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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1910
Page
5
A reflective essay urges recognizing Labor Day as more than a holiday. It envisions a future where labor unifies all workers as the foundation of society, casting off feudal legacies and the stigma of “headwork” versus “handwork.” It argues for Labor Day to honor all work and celebrate the democracy of common endeavor.
A summer hotel guest notes the weekly tasting sample is insufficient to judge value, remarking that the sample is the only free portion and that daily meals cannot be afforded at that pace.
A Dreamland scene shows a lady introducer guiding guests and dancing pairs amid red tickets and a strict code of decorum. Police at the door, a pompadour host, and comments on the Turkey Trot Rag color a portrait of a lively, orderly billiards of social etiquette.
A humorous piece features a plenic orator railing at the prince the statesman and the capitalist urging labor to think for itself. Smith replies, noting his own effort and the search for work while hobbling about and joking about standing on his own feet.
A brakeman from Ireland, newly hired on a Pennsylvania mountain line, rode the outside of a speeding train. As the engine leaped toward danger, the conductor shouted warnings while the greenhorn refused to jump, insisting he would not abandon earnings quickly earned.
At 2 a m Jones the barber fumbles a bolt to enter a bolted house. An upstairs window opens and a woman’s stern voice asks his whereabouts. He says he was down at the shop discussing the street railroad strike. She coldly tells him to return and discuss the lockout.
The conductor halts the music and questions Schultz about half notes vs whole notes. Schultz defends his playing, blaming reduced wages and insisting on returning to whole-note value before resuming full performance.
In New York a dinner recalls Mark Twain and a never published story from his Western reporting days. The tale involves a cub reporter and a misdelivered piece burned by a foreman who feared trouble with the boys. A West 40s brownstone now bears the odd door bell legend.
On a hot day a contractor inspecting new houses found a man in a shirt idle on a scaffold smoking a pipe. He offered four days pay for quitting, but the foreman revealed the worker was not employed by them, only seeking a job.
A garbled OCR line shows a dispute over how to divide money with phrases like Here isa it two for you two and there ise it two for me too Aint id The text offers little clear context or names.
The tale recounts Eugene V. Debs speaking amid fierce prejudice while an introducing speaker notes his strikes. The anecdotes follow Pat and Mike at a card table, a clock tick linked to Rockefeller dollars, and a painter named Casey urged to hurry as his wage clock runs.
A missionary in China tells a convert Ah Sin that entering heaven requires no labor, while questioning U S policy that admits Chinese to heaven but not to America. The rustic exchange ends with the missionary's fervent remark about heaven needing no labor problem.
Murphy, a new Hod Carriers' union member, taunts contractors amid strikes during a rally. He claims striking workers would quickly escalate to stealing if stranded on a deserted island, exposing volatile attitudes in labor disputes.
The Lyceum Theatre on Second Ave near the Savoy Hotel receives a Kimball pipe organ installed by Eilers Music House. Since installation last week the cozy Lyceum, run by the People's Amusement Co, has been packed, showing new musical numbers by Gratton Guerin and Al Wallace performing with the organ.
A school problem asks how long eight men at ten hours daily would take to build a 50 foot high house at one inch per hour. A carpenter father objects, claiming the eight hour day is implied and refuses to have his son solve the sum.
A news office boy notes a possible Poindexter Republican surge while a reporter questions his insurgent status. A street dog tussle with terriers ends in a water-drenched retreat as onlookers react. A Dreamland dance event is announced for tonight.
Special offers include 200 extra quality steel blade table knives with hard rubber handles. Porcelain robe hooks at 10 cents each, heavy white porcelain with steel screws. Wrought steel spiders 9 inches across bottom. Reed’s enameled roaster at 1.85 with removable inner pan. Perfection covered roaster and baker 9.5 inches. Sealed, sanitary enameled ware.
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