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Delmonico
Witty Observations on Gender and Society from Chicago News
A collection of satirical lines on male and female roles, work, debt, and income. It quips that all upright men may not act rightly and that women treat religion and politics with equal gravity. It notes poverty and debt as social forces and hints at spouses' financial dynamics.
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Chicago News
Miss R
Jack
Vesuvius
Mr. S
The Story of the Third Degree Novel in The Star
The tale recounts the death by his own hand of Underwood a dignolut clerk in his Jettries apartment after marriage to a meseceter daughter. Howard Jeffren endures the third degree and confesses under pressure. Police later learn of a possible romantic motive involving Mrs Jeffren and Annie, Howard's wife, suggesting jealousy.
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Charlee Kietn
Star
Underwood
Murier
Howard Jeffrien
Aetfrien
Howard
Annie
Legal minds clash over hypnotism and false confessions
In a tense library scene Captain Clinton confronts Brewster over coercive interrogation. Brewster exposes how seven hours of cross questioning and a flashing revolver warped Jeffries mind. Annie contemplates her role as Mrs. Jeffries confronts a deadly secret with a looming witness stand.
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Brewater
Clinton
Annie
Jeffries
Bernstein
Maloney
Brewster
Young Jeffries
Captain Clinton
Ousy
Clinton Greans
Mrs. Jeffries
Underwood
Ancle
Robert Underwood
Howard
Capt. Clinton
Diana's Diary Censor at Taffeta Balbriggan Store
Miss Dillpickies undertakes a comic censoring task at the great department store, finding salesladies anxious to speak their minds. The scene includes quarrels with Milas Conifer and Agnes Bangle, who owes $189.74 and seeks to keep her job until she resolves the debt.
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Miss Dillpickies
Taffeta & Balbriggan
Milas Conifer
Agnes Bangle
Mr. Taffeta
Balbriggan
Taffeta
He would your mother object to me kissing you
Comic Outs presents a playful line of dialogue where a character asks if a mother would object to a kiss, exploring social sensitivities and romantic tension in light humor.
Thanksgiving reflections from hospital and home
A patient at City Hospital and James Wilson of 119 Occidental Ave share personal Thanksgiving insights. The hospital patient speaks of daily care and gratitude as daily thanksgiving while Wilson praises home life, faith, and the idea that trials lead to blessings.
Gallery Divorces Court Regulars in Chicago
In Chicago divorce court the so called gallery spectators disrupt trials with laughter and debate. Judge Petit ejects three regulars nicknamed Bismarck The Deacon and The Count for disorder. The piece ends with a humorous exchange about Vesuvius and housecleaning memories.
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Chicago
Petit
Bismarck
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Rainier Club
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Zelaya
Secretary Ballinger
Grand Jury
Nicaragua
Josh Wise
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Ballinger
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Atm
Bly
Geo.Washington
United States
Boston Transcript
New York
Maine
Charles Klein
Howard Jeffries
Mr. Brewster
Mrs. Jeffries, Sr
Mra. Jeffries
Harris
Margaret Drew
Paul Everton
Alfred Moore
Diana
Fred Schaefer
Taffeta & Balbriggan’s
Miss Conifer
the Star
Edward DE Deere
City Hospital
James Wilson
Occidental Av
Alkmere
Iabailiargeon
Pegty Second Ave
Serine Sr
Schelle’s
Mr. C. F. Ritchey
Dially
Cherry Street
First Avenue
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