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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1909
Page
9
A lively column argues for bullish economic prospects in 1909 with rising crop values and strong Great Lakes shipments. It cautions that wealth gains must be matched by fair division and better pay for workers, farmers, miners, and others who sustain growth. It lightly teases contemporaries and events while urging balanced progress.
Snippets from the street poke fun at a Pikest tailoring shop sign and everyday mishaps. Jokes about seating costs and pie making reflect humor in urban life. A finicky shopper and a would be saver mock money habits while a quip about in law humor closes the column.
Florence Kelly accuses James Sherman of employing children under 14 in his canneries during a Seattle visit. W G Shepherd's investigation confirms the New Hartford Canning company run by Sherman and his brother allows child labor. The article questions whether Sherman upholds stricter child labor laws and highlights sheds where children work, drawing attention to enforcement gaps and political costs.
The page compiles quirky lines from various papers such as the Plain Dealer and Cleveland Leader. It weaves jokes about cheating and vanity with snippets about a Chinese ruler and a rich man and poor man, ending with praise for a sharp mind.
In New York the Metropolitan chimes ring every 15 minutes, prompting letters pro and con about the bells. The four bells weigh 13 500 pounds and cost 260 000 dollars, their sound carrying 20 miles and reaching 5 000 to 6 000 ears on clear nights. A tenant repaints his dining room with comic sections from Sunday papers in protest of the landlord delays.
West Roxbury report describes Luigi Darmonio dazzling dancers with stamp and glide at the Cornucopia Social annual hop. He suddenly crumpled and broke his leg during a recent plcnse, leaving the crowd stunned and underscoring the peril of exuberant dancing.
The Fortuna steamer departs Leacht park for Mercer Island five times daily for a two hour ride priced at 26 cents.
The readable lines mix literary quotes and garbled phrases about payments and moving a piano. The text references Thackeray Dickens Bunyan Shakespeare Puck and Deuteronomy while mentioning a missed payment and a plan that could be moved out. The overall piece resembles a collage of quotes and a failed payment note.
The narrator describes buying a baby grand piano at a bargain from neighbors and a cottage organ trade in. The piano is rebuilt from unlikely materials and carried home wrapped in a horse blanket, prompting neighborly visits for bread and yeast.
Maj Byers and Jim discuss a new "fireless" heating concept as a practical device for homes. They imagine a stove that stays warm without dust or ash, using soapstone heated by a furnace. The plan centers on a capsule and a future where heating is economical and effortless.
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