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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
4
The Seattle Star lists subscription and delivery details for readers, including mail and carrier options, pricing, and post office handling. It notes subscription renewal labels on the paper and directs readers to report changes and requests to the office at Main 1060 or 44, with service requests to ensure timely delivery.
Article by Jessie M. Pagan discusses humane restraint of criminals for their good rather than punishment. It cites a New England prison warden’s views and describes early 20th century ideas on reform, behavior, and how inmates with clean records could be treated as capable men.
The Star questions Seattle Electric Company for failing to test new streetcar fenders amid ongoing deaths and injuries. Italian inventor Adolfo Azzali offered a simple, inexpensive design with front-plate advantages, but tests were refused. Officials’ inaction as labor advocates urge trials, citing risk to the public.
A meditation on Love versus Duty as guiding forces in human life. The essay contrasts personal desire with responsibility toward others and God, urging charity and humility in judging others who struggle with these forces. It cautions against assuming others’ inner conflicts, and to show kindness instead.
The Elmira reformatory approach classifies offenders by deficiency and provides tailored training from trades to academics. Indeterminate sentences, self control, and work programs aim to restore prisoners for independent life, with a focus on humane, preventive reform rather than punishment.
A garbled diary passage lampoons politics and social life. It hints at a Democratic convension shifting to Denver and mocks a future show, while a father and mother discuss travel and dresses for a trip. The tone is satirical and fragmented.
A quirky collection of quips and comic bits with references to Josh Whee and satirical vignettes. It playfully riffs on politics, stage life, and social norms, ending with a joke about editors and readers. The tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century humor page with puns and brief sketches.
A brief stagelike clash on the village street features a sidewalk philosopher and a town wit trading wry lines about wisdom and silence in a snapshot of local humor.
A physician recounts a family saga of twin brothers Jack and Roy. Jack becomes a desperado shot in California while Roy rises to head a banking house in New York. After a failed trial, a mob hangs Jack, and Roy dies by a neck-breaking stumble timed to the same hour as the hanging.
Washington Jan 11 Rep Julius Kahn of San Francisco urges systematic fortification of Alaska coast along with Puget Sound San Francisco and San Diego harbors He argues Hawaii should also be fortified to deter any fleet and says Alaska’s value in defense has been overlooked and coast defense will spur prosperity along the Pacific coast.
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