Printed 112 years ago today in The Seattle Star. Image cleaned up, especially on the letters, see the original.
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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.
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My guess is that True is objecting to someone using the passive voice: having borrowed his umbrella without asking and then returning it without taking responsibility, insinuating that persons unknown are to blame for the inconvenience that he is now taking the credit for remedying.