Lynden Sun-Pilot Chronicle Notice Rules and Rates
Public notice text from Lynden Sun-Pilot outlines publishing history from 1901 to 1908, pricing, and post office details. It states resolutions of condolence notices and entertainment notices must be paid at advertising rates, with free publicity for charitable community activities and job printing publicity.
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Pacifico Pilot
Lynden Sun
Lynden Sun-Pilot
Lynden
Whatcom Co
Washington
SWEIG
Canada and Foreign
Satinatan
Tribune
State's Worst Legislature Faces Adjournment Tonight
A Washington state legislative session ends with criticism of waste and partisanship. The Post-Intelligencer lauds Progressive lawmakers while detailing a chaotic, pork-laden process. The Seattle Sun condemns the body as costly, corrupt, and out of step with taxpayers.
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Whatcom County
Axtell
Messrs
Dunning
Falkner
Olympia
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The
Seattle Sun
Post-Intelligencer Review
Wasington
State adopts recall for all except judges through constitutional amendment
The legislature enables recall for state officials, excluding judges, with voters to answer yes or no when a name is proposed. No successor is provided. vacancies are filled as upon death or resignation. Petitions must prove malfeasance or oath violation. paying for petition circulation is a gross misdemeanor.
End of Free Seed Custom Hits Congress Budget
The long standing practice of sending free seeds to constituents ended when Congress removed a $250,000 seed distribution provision from the agricultural appropriation bill. Intended for experiments before agricultural stations were common, the program had been largely used to aid political campaigning.
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Congress
Silk robe for Judge Pemberton sparks taxpayer debate
The Bel l ingham Sentinel criticizes last month’s commissioners Proceedings noting a silk robe for Judge Pemberton costs 53 dollars and argues such attire should be repealed. The letter questions lawmakers and accuses standpatters of ushering these expenditures into law.
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Bellingham Sentinel
Call for Court House Janitor Dismissal
A county board should fire the court house janitor, brother of Sheriff Thomas, for neglecting sweeping duties at the entrance. The unreadiness allegedly stems from spite toward Chairman Legoe, with calls for action and editorial backing from the Bellingham dailies.
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Board of Commissioners
Court House
Thomas
Board of County Commissioners
Bellingham
Legoe
Secondhand car or farm with title flaw offered
A reader is advised that buying a used automobile or a farm with a flawed title can serve as a distraction from work. The note suggests such purchases as entertaining, though it lacks specifics about the items or seller.
Ratifications Bode For 1914 Senate Elections
A fragment notes that sufficient ratifications are needed this year to make an amendment effective for the 1914 general elections, with eleven more required to reach the threshold. The item reflects ongoing legislative actions and time constraints in the constitutional process.
Income Tax Amendment Leaves Tax to Congress
The constitutional amendment authorizing an income tax does not implement a tax now. It allows Congress to levy a tax at a later special session to cover revenue losses from tariff reductions. A 1 percent levy on income over 5,000 would yield 60 dollars at 6,000 and 100 dollars at 10,000.
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Congress
Supreme Court
Cleveland
Firing Haywood Seen as Vital to Socialist Cause
A political observer praises the Socialist party’s expulsion of William Haywood the dynamiter as essential to public welfare and warns of his continued menace to society.
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Socialist Party
William Haywood
Warburton Bill Favored by Good Roads Conference
The National Good Roads association at Washington endorsed Representative Staunton Warburton's plan for a federal good roads system funded by higher tobacco taxes. Warburton, a Progressive, was defeated by lumber interests in the last election, and Mr Johnson may soon represent the district in Congress.
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National Good Roads Association
Washington
D. C
Staunton Warburton
Warburton
Johnson
Congress
Bellingham Citizens Urge Calm Over Political Dispute
A letter from the Aancorteg Citizen suggests ending bitter exchanges between local newspapers and politicians. The writer argues retirement to a back alley for a hair pulling contest would settle differences, benefiting the city and its residents by avoiding ongoing Mexicanized revolutionary rhetoric.
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Bellingham
Woodrow Wilson on courage and truth in public life
The quote portrays courage as the mark of distinction for leaders and extinction for the cowardly. It asserts there is no higher religion than truth and frames political virtue around steadfast character.
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Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Direct Election of Senators Ratified by 25 States
The constitutional amendment for direct election of senators has passed through Congress and been ratified by twenty five states in under a year, with Georgia the sole rejection. States approving include Arizona California Colorado Idaho Illinois Iowa Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Montana Nevada New Hampshire New York North Carolina North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Texas Vermont Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming.
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Virginia
Lister Approves Pay Cap for County Commissioners in Whatcom
Governor Lister signs a bill limiting county commissioners to five dollars a day for up to 200 days annually in counties with township government. The change affects future salaries only and does not alter the present commissioners' pay while they remain in office.
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Lister
Whatcom County
Circulation Critique Warns of Paper Menace in Whatcom County
The Bellingham Sentinel argues that a newspaper's circulation, printed many copies, can exploit readers and funds faster than a hold up. It notes prior claims of having the largest weekly circulation in Whatcom County and urges legal coverage for such abuses.
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Bellingham Sentinel
Bellingham
Whatcom County
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