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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1909
Page
5
The author contrasts Taft and Roosevelt, warning that Taft’s calls for compromise ignore moral duty. Roosevelt’s stance framed ethics as ongoing war against wrong, defending the common good against powerful interests and predatory wealth.
English economist Sidney Webb outlines a multifaceted plan to reduce unemployment at mass meetings. He classifies the unemployed and proposes job registries, labor reserves, and colonies, while warning centralization spreads hardship. He urges emigration and stricter immigration laws to curb crowding in cities and promote land settlement and patriotism.
Fragmentary remarks touch on geography tours, a bragging traveler, an exposition day, polar expedition troubles, Spain's social issues, and reactions to King Alfonso and public justice.
Fifty years after John Brown seized Harpers Ferry and was hanged for treason the nation recalls his fiery abolitionism. Born May 9 1800 in Torrington Connecticut Brown lived in Ohio and Kansas shaping the anti slavery struggle. His final letters spoke of calm courage and a martyr’s fate as his body was laid to rest in a garret amid memory of a nation divided.
A teamster and passing elderly woman discuss kindness to horses amid a street scene near the Daily Star. A family dog’s long disappearance and return is retold, while Alaska salmon exhibit officials joke about politics and salmon habits.
A Chicago News paragraph set critiques self image and work culture with aphorisms about doctors, trains, money, and ambition. It contrasts self made men with dissatisfaction and notes vanity in public figures, forming a brisk, opinionated snapshot.
A humorous old-time fragment about gender roles and domestic life. It describes a woman's heroism in a family, and jokes about matinees, home building, droughts, hammocks, and a man’s trouble staying awake at home. The tone is ironic and observational.
A collage of quips and snippets from American and British papers includes light irony about aging and literacy, travel banter with an American tourist in London, jokes about dancing and music, and a singer under a hotel lullaby. The items hint at cultural humor and era-specific wit.
In a quirky exchange from the Sipockane Chronicle, a guest and host discuss mosquitoes in a room. The guest insists he does not object to the stings while noting the mosquitoes sing and interfere with hearing a glee club practice on the pilassa.
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A fragment hints at a character known as the Professor and a foe the phrase the politician’s daughter against. The text suggests nightly danger and an ongoing, futile struggle against unseen threats.
In Long Acre Square a 80 foot plaster statue titled The Defeat of Slander rises as a symbol of New York pride. The Association for New York funded the $5,000 work depicting virtue over slander as crowds pass Broadway at 42nd Street.
A terse note notes that George has not mentioned an amount in his letters yet and hints at prior conversations not conveyed. The text suggests uncertainty about a financial detail and a lack of direct confirmation.
A playful moment unfolds as a girl resists a kiss, weaving a tangle of closeness that surprises the man and stretches his expectations more than he anticipated.
The Reverend Joseph L. Garvin praises Seattle and the Northwest as he travels, noting city hospitality and the growing appeal to homeseekers. He recounts conversations with hotel and newspaper men, and anecdotes of Northwest interest from Montana to Chicago, urging readers to embrace a better life and shared regional pride.
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