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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1908
Page
4
The Seattle Star outlines subscription options including daily delivery except Sundays and rates. It provides contact details for the Ballard Star Agency and offers guidance on address changes, duplicate copies, and time to report missed deliveries to ensure timely service.
A discussion of direct legislation through initiative and referndum, contrasting Swiss and New England town meetings with American representative government. Ex Secretary Shaw opposes direct democracy, arguing lack of time to study legislation and danger in ballot questions, while supporters praise citizen rule.
The piece argues the initiative and referendum strengthen democracy by channeling popular will while noting dangers from lobby influence. It contends direct legislation could have altered U S policy history, mentioning Leslie M. Shaw and his railroads tied career.
A fragmentary dialogue style piece features humorous exchanges about daily life and society. The text interleaves quips on church going, show tunes, romance, a banker in prison, and playful banter about fashion, work, and a parade of colorful characters.
Jack Collins broods in his office in the county seat town of Eureka, musing over a letter to Maude, daughter of the local banker who owns the paper. He hesitates to propose marriage or seek the editor’s post, recalling a stubborn remark that a printer should not wed. He tears up the letter and stares at the gray street scene outside.
A fragment from a newspaper section shows a seam of white serge attire and a debate over debt between Jack Collinge and a printer. Miss Herndon arrives with a job offer, promoting Collinge to managing editor and active son in law of Hanker Herndon after a train trip to the county seat.
A young printer Alfred Johnson arrives with a soiled sack, greeted by Collins in the editorial room. They reflect on four years at the plant and past debt, as Johnson sits briefly before leaving.
Readable OCR fragment notes baseball items tied to Piper and Tait around 1024 26 Becond Ay Re. No clear event or outcome present. The text is incomplete and lacks identifiable organizations, dates, or people beyond the mentioned names.
The Seattle club launched last night with charter members and an emphasis on social gatherings. It will provide special attention to visiting Alaskans and operate above the Olympus. Separately, New York tenement districts report 6,000 deaths of children under five in the past six months.
A feature describes visiting the U S Navy Yard to view battleships Oregon Nebraska Winconsin Colorado Pennsylvania and the training ship Philadelphia with dry docks torpedo boats and prison ship Nipeic. Boat departures from Beattie run roughly every day with listed times including 6 30 7 26 6 10 11 am and 1 15 2 5 4 30 6 pm and Friday schedules. A neighborhood expansion mentions about a dozen ships soon joining the fleet.
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