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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
5
The piece argues Woodrow Wilson opposes judiciary recall and asserts judges are not lawmakers. It accuses him of underestimating the people’s view of courts, predicting eventual strong popular leadership and a demand for direct accountability to the people in justice matters.
Governor Robert Bass, a Harvard-educated New England farmer, overthrew the railroad power in New Hampshire. From forestry work to senate leadership, he pushed direct primaries and ten reform bills. He claimed education and public reading enable the common people to shape state policy.
The piece notes past club violence giving way to law and suggests a world federation led by a central government. It calls for a two chamber parliament, a three member executive, a 15 member judiciary, and an international navy to police the seas, as a path to lasting peace.
Economic writer Frank H. Streightoff analyzes the living standard for industrial workers in America. He cites a minimum urban family support of 650 dollars per year, or 600 in the South, with 5,000,000 workers earning under 600 and at least one-fifth of adult male laborers jobless 12 weeks yearly. He argues for liberty in business, opposing measures that curb employer freedom.
The item surveys bold claims about divorce happiness, sacred judges, and policing social conduct. It notes Anna Besant’s militant rhetoric, a Chicago stabbing linked to a teen romance, and a judge defending flirtatious behavior as the policeman’s escort awaits. It also mentions reactions to George Gray Barnard statues and Rabbi Wise’s Children’s Declaration of Independence.
A collage of jokes and quips from a vintage page includes barbs about thunder scares, marriages, arbitration, and daily life. Characters joke about women, wealth, and social norms while brief gags reference judges, newspapers, suffragettes, and stray cartoons.
The fragment shows a remark on Misa Wrinkles becoming a suffragette and questions what induced her to join the cause given her age. It hints at social attitudes toward women and reform movements in a historical setting. No further identifying details are present.
A humorous collage discusses daily struggles and small economies. A man mocks urban toil while a boy saves for a dollar from his father. A car owner explains setting aside funds for repairs, and a pun about widow and window ends with a quip about looking out.
Fragmentary OCR lists a Sunday event with a 7:80 time and cave er sunset. Reads like a public notice page item with incomplete location and date details.
F. W. Stevenson & Co., brokers at the Bailey building, advises that stocks will sell much higher on this move. See.
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