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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1911
Page
5
Invitations announce a banquet for President Taft by exposition directors in Frisco. Only guests paying twenty dollars per plate may attend, with dress restrictions and prestige tied to the event. The piece parodies the extravagance and exclusivity of the occasion while noting the poverty gaps it highlights.
The piece argues Secretary Wilson should relinquish authority over the pure food administration to Wiley, calling for a younger, more in touch leader. It credits Wilson's 14 years in office and notes his age and waning usefulness while urging retirement for a more progressive reform era.
The piece contrasts German control over potash with American phosphate policy. It notes Germany reserves potash for agriculture through state power while the United States holds vast phosphate reserves mainly in Tennessee, South Carolina, and Florida. It laments foreign ownership, praises public lands withdrawal, and argues for conserving resources to balance present needs with the future. It acknowledges local opposition to restrictions.
The excerpt lists twenty million dollars or new capital in New York theatres over five years and quirk items such as a boy’s fiddling habit, a spider motif, and spies in US forces. It notes a Boston trial under a new law and a Canadian vote described as popular stupidity. It also mentions seven thousand nine hundred sixty thousand people and a steamer tale where passengers J A Shrimp and 18 Crab share a stateroom with a stern purser.
A fragmented dialogue exchanges between Modiste and others about accounting figures and a prison book, revealing a pen name and real identity behind the speaker. The text references deceitful financial figures and a hidden name.
A playful remark notes the professor’s talent for language yet jokes he cannot master one tongue. The friend’s line, What one's that, prompts a witty comeback about a file wife.
Mrs Culchan asks if the old masters were seen abroad and Mrs Newrich replies they are all dead. The exchange appears as a humorous quip in the Hoston Transcript.
A jumble of quotes from the Baltimore American and Washington Herald shows playful exchanges about bargains and a tailor. Maybelle and a keen shopper discuss clothing prices while a patient complains of pain and a judge comments on taking helm of a family business.
A 1930s editorials note argues that middlemen skim 54 cents of every food dollar. Farmers in New York and Pennsylvania study consumer prices from milk to meat, finding farmers get only 46 cents per dollar. A plan to unite producers, retailers, and consumers to cut middlemen fees is proposed.
A dialogue parody shows a Green Clerk scolding a New Quest skipper about bills and cautioning a cabman to wait for police directions at crossings on slick streets. A passerby questions which hospital to visit, ending with a playful exchange about Jerry’s corking story from the Baltimore American.
In a humorous exchange from a New York paper, Mrs Khicker and Mrs de Waldorf discuss country life as a farmer tends cows. John jokes about marrying Nell to avoid looking foolish, reflecting light romance amid rural chatter.
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