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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1909
Page
4
Priscilla Prim profiles the society girl as a working woman with a schedule of noon waking, social engagements, at home afternoons, and broad economies in her quest for youth and status. She employs secretaries, plans luncheons and dances, catalogs visiting cards, and relies on beauty routines and modern science to preserve looks while managing a demanding social calendar.
A collection of quips and jokes from various newspapers. The items feature humorous exchanges and captions about daily life, love, literature, and social manners with playful wordplay and comic dialogue. The tone mimics early 20thcentury humor pages and includes famous periodicals like the Chicago Tribune and Boston Traveler.
An editorial in the Cleveland Press condemns Seattle's proposed policy to let saloons stay open all night for a supplemental license fee. It argues the revenue is a sucker’s bargain, warning that decency and order outweigh money and recalling Seattle’s past battles to restore law and prosperity.
A reflection on marriage and gender roles with pointed satirical lines about a man’s view of a wife and a woman’s reaction to another’s behavior. The piece critiques imitation and double standards in relationships.
A humorous piece by Fred Schaefer describes life in a correspondence school with strict rules and quirky punishments. The narrator jokes about stamps and post office delays, a stockholder judge, a glee club, and a prize essay about future opportunities.
A brief New York Times note recalls a young engineer who had been working in Naan and returned to New York. He stops at a crossroads grocery, chats with locals including an old man smoking a pipe, and muses about Chauncey and a distant acquaintance. He asks if Jones will leave stage and notes someone does not like vegetables.
A brief, playful exchange centers on affection and chocolate. The narrator pleads for love and guidance, while the other character responds with a fond remark about enjoying chocolates.
Fragmentary lines reveal a muddled exchange about a marriage prediction and identity claims. Names such as Pedier and Gresspolea surface amid garbled dialogue, suggesting a courtly or satirical scene with mistaken identity and mock formalities.
A London cab driver anecdote is recounted with a German professor who travels in a sleeping car and asks for his berth. The porter questions if he has an upper or lower bunk, the professor insists on being well born as a mark of status, and the piece parodies class assumptions.
A terse, period tone description recalls a festive gathering in a Canadian town where both the eastern and American flags flutter. A young English girl comments on the American flag while an American girl retorts that it resembles a sickly candy.
Fragmentary text shows personal dialogue with names and unclear actions. No verifiable event or public context available for a concise news summary.
A plea for urgent action against tuberculosis urges public cooperation. The piece describes contagion through infected clothes and spit, highlights affected families, and calls for street cleanups, county clinics, dispensaries, and enforcement of anti-spitting laws. It notes involvement by women, ministers, merchants, and charity groups in a broad civic effort.
The article advises cleansing both inside and out as steps toward a healthy complexion and suggests using a spray to revive dull skin. It notes a plumber can help with a device to attach to a warm water faucet and recommends proper heat and facial exposure. It also stresses regular hair ventilation, air for the scalp, and avoiding confined hair aftercare. It ends with soaking cotton batting for cushions in an oven to ensure proper stuffing.
The text lists common household remedies and supplies including vaseline, court plaster, cascara sagrada, aromatic spirits of ammonia, quinine pills, mustard and belladonna plasters, sweet spirits nitre, racic acid, camphor, carbolic salves, antiseptics, sterilized gauze, and a medicine glass. It also notes three degrees of intimacy in relationships.
Ferretra awakens in a hut after a desert march and a battle near Lydenburg. A colonial soldier saves him then departs toward a farm girl, while the Boer vows to return home after the war. Upon seeing her with another man, the Boer contemplates vengeance but withdraws, leaving love and war's toll unresolved.
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