Seattle and Spokane Trade Tour Aims to Unite Inland Empire
Seattle Chamber of Commerce promotes a Trade Relation tour to link Seattle and Spokane business communities, expanding trade across the Inland Empire. Officials foresee joint growth from reclamation projects, irrigation driven settlement, and a shared eastward push for markets and supplies.
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Seattle
Washington
Britain
Columbia Basin
Spokane
Cross Pit
Chamber of Commerce
Kipling
Noted Poet Quote On Teaching And Preaching
A quotation by Edmund Vance Cooke contrasts preaching and teaching, noting the world remains unmoved by excess rhetoric and still babbles despite plentiful sermons. The line comments on ineffective instruction and persistent noise in communication.
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Edmund Vance Cooke
Campaign Orators and National Backbones in Public Life
Fragmented text discusses campaign orators, politics, and public life with references to Adams Eve, Cain, Waterloo, Babe Ruth, and U.S. democracy. It touches on stage presence, audience engagement, and the role of working people in elections, with sharp critiques of political manipulation and accountability. The piece includes odd historical allusions and scattered quotes about honesty and performance in public speaking.
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Babe Ruth
Sunday School’s Rise From Ragged Beginnings to Global Reach
A brief history notes Robert Raikes in Gloucester in 1812 starting the first Sunday school after seeing ragged children at the well. The free classes spread across England to France Germany and America, growing into a worldwide, weekly Bible teaching effort without money or price.
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Nea
Robert Raikes
Gloucester
Raikes
Pat Raikes
France
Channel
Germany
America
Ralkes
Dress Reform at Service Star League Convention
A national Service Star League gathering urged sensible dress for women, criticizing short skirts and extreme makeup while praising healthy looks and neat attire. The piece argues the crusade may fail as long as sons and brothers admire the latest fashion.
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Service Star League
Ilustrationa
South Sea Islands
Fire Prevention Week Observed Across States
An early 20th century recap notes Oct 9 as Chicago fire anniversary and fire prevention week declared by the president. It cites National Board of Fire Underwriters estimates of multi million dollar losses in 1918 and 1919 from preventable fires, stressing reduction of hazards and awareness campaigns nationwide.
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Mra O'Leary
Chicago
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Price Boosters and Imports Push Cost of Living Higher
The article argues that price rises were driven by foreign profiteers more than home growers. It cites import data: raw sugar at 9 cents a pound in 1920 versus 2% cents in 1910, coffee at 23 cents in 1920 versus lower a decade earlier. Despite higher prices, U S imports of both sugar and coffee rose about 60 percent. It concludes that higher prices correlate with increased consumer purchases.
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HCC
America
Indicted figures contrasted in a fragmented report
A mix of political and sports notes shows a baseball player indicted and suspended, a senator convicted but not stripped of office, and various partisan quips about roads parks and leadership. The text blends humorous, rhetorical, and incomplete details without a clear cohesive event.
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United States
Caliph of Bagdad Turned Broadway to Bagdad for a Night
Corny Brannigan a Canal Street truck driver pretends to be a refined Caliph amid New York society. He mingles with hotel lobbies theaters and the Thespian hotspot to test his newfound self after a clash with a jilted escort. He confronts his own pretensions and learns a personal lesson in upper-class disguise.
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Caliph
Bagdad
Haroun al Rashid
Corny Brannigan
Canal Street
Upper Broadway
Corny
Theopla
Thais
Bacchus
Lancelot
Mirror
Broadway
Thespia
Bil
Jes
Man
Sisters of
Magdad
Chee t@field
Michael
Orny
Asten
Best Boy in Town by an Overbearing Narrator
A humorous verse boasts a boy named Hy Fumend Vance Cooke as the town’s best, praising his mischief and skill while the narrator admits shame in promoting another shy candidate. The piece blends affectionate mockery with pride, ending on a self-referential name hint.
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Vance
Eport
Echoe
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