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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1906

Page

4

Is Congress to Regulate Swollen Fortunes

The Ridgway weekly review argues President Roosevelt will push federal control of money in interstate commerce and a government inheritance tax. It cites Marshall Field’s fortune as an example of swelling wealth and warns of radical shifts toward taxation and control versus vested rights.

Congress Ridgway the New Weekly Merrill A. Teague Teague Reosevelt Rockefeller Mr. Morgan Steel Trust United States Theodore Roosevelt

John Coyle of Des Moines Proves Heroic Resilience

An eyeless one armed Des Moines man with a right arm lost to accident works daily in a sewer ditch earning 1 75 a day. He supports his parents and hardens his resolve despite hardship. He serves as a portrait of grit and courage.

John Coyle Des Moines Coyle Mr. Carnegie Mormon Smith Adam David Bolomon Bolomen Paul Bam Farneworth Farnsworth Uncle Barn Uncle Sam Roberts

Star Dust Lst Prize Contest Prompts Short Yarns

A reader contest invites brief yarns with two prize levels eight to ten lines long and mailed to Josh Wise at The Star. The excerpt parodies social scandals and colorful phrases reflecting a period voice with mock contest entries and society sketches.

Ragbag of quirks and quips from old humor pages

The snippet mixes jokes and aphorisms about breath holding feats, misfit prophecies, legal mischief, odd alimony quips, and stubborn fate. It includes a Philadelphia burglar who reforms then practices law, a Baltimore death in a shave chair, and a Frenchman doubting airships versus cars.

Bazaar to raise funds for new church at Emmanuel Lutheran

A bazaar to fund a new church will be held in the basement of Emmanuel Lutheran Church Mineral and Olive streets tonight tomorrow and Friday. Mayor Wm. Hickman Moore will open the bazaar tonight and is expected to speak.

Emmanuel Lutheran Church Mineral Olive #t Wm. Hickman Moore

Codifying Work Slow for City Ordinances Update

The city board of ordinance codifiers led by Mayor Moore City Engineer Thomson and Charles Gleason meets to clean up and prune the code. They confront many dead or repealed ordinances lingering on the books since four years ago and duplicate rules invalidated by newer statutes.

Moore Thomson Charles Gleason

Iowa Society Plans Alaska Exposition Representation

The Iowa Society will meet at the Alaska Club rooms next Saturday evening to organize efforts for proper Iowa representation at the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition.

Iowa Society Lowa Society Alaska Club Iowa Seattle King County

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