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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1909
Page
13
Baillargeon's offers a complete line of Picadilly Coats and Jackets for misses and children with velvet eaf trims and bright buttons. Box jackets semi fitting to full length prices range from 5.00 to 12.50. Also dress sateen fabrics in blue and cadet blue offered for gowns skirts and house gowns with attractive patterns.
Dorothy Dale profiles Edward F Geers famed race driver known as the "Horseman" a veteran of over thirty years who discusses picking horses like choosing friends and rejects race fixing while recounting career highlights and a stubborn will to race on despite injuries. He describes his start in Kalamazoo Detroit medical detours and a philosophy of treating horses like family.
A collage of quotes and scenes captures domestic tension and social manners. A newlywed strain, bold private remarks, and a humorous transit episode unfold amid 19th century urban life with bright snippets from The Tribune and New York press.
The article criticizes Rockefeller and other magnates for upholding a view of income tax as a means to preserve wealth gained through legally honest means. It accuses them of using law to justify monopolies and greed while avoiding moral accountability, noting Rockefeller's philanthropy as a veneer for harm caused by his methods.
In New York Gladys Zell a chorus girl in the Follies finds a supposed money bill on a Broadway car then pockets it. Annabelle Whitford later cashes a Canadian bill for 2.86. The duo joke about the three dollar value and a beauty shop charge prompts anecdotal comments on pricing and hair dye.
Maj Byers, described as an intender, debates wild schemes over coffee in a ranch wagon. He boasts planning a War Cry type press, a burglar pacifier, a soldering canning machine, and an international fried potato to beat German and French fries, while joking with Jim about progress.
A Seattle boy, newly converts piety, refuses to bless at breakfast until strengthened by a vow from his father. He then adds a bold request to make his father brave enough to ask for divine blessing, altering their morning ritual. A separate incident notes a travel stained man with a monocular telescope rushing into the post office.
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