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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1912
Page
4
A columnist notes tropical optimism breeds inaction and argues humans crave hardship. It asserts happiness is temporary and sorrow, tragedy, and conflict drive growth, art, and even religious fervor, while people seek both pleasure and meaningful trouble.
The recall collapse signals more than a failed bid to remove Mayor Cotterill. It underscores recall as a people's instrument for public duties not private grievances or vengeance. Seattle shows restraint, insisting a real public grievance must precede recall initiation.
A compact column notes various curiosities and quips about public figures and events. Jokes reference MR SPRING-RIDE as a British minister, Chicago surgeons and Senator Lori mer, and Mexico's Minister of Corre lations. A Portland woman sails three times, and a man seeks a legal name change to Rutgers de Rapalje.
In diplomatic circles the idea of giving the secretary of state portfolio to W J Bryan is seen as no harsher a shift than past top offices. A reader named TAXPAYER chides councilmen to heed the people’s will as readily as a hold up, imagining a finer town.
It's not every trust buster who is a popular hero. Mr. Vernon, a banker, is accused of busting the trust of his depositors and is currently on trial.
In a lively grocer-leaning crowd at the Scent theatre a cheerful audience reacts to Western film stars. A fluffy lady exclaims Alkall Ike to a childlike call while a hopeful youngster asks for Broncho Billy. The piece notes the charisma of onscreen personalities.
The piece profiles Broncho Billy and Alkali Ike, tracing stage names to real actors and detailing their roles in Kesaway Productions. It notes Broncho Billy’s enduring fame at Crown Theatre and outlines Arthur Mackley as the real life sheriff figure in Kesaway Westerns, with other actors and stock company links included.
A Western stock com pany in Niles California notes that the comedian known as Alkali Ike performs so firmly as his on stage persona that his given name has faded from memory. This winter the act continues to tour regional venues.
A letter from Mrs. Cor a Williams urges deeper examination of poverty in Seattle beyond seasonal sympathy, asking why Christmas and winter show starving children and calling for structural reasons behind wealth and hardship.
A quirky collage of items covers building laws in Germany, a New York sable coat purchase, and calls for women to vote. It mentions Peter A. Peterson’s Omaha trip for stock ventures, society girls in Newport with an Italian prince, and financier magnates Rockefeller and Morgan shaping vast wealth. Also spoofed headlines about the New York governor’s bed sheets, a divorce case for Josephine Brown, and stray biographical snippets.
The Boston Woman's Journal notes California and New York permit married women to teach, cheering possibilities for schoolchildren. A stream of brief items covers fashion, weddings, unions, and public opinion on current events with light, humorous tone.
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