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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1909
Page
5
A critical editorial condemns using Lester Johnson in the county jail as an exhibit in a criminal trial. It argues the child’s welfare suffers from jail confinement and accuses the mother and authorities of exploiting the situation for jury influence. The piece calls for the child to be removed from jail and denounces the involved parties’ motives.
The Rev Newell Dwight Hillis preaches at Plymouth Church Brooklyn celebrating 1909 November as a marker of extraordinary national wealth growth. He cites rising wages falling interest rates and widespread improvements in property diffusion education and culture, arguing prosperity benefits common people and signals ethical political reform.
Mars based observer Mr Skygack arrives on Earth to file wireless observations. He records impressions of human life and communication methods in a quirky science fiction flavored notebook.
Reverend F. J. Van Horn of Plymouth Congregation shares hopes for a full day of services turkey and football, while MMA F Bussinger recalls the loss of her husband in Alaska twelve years ago and credits faith with sustaining her family of six. Both letters express gratitude, resilience, and the central role of religion in the holiday.
Edmund Vance Cooke laments scarcity yet revels in a new era of wealth, praising the collapse of old fortunes before a billion-dollar trust. He notes public figures and firms like New York Telephone and Goulds surrendering to vast corporate power, framing a world where copper trusts loom and fortunes shift rapidly.
New York reports the billion-dollar age arriving as major telecoms merge. The American Telephone and Telegraph Go, Western Union, and Postal merge into one giant trust, creating wealth scales rivaling a thousand millionaires. Copper companies face a parallel consolidation by finance giants as the era begins.
In Macon Missouri on November 25 Jean Simmons found his skunk crop raided. A bandit lured the skunks into a sack using violin strains, leaving Simmons to lament the clever raid and question the value of defense by scent.
A strange claim asserts every man woman and child in the United States is valued at 12.60 to the billion dollar telephone trust. It asks where the trust would find business if 890 million people were absent.
A jumbled humorous piece mixes Thanksgiving folklore and food lore. It references a Pilgrim tale, various turkey flavors, and comic dialogue about cooking and feasting with characters and phrases echoing holiday whimsy. The fragmentary text flits between jokes and culinary musings with no clear single storyline.
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