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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1909
Page
9
The piece extols autumn’s beauty and color across North America. It reflects on summer’s passing, invites epic viewing from above, and imagines vibrant foliage, fields, and landscapes from coast to coast as nature’s example to be joyful and hopeful in autumn.
The passage mixes social commentary and satire with dated inferences about race and gender. It references a hasty marriage to a Japanese man, a cryptic note on polar exploration, and claims about financiers Mrs Harriman and Hetty Green. It hints at public curiosity and political opinion in a playful, controversial tone.
An editor balks at a would-be extensive humorist who demonstrates humorous extrapolations of a bookworm. The comic exchange includes wordplay on ostensive versus extensive and a cascade of bookworm antics, ending with the editor triggering a climax ejector for emphasis.
The Chicago News quotes wry lines about friendship, money, pride, and romance. A kidder notes that learning can inflate ego and that even a dollfaced girl is not immune to foolish meals. The piece ends with a quip on a mother's view of her daughter and young suitors.
A poem narrates a rebellious figure who would resist being ruler, planning mischief and playful rule across Teheran. The speaker envisions arming children, raiding candy stores, and replacing royal robes with a bathin suit as the city shifts from childish rule to a self styled street leadership.
A fragmented dialect filled scene shows Adolf intruding on Ongar publisher and a poet named Bart. The dialogue reveals tensions between art and life as characters trade quips about poetry, employment, and a doomed creative struggle.
Fred Schaefer recalls the Bloomer Girls baseball tour with humor and hardship. Rain delays, frayed crowds, and a skimpy treasury test the team's resolve. A chorus substitute at second base and rough bleacher behavior add to the rough edges.
A London drawing room scene now shows a Daily Mail reference and use of a two end telephone stick. Productions like The Flag Lieutenant feature British naval officers in distinctive patent leather half boots, revealing authentic details unseen by most Americans.
At the Chau tauqua in Piasa Illinois on September 17 a trunk-strike left 300 women and children to haul their baggage to the grounds. With only three wheelbarrows available the women moved trunks themselves, turning the scene into a spirited trunks for women procession.
In New York a 21 year old, Adam Ascow from the Bronx, helps a limping woman after she sprains an ankle on Third Avenue near 116th Street. He offers his arm and guides her for several blocks, showing courtesy in a late night scene.
A catalog of Misses and Children's wear featuring Brimlargeon's dresses in various colors and styles including pleated skirts lace yokes and braids, Peter Thompsons and three piece junior suits. Prices range from two to twenty dollars, with navy, black, brown, green, and shell pink options and sizes for children aged 4 to 18.
A catalog page lists boys department items including suite tweeds worsted and plain colors, felt and velvet hats, beaver hats, coat sweaters, madras and gingham shirts, pants, and a Russian Sailor blouse suit in sizes 2% to 10 years. It markets bicycle heavy cotton hose and wool footed cotton stockings as durable options.
New stocks of fine ladies stockings include cashmere stock ings in black with white feet and English cashmere double soles and toes. Children heavy weight cotton stockings sizes 6 to 8 percent and 9 to 10 percent. Infants cashmere stockings in red pink blue tan white with silk toes. Prices vary per pair.
Advertises an assortment of ladies and children's undergarments in white cotton and wool, including vests, pants, union suits, and hand trimmed items. Notes prices from $1.25 to $1.55 and mentions weight options and sizes for children.
A collage of light quotes and jokes from multiple papers and columns. It features witticisms on marriage, work, travel, and daily life, including quips about sailors, the busy bee, and domestic scenes. Diverse sources mention humor across cultures and eras, with brief exchanges and aphorisms.
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