Coals of Fire Erupts in Seattle Electrified Charity
An old Seattle paper recalls how the city light department aided the Seattle Electric Co when its power failed, contrasting past and present aid and noting the rivalry between the two firms. The piece praises magnanimity while hinting at personal connections between leaders.
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Seattle Electric Co
Seattle
City Light Department
Superintendent Arms
Arms
Hiram Cruising Gill
Rules for Courtship From a Philadelphia Pastor
A prominent Philadelphia pastor prescribes strict courtship rules urging 8:30 to 10:30 calling hours and no lingering goodbyes. He discourages intimate sofa sitting and stresses courtship as a serious step toward marriage, suggesting seven to eight months maximum and urging mothers to assess suitors. He laments modern looseness and calls for parental guidance and reform within the family.
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Philadelphia
Goodby
Labor tension fades as San Francisco settles carrier strike
In San Francisco the city halted a building boom as lime plant operators sought higher pay for extra hours. Mayor P. H. McCarthy found contractors and lime interests clashing, ordered removal of street obstacles, and warned lime workers their railroad spur permits could be canceled. The strike ended in a week with industrial war postponed.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
National Manufacturers’ Association
Coast
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Benses
P. H. McCarthy
Board of Public Works
McCarthy
Citizens’ Alliance
Obscure musings and gossip mix in late column notes
A jumble of quips touches on authors C D Hillman Theodore Roosevelt and Maria Storer. satirical jabs target county politics personality quirks and a mix of offbeat press snippets with a few local notes.
Our Cafeteria Manners Look Back at Dining Etiquette
Marion Lowe laments shabby table manners in Seattle and recalls old etiquette rules. She argues bread should be broken, napkins used properly, and spoons not left in cups, noting origins in convenience and kindness.
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Chanler
Cavalieri
Marion Love
Seattle
Cynthia Grey
Shamakawa
Ladies’ Home Journal
Daniel Webster
Daniel
Then It Happened Zeke Shuffle Poker Tale
A quirky vignette follows Zeke Shuffle into Old Man at's to play poker. Zeke wins with a rhetorical yarn after claiming a straight while his opponent boasts a straight muah. The piece segues into social etiquette reminders about table manners and common gaffes, ending with a childlike question.
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Zeke
Old Man At's
One Hundred and Second Birthday Joy in Philadelphia
Mrs Rebecca Kissick of Philadelphia celebrated her one hundred second birthday while cleaning and sweeping, displaying unflagging cheer as the holiday rush nears. The item notes that American canned corn is popular in parts of Russia, where natives buy large supplies.
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Rebecca Kissick
Philadelphia
Russia
The Shark of Puget Sound A Sailor’s Lament
A reader laments a predatory figure likened to a shark. The verse condemns a greed-driven foe who harms widows, orphans, and the poor, with a grim call to judgment day. It paints a vivid portrait of deceitful, money-driven malice haunting shores and communities.
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Puget Sound
Aviation progress and dangers in early flight tales
A narrator reflects on aviation advances and risks in early flight. He jokes about airships, bamboo wreckage for fuel, and the courage needed to fly while recalling aviator Glenn Latham Wright and a spouse's fear. He also mentions a dubious drug for blood poison and a quip about printers and an accordion.
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Glenn Latham Wright
Aviary
Stroller and the Steamship Nova Scouring Powder Tale
Charile, aboard the steamship Nova, discovers a mysterious black substance in the hold that inspires talk of a new scouring powder. Captain Brann tests a Chinaman’s concoction claiming it will scour, but a brewing storm reveals dangers of using unknown high concentrates.
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Charile
Brann
Chinamag
Fragmented 1909 Portland News Bits Stirring Mix
The item gathers varied jumble from 1909 Portland and New York scenes including marriages in New York City, hospital division talk for tuberculosis care in Maryland, and stray phrases about aviators, fashion, and politics. It references Janus topics without a single cohesive event.
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New York City
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C. D. Hillman
Theodore Roosevelt
Bob Hodge
Newark
Maria
Cogger
Supreme Beach
King County Republican Central Committee
Will E. Humphrey
Ballinger
Hay
Conservation Congress
Bill Bryan
Teddy
Oklahoma
Gulf of Mexico
Dor Olin W. Hill
Carnegie Deposit Co
Eleanor Ladd
Eleanor
Tarrytown
N. J
Cleveland
Rockefeller
Washington
Nice Little Milk Trust
Rocker
Second Ave
Union St
Pike and
Fifth
J. Prederick Meagher
Ile
Fred Schaefer
Ian
Stroller
Colum
Josh Wise
Maryland
Uncle Joe
Watar Line
Senate
D. B. Worcester Academy
Canada
Jet
Wits
Japan
Try
Ji Understand
Korea
Aeolian Company
Kohler & Chase
Kohler& Chase
Second Avenue
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