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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1905
Page
6
A column mixes observations on advertising saturation in magazines with humorous vignettes. It quotes a theater manager paid for mentions, notes product placements in novels, and recounts quirky anecdotes about misused medicines, counting rhymes, and a Boston actress recalling a peculiar suitor class.
St Pauls Episcopal Church, under Rector Rev Alfred Harding and choirmaster Ernest T Winchester, sanctions a winter school for training choir boys. Sessions begin tomorrow, taught by noted instructors, with lectures on church music history and hymnology. The program is free of charge, with strict attendance and conduct rules.
Maj G. W. Lillis describes One-eyed Pete McGoy famed Dakota coachman who roared through Carbonate and other towns. Pete’s daring driving ended with a horse dying en route, yet he refused to slow until reaching the regular stop, a tale retold to Pawnee Bill and eastern guests.
A Washington anecdote recalls an Ohio magistrate who prided himself on courtroom humor and a vow to read history and literature during vacation. The tale centers on a circuit judge who teased a colleague about education and the promise to improve while away from the bench.
A quoted reminiscence details a simple self soothing exercise to calm nerves and aid sleep. The narrator describes rubbing the forehead with the right hand and patting the chest with the left, noting difficulty in coordinating both actions yet finding the method calms the nerves and induces sleep. The passage emphasizes personal routine rather than universal cure.
A traveling man describes a day off in Baltimore fishing on Chesapeake Bay using a flat bottom skiff. He toils to haul rockfish and other fish, then is surprised to find a young Black boy capable of rowing, while the narrator had tired hands from a long day of fishing on the water.
At the Players' Club Mrs Neil Burgess is described as plain and practical, detesting pretentious talk about art. A dramatic critic asks about realization and subjectivity, she replies she lacks inclination for such questions and plays by ear, like a bass drummer.
A young woman journalist, now writing fashions, hosts six Wellesley undergraduates at tea in an expensive apartment. She recalls past years as a high class journalist who could not afford meat while chasing celebri ty interviews for her book. She recounts wishing for five to six columns from Richard Watson Gilder on young women in literature but he offered only a curt reply and a joking response about postage stamps.
A fragmentary poem by Blanden contemplates laughing leaves as timeless, laughing in defiance of human loss and the decay of life. It contrasts spring and autumn moods, suggests time does not bend true mirth, and reflects on enduring nature amid human dross.
Classified notice advertises untrimmed hats in all shapes and colors at a special price tomorrow. Hats feature silk braid faces with black velvet, offered at 3.98 dollars, with various styles and sizes available.
French Felt Hats in all shapes and colors offered at 99 cents each, with a special sale featuring a range of styles and the popular $1.50 value tag.
Felt plaques offered in black and many colors priced at 99 cents, with value stated as worth $1.00. Promotional item appears as a low-cost decorative purchase.
Bright trimmed hats in multiple colors aimed at children for fall wear. Featured as a tomorrow's special, priced at 99 cents, reduced from a high value item. Package highlights value and seasonal appeal.
Advertisement notes trimmed turbans in all colors offered at 150 dollars, presenting a special attraction for buyers. Includes repetitive phrasing and a price point.
An old coast liner captain recalls a voyage where a wild son of a shipmate was bound for sea after a chaplain's suggestion. A ferocious southern hurricane tests them all, the boy is saved, then becomes a chaplain to sailors. The account blends sea lore with a moral about transformation at sea.
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