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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1909
Page
5
A Minnesota youth Rudolph Juul, jailed in Chicago for stealing a valise sold for $1.25, speaks on hunger and failed urban prospects. The piece urges country boys to return home, rebuild, and seek work rather than risk crime.
The Cun ningham case should be tried before the Society for Psychical Research rather than the land office. Ballinger's report adds new explanatory notes. Police and highway robbers continue their vocations, and a North Pols controversy recurs with Peary and Cook. Conservation jokes aside, rain waste and Nicaragua’s need for a sane Fourth are noted as President Zelaya faces Marines.
Fragmentary OCR style lines show a dialogue with misread words about clay pigeons and mock turtles. The legible pieces include a question to Osgar and a character called Den discussing imitations. No clear event, date, or identifiable entities are established.
London reports the British government may appoint Lord Pentland as the next governor general of Canada. Formerly John Sinclair secretary for Scotland, Pentland is 49, married to Lady Marjorie Gordon, with a son and a daughter, and is praised for tact and restraint.
A collage of light gossip and satirical lines from mock quotes and jokes. Notes on family strife, a train accident in Pennsylvania, elopement chatter, a judge’s quip, New Year vows, and political digs. Whimsical quips from Puck and Yale Court context mix with social banter and headlines of the era.
A quirky quotation contrasts expectations of a proper daughter and a riding habit with a man blaming his wife for financial imbalances. The piece notes how a bank asks for balance while he has none.
Jas J Hill, famed railroad builder, predicts 260 million people in the United States in forty years and urges a new national economy to prevent poverty and misery amid crowding. He writes in World's Work forecasting Northwest growth and the railroad's role in transforming the region.
An official White House statement says the Ballinger Pinchot affair will fade from public interest. The column notes Gifford Pinchot has not resigned, discusses Gompers’ trial prospects, and reports on a Boston wool lobby seeking subsidies for ships from Boston to Argentina.
A terse exchange has Mr. Pawpaw asking why the baby wakes at night despite not making noise. Frank pretends to hush the scene as the question lingers over a quiet household.
A historical note highlights Jim as committee on options chair overseeing record high appropriations under his administration. It mentions his secret told to Representative Jas A Tawney of the Winona Milan district and ends with a cordial sign-off from Rath.
A garbled account depicts a Gringo named McManus blamed for a banana mishap triggering a misfired assault. The piece mixes Spanish English and fragments of a wartime siege narrative with a dramatic retaliatory action and an unclear conclusion.
The speaker warns that public lands, iron, coal, forests, and soil face depletion within 50 years and urges immediate action. He cites Prof. Bhaler on overpopulation and poverty, urging responsible leadership to preserve prosperity in the Northwest through science, policy, and enduring institutions.
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