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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1909
Page
4
The article notes construction on large steel structures causes annual fatalities and injuries. Foreman A R Murray says accidents come from crane misfires, dropped bolts, and hot rivets, while workers accept risk for steady pay and fear for families.
The piece critiques efforts to reform a Creek boy named Crazy Snake through education and religion, describing his execution in Oklahoma and mocking missionary claims of cultural uplift. It ridicules the idea of assimilation and notes broader social absurdities including policing and public contracts.
A garbled excerpt mentions Senator Jones credit lines to his wife and police descriptions of highwaymen, marathon races, Salome dancers, hosiery duties, a Georgia prison commission ruling on women on the chain gang, and a busy council.
The text notes ongoing uncertainties for Mis souri with distress signals from 14 Broadway this afternoon. It mentions rising unforeseen circumstances as a chief trouble and warns the increased duty on stockings will fall hardest on the person using the needle.
A humorous reminiscence by Fred Schaefer recounts Hair Oil Harry's moralizing on his friend Harriman. The piece recalls childhood marble games, Ed’s rise in Wall Street, railroad power, and a fading Lightning Calculator, ending with a jaded observation from the Prescription Clerk.
Major Higers proposes a novel plan to stage perpetual baseball at Jim's lunch wagon. He envisions a luminous left field statue and a system to count balls and uniforms, promising a quadrupled harvest of money. He offers a perpetual season ticket in return for support.
Washington March 71 1909 Dear Dad there is lemon ald in the Payne tariff bi An increase in the tax on lemons has been granted to the lemon growers of the Pacific coast In return for a log rolling agreement that they support the Locust Littaver tax on gloves I heard the lemoneld tax explained on the floor of the house of representatives in this way The lemon growers now have an undisputed market in the United States in the west and the middle Coffee has been going into the storage houses by the shipload A New York member said on the floor that a constituent who is a large coffee dealer told me the proposed tax on coffee would reduce the value of his stock by four to five thousand dollars He said he was in favor of a tax on coffee
Cheap colonist tickets will be sold again in spring via the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company's picturesque line. Fares from Chicago to St Louis 33.00, Omaha and Kansas City 25.00, with deposits taken at Union Ticket Office 608 First Ave.
The piece critiques a tariff on lemons and the push from Standard Oil backed congressmen for a countervailing duty. It accuses Uncle Joe Cannon of steering independence rhetoric while the petroleum lobby funds propping up claims for independent oil producers. The tone mocks coffee and wine trade figures amid rising sector tensions.
A garbled collage of quoted dialogue and captions from various papers includes remarks about opera plots perfume and portraits, public notices and social commentary. The text threads through Cleveland New York Syracuse Atlanta and other places with fragmented phrases and incomplete sentences.
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