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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1911
Page
4
A New York dispatch notes rising costs for sugar coffee beef and canned goods while flour rice stay cheap. Potatoes and feed crops are short US Britain and Germany hint at further price hikes. The piece mocks tariff delays and urges a boycott of meat sugar coffee potatoes and eggs amid warnings of hard winter months.
A literary critique mocks Moon-spotting errors in a critique of Maurice Donnay. The author notes a crescent moon seen in the east at sunset while pointing out common moon-breaks in literature and urging accurate astronomical attention.
Maine voters approved direct primaries by a large margin while liquor status swung between wet and dry. The decisive outcome was support for direct primaries with YES 55,840 and NO 17,751, signaling strong public interest in the process despite mixed liquor results.
Observations discuss ten year government spending of 49 million to prevent livestock pests and crop diseases while questioning funding for human disease protection. A Idaho count district faces staff shortfall with four missing students. Spokane plans parks near all homes. Tom Zimmerman mocks a political wife. Alaska whale slaughter cited. Etna eruption and pervasive winter travel ads critique.
Readers urge expansion of coal mine coverage and worker rights to secure fair wages. L C Read and Fresno letters advocate public utilities reform, urging Williston coal coverage and national miner solidarity to advance free press and education.
A dialogue filled page excerpt features playful banter among characters Jeanie Jessie and Charlie Rich, noting learning, impatience, and social banter. Lines reference swimming instruction, train schedules, and remarks about age and weather as readers glimpse light domestic scenes.
A light verse urges restraint over cash and warns against crime sparked by greed. The piece promotes steady thrift and peaceful handling of a nickel to avoid trouble with the law and tax collectors.
A gardener at Electric park, Mr Antone Caskovwhiski, gifts the Leader with another fine bouquet. The passage mentions a gas meter printing bills and a remark from Frank Damrosch about musical teachers being incompetent, noting the personal sting of the critique.
A humorous monologue on temperament and social misfit urges. The speaker laments a burdensome inner weight and odd spells while admiring a friend’s comment on temperament. He muses about pairing temperamental people and envisions a distant land for such natures.
A speaker rails against a parade and urges older workers to start jobs soon in a terse overheard remark. The line reflects frustration with public demonstration and calls for practical action.
A mosaic of garbled phrases and odd juxtapositions mentions long division vulgar fraction and a mocked policy idea about birds disguising as men. It includes a terse line about a bankrupt heart and a cryptic name Mike Reward Will Weston.
Paris fashion houses anticipate the cor pet’s phase‑out while acknowledging possible lingering demand. Avery & Hart provide cautious forecast on market impact and future styling trends.
The Kansas statesman Victor Murdock known for his humor and stubborn stance is profiled as an insurgent who defied the Cannon machine. He describes rivals as standpatters and notes his early political clashes over railroad mail payments and house rules. He visits Beattie and will speak at the university auditorium tomorrow night.
The exchange urges broad exploration as a woman asks for guidance and the response from Will Brennan suggests seeing more of the world as a path forward.
A bizarre incident at a musical show ends in the death of a man described as a father. The chorus girl’s ripped tights led the manager to ask for a pin from the audience, triggering a rush that proved fatal.
Mrs Murphy’s husband is gravely ill the doctor says he is dying by inches she responds that at six feet under he may last longer yet the exchange showcases Frank Fogarty style humor with a wry punchline.
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