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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1907
Page
4
The Seattle Star page lists editorial and business lines with Independent and Sunset addresses, plus Ballard agency details. It includes subscription rates per week and per month, carrier notes, and a notice to subscribers about missed copies and contact hours for replacements.
The report of the U S treasurer for the year ended June 30 shows a substantial surplus driven by customs and internal revenue. Despite fears of a market downturn the article argues the country remains prosperous with strong building activity, rail and iron sectors, rising bank clearances, and saving deposits. It warns only a presidential-year slowdown could curb the high tide of American prosperity.
A long profile quotes Peter McQueen of Ottumwa Iowa advocating a king and proposing Roosevelt. The piece argues citizens must vote and engage, warning that perpetual passivity makes democracy fragile and that blame rests with those who refuse duty.
A collage of witty verse and quips from New York Evening Mail Washington Herald and Philadelphia Ledger. Items joke on social unrest finance marriage and daily toil with references to Rockefeller and stock speculation amid light satire and verse fragments from the Keep a Smiling Poet.
The piece notes varied topics from the United States adopting the electric chair, to the Prince of Wales’ role as hospital inspector. It cites Australian women eligible to vote and government pensions, Pacific coast flour imports to Manitoba, France’s relief expenditures for the aged, Orsen Sweden’s tax-free status, and rising English rail passenger fees.
A tense breakfast table scene unfolds as a couple end a premarital agreement with the woman seeking freedom to pursue others and to care for her mother. She travels to New York in search of life away from home and ends in despair as a newspaper announces a suicide. Meanwhile, state officials arrange convict labor on roads in Okanogan county and France counts a wealthy heiress Princess Marie.
Mr Doveydove extols a greenish infant print to his boss claiming it captures a superb pose. The exchange dwells on distorted details and the baby’s expression while colleagues express doubt about the image’s charm and clarity.
Information line states Geo. Engler of the Star office, old library building, between 2 and the afternoon, will handle inquiries. Initiation fee paid by Engler.
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