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Newspaper
Chilliwack Free Press
Location
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 25, 1912
Page
6
A column riffs on Stovepipe hats and poets with tall hats like Byron and Tone M yson. It muses how hats influence poetry and cultural memory while joking about Miss Mary’s holiday and a cryptic schoolboy riddle.
An Englishman asks about well being as Mary strolls in a hot day wearing a modest dress socks and a wide brimmed hat. The sketch contrasts lingering judgment and rural charm with a line about half the world not knowing how the other half lives.
A boy named Tommy leaves home upset after a fight over punishment. His mother urges him to “punish” evil with kindness and sends him with a jam tart. At school next morning Tommy returns crying, saying Billy Blobbs struck him and took his tart, worsening his injuries.
The article surveys life as a stewardess, noting it suits travel lovers with travel funds and hospital training. It stresses practical travel knowledge, physical strength, discretion, cheerful attitude, and restraint, plus an age window, pay, tips, and the demanding, nurse like duties aboard ships.
The article explains sea water color varies with salinity and vegetation beneath the surface. It notes Arctic waters appear greenish, Atlantic more blue, and Mediterranean almost devoid of freshwater. It mentions white, black, red, and yellow hues linked to local growths and conditions.
A man tested headgear under 2 degree heat increments over a quarter hour daily. Thermometers in hats showed Panama straw hats coolest at 7 degrees, with alternatives like straw homburg 80 82 degrees, white felt homburg 86 degrees. Bowler and mortar board reached 92 degrees and higher with other caps climbing to 94 97 and 98 degrees.
A humorous dialogue features a young woman asking about a gown and a man named Gabe. The text recalls Sam rising to action and mentions a memory test about the last six vice presidents, framing a playful, colloquial exchange.
Fragmented text blends poetry and jokes from a page, noting sunrise hush and a looming immortal day. It includes brief street humor about voting and a car accident, ending with a marcher gag about an Uncle Tom's Cabin company and a farmyard goose.
Fragmented verse and prose fragments recall romance and war memories. The piece names a bride and groom with a long suite of social scenes and a tone of nostalgia plus a short advertisement for Holloway's Corn Cure and a brief salt trivia section.
A fragmented dialogue snippet features a hotel manager and staff discussing silver loss and paper money, with a sly reporter and a doctor advising a patient. A farmer on the hill contemplates prospects despite crop outcomes, and a crude remark mentions running something through a shredding machine.
A sharp exchange unfolds as a heckler challenges an orator on early closing times. The scene shifts to a light jab about Mrs M and a literary baby photo, ending with a faint nod to the author’s witty compliments.
A note describes a mother recommending a medicine for children's worms and mentions a worm exterminator. A child questions singing when Mr Spoozleton visits, expressing disfavor but reluctance to speak plainly.
The article recalls Sir Rowland Hill who died in London 33 years ago today. It notes his penny postage plan suggested in 1837 and launched in 1840 along with a post office savings bank and money order system. It also mentions stamped postage covers and an early hydrogen balloon ascent in Paris.
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