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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1909
Page
4
The passage presents a nameless narrative with disjointed dialogue about marriage, affection, and social expectations. It references various unnamed individuals and places such as Washington and Syracuse, interwoven with observations on love, aging, money, and social pressures.
The piece questions Diaz as Mexico's president, weighing statesmanlike authority against a brutal regime. It cites alleged oppression, a press enslaved, unions crushed, and executions, while noting Taft’s upcoming meeting with Diaz in San Antonio and a 1911 mob attack in Mexico City.
In New York on August 17 James K. DeVoe Jr is entangled in a comic legal scramble over a $6 Panama hat stolen from Rudolph Sanft. Disputes include charges of slander and assault while Sanft seeks damages. the grand jury declines indictment.
Alfred Lawrence Hatena an 86 year old man with memory loss roams San Diego seeking his past after losing his sweetheart and six relatives in 1907. He remembers Dixie tunes and southern scenes but cannot recall his own name or home. Local efforts aim to reunite him with relatives and find shelter and work.
A street scene notes a distracted mother at Broad Street and Pike as a streetcar departs with her four year old daughter left crying. Roy Smith of Columbia City claims to be Wisconsin’s best infant swimmer by his parents account. A University of Wisconsin graduate mocks wealth focus while a merchant questions future incentives in a gold mine versus a soap factory job offering $2000 yearly.
A fragmented Chicago News column reflects on personal success, restraint, and social expectation. It mocks those who know what not to do yet fail to act and notes how political luck rarely falls to the unprepared. It also hints at social pressures on appearance and discretion.
A fragmentary reflection critiques male vanity and social aims. It jokes that a man frames his intelligence by voting for a candidate who wins. It notes women respond to flattery and gifts, and a guilty conscience drives spending on presents homeward.
Woodbury’s Facial Cream 25¢ size offered in special at a sale. Readable fragment notes a cosmetic product promotion with two items listed and a focus on small price points.
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