Banquet Committee Bickering Over Bill of Fare Menu
A San Francisco banquet committee split over what to call the menu for Cousin Bil Taft. One faction favors Bill of Fare while opponents push Menu to suit upscale guests. The piece jokes about politics, indictments, and eccentric local figures as a humorous take on the naming dispute.
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San Francisco
Bil Taft
Bill
Crack & Billy
Frisco
Maj
Archie de
de Butt
Piebeian
Public utility push in Los Angeles to buy electric light firms
The Los Angeles plan proposes purchasing electric light companies for 6 million dollars to expand light heat and power to the water system. Supporters frame it as public service for public benefit by public enterprise, urging growth.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Porfirio Diaz
Wilfrid Laurier
Los Angeles
Seattle Health Rally Urges Fight on Tuberculosis
City and county officials are urged to take immediate action against tuberculosis as nurses expand care and a new headquarters opens at Fourth and University. Last year the nurses treated about 600 cases, with 44 recovering and returning to work while 54 died. The piece condemns delays and calls for decisive leadership.
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Wales
Patagonia
Port Madryn
Chubut Valley
Argentina
Chubut
Great Britain
Fourth and University
League
Seattle
Home Sweet Home Mottoes Cry Out In Buckwheat Cakes
A brief, humorous snippet describes a boy applying sticking plaster to his father’s buckwheat cakes as the family quips about the homey mottoes. The playful scene captures domestic life with lighthearted tone.
War and echo of soldiers in a divided world
A fragmented verse echoes war experience with marching troops and ruined landscapes. It juxtaposes heroic battle imagery with women at home, hinting at social strain and famine while referencing Rome and distant conflicts. The text includes garbled aside lines and a stray quotation from a Louisville Courier-Journal fragment.
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Rome
Card Club Conversation Reveals Bears and Belief
A fragmentary dialogue shows a speaker deflecting questions about a bear and its size while another notes altering measurements. The exchange hints at social scrutiny and selective storytelling within a small group.
A Celtic Revival and a Bridal Declaration
A dialogic fragment shows a bride declaring love to George in a light moment from the Detroit Free Press. The piece blends a bridal quip with a customs question about declarations, noting silver knives mixed with steel in a household setting.
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Bridget
George
Detroit Free Press
Washington's Boy Farmer Makes Fifty Thousand in Three Years
E L Brewer, a former public school teacher, returned to his boyhood town in Washington and built a thriving farm. In three years with 142 acres, 60 Jersey cattle, 190 thoroughbred hogs, and 590 chickens, his total property value reached 60 000 dollars, far surpassing ten years of teaching earnings.
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Washington
E. L. Grover Sater
Jersey
Brewer
Bia
Fragmented Thoughts on Virtue and Taste Across Times
A mix of quips and reflections on complainants virtue and pleasure. The speaker muses on knotholes in wood and a thin beefsteak as better than abundance. They remark about National league players and noble athletes and joke about giving up coffee if doctors approve its virtue.
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Seattle Star
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Charley FP
Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Zita
Bourbon-Parma
Vienna
Robert of Parma
Robert
Henry
Helie
Ntaly
Turkey
Tripoli
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Shanghai
Oo O Vv
Rockefeller
Wickersham
Taft
Sorner Eear
United States
Health Department
Anti- Tuberculosis League
Rip van Winkle
Chicago
Fido
Louisville Courier- Journal
Iss Desport Ime
Interbay
Capitol Hill
Renton Hill
Rainier Valley
the Star
Seventh Avenue
STEAD
Andrew Carnegie
Valley Fair
Higheen
Yes Boyss
Giris
Star Circle Humane Society
Lassie
Catherine Bower
The
King County Humane
Gilad
Uncle Jack
Star Circle
Catherine
Woodlawn Av
Vivian
Wal Anne School
Owl
Magnes
Phillipa
Kohler
Cuticura
Jergen
Allecock
France
Ofe
Adame
Scott
Ideal
Astaco
Boston’ Toilet
Violet Dulce
Lee K. Chin
China
Chin i
Chin
770 Hall Safe Building
Torrow
Siri
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