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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1909
Page
5
A tired millionaire in Central Park sits among wealth and loneliness. A newsboy offers a paper as the man learns from a seven year old who supports his mother and siblings. The boy’s example awakens the financier’s sense of purpose and compassion.
A garbled passage mentions Seattle paving cleanliness Barrie Earle and Eskimo Shooka Shop admission to a club. It references Georgetown future and Treadhouse proprietors with vague admissions figures.
Mr. B. True asks in a letter to CORRESPONDENCE what remedy to use for removing a long standing ugly wart on the hand. E. G. signs the inquiry seeking practical treatment.
A collage of dated witticisms and misheard phrases fills a page. Fragments from various papers such as the Journal, Florida Times Union, Knickerbocker, Puck, Boston Record, New York Press, Brooklyn Life, and Atlanta Constitution mix humor and social observation.
Special correspondent Capt Scott Craven details China's Kalgan railroad linking Beijing to Manchuria, built by Chinese labor with trains on the left. He notes Yuan Shih Kai's reform of the army, German-inspired discipline, and Russian German medical support. The piece weighs whether awakening comes in time to deter Japan and other powers from seizing empire resources.
Dialogue style snippets capture a family exchange. Charla Nokeyne recalls papa saying the family is overcrowded while a question about marriage is raised. Johnie asks about multiple glasses and the father quips he uses them to read see far and locate the others.
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