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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1916
Page
4
A critique of block signal failures and tight train spacing as a cause of wrecks. It argues that even improved systems are fallible and questions a rule forcing one fast train behind another. It calls for safer spacing and supports minimum wage laws for housing women workers.
A will of Charles Sam Webster, former R. H. Macy employee, provides for a semi charitable home for unmarried working girls in New York. He joins A. T. Stewart in funding such institutions, despite limited success of similar women’s housing projects in major cities.
A shoe store clerk and a teacher discuss class taste and spending. A $10 weekly worker buys white buckskin shoes to fit peers, prompting the teacher to question the school system’s role in teaching economy and dress sense as a public education goal.
Governor Calles of Sonora ordered mines run by the government as companies threatened to shut down Cananea copper mines. Governor Hunt of Arizona refused militia action to halt the Clifton Morenci mine strike. The piece lauds leaders Calles and Hunt as men with the interests of the people at heart.
A garbled editorial page mixes political asides and jokes with local incidents. Three men were killed in a Corona auto race and Dan Landon minimizes auto show interest while a frog chorus advert and other quips populate the page.
A daily literary feature announces a weekly novel program for readers. The blurb notes a standard high etiquette tone and promises the complete work delivered each day, inviting participation and consistent readership.
Jack Telfair travels north to retrieve a ward of Tecumseh, a Shawnee belt proclaims her fate, and rival factions scheme over Alagwa, heir to Telfair estates. Tecumseh commands protection against Brito Telfair while dangers of Ohio frontier warfare loom.
In a tense roadside scene, David Wolf and Harry Wil lame urge speed as they flash papers to a deputy who warns of danger. Colonel Johnson is away at Wapakoneta, and Jack joins the wagon with Cato, seeking Colonel Johnson.
A talking city visitor from the west declares New York City the richest, biggest U.S. metropolis while locals debate trains, hotels, and life in town. The narrator recalls a Madison Avenue bus incident, noting crowded cars, a pushy driver, and a tricky encounter with a bold woman.
A Seattle company has just incorporated for 250000 to build wooden power schooners at the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredge Co. plant for coastwise and foreign trade. Trustees named are H. Hedges, Frank E. Burns, R. R. Fox, Bert Farrar, and J. Chilberg, all wealthy Seattle men.
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