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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1907
Page
9
The Seattle Star informs subscribers of delivery and renewal policies, requests prompt reporting if a paper is missed, and directs readers to call the main office between certain hours to ensure delivery. It also notes Ballard Agency contact details and subscription procedures.
An editorial laments Sunday’s triple drowning on Lake Washington and condemns reckless canoeing by youths. It urges limits on passengers per canoe, mandatory rubber cushions, expert swimming for women, and possible abolition of canoes to curb further deaths.
Discussion of the La Follette Fellow Servant Law now under submission to the U S Supreme Court on its constitutionality. The act alters common law rules on fellow servant and contributory negligence in railroad injury cases, with government defense led by the attorney general. Judges Evans and McCall are noted in the piece.
A collage of humor and social jabs across cities features quotes about wealth power and culture. Notables mention Joah Wise Roosevelt Platonics and Kuroki with wry observations on money manners and manners of speech amid light satire and scattered banter.
Kentucky and Tennessee courts deem the law unconstitutional while four other federal judges in Washington Arkansas Minnesota and Georgia uphold its validity. Judge Hanford in Washington Judge Trieber in Arkansas Judge Morrin in Minnesota and Judge Spear in Georgia rule for the law respectively.
A garbled vaudeville sketch unfolds with quick exchanges among characters about a torn paper, a horse bet, a fire at a shoe factory, and a drunken father. The dialogue blends comic mispronunciations and rapid, farcical interruptions as a crowd outside mulls over misheard lines and mistaken identities.
Pettie Primrose loves a tiny wooden village with named figures: Rowsalle, Peter, Pansy, Grunty, and a crow named Caw. Trees include maple willow elm. houses multiply as Pettie imagines Daw with a tree, a church and a tower. Pettie’s father calls it Carnegie Library, though Pettie doubts it. To be continued.
A quirky verse fragment ponders a garden stunted by frosts and miswritten names. The speaker complains about spring delays, noting cross moods and bare plans as blooms fail to appear.
The store touts distinct styles and complete stock with quality merchandise and fair prices. It highlights convenient payment plans and the pleasure of shopping, promising daily new arrivals in men's and women's ready to wear and offering to open accounts for selected items.
The poem paints a parent watching a baby’s blue eyes and angelic smile as the child babbles a sequence like Yah-yah or go0-go0. It reflects on whether sounds like da-da or mah-mum signal meanings such as dear father or mother dear. The verses suggest that the infant’s words are a passage from the heavens the child hopes to share.
Game Warden Wyckoff returns from the mountains and reports at least 28 deer and elk carcasses along the headwaters of the Dungeness river in half a day of travel.
Hon. Joseph B. Foraker speaks on a wag and Ohio matter, asking whether flowers should be omitted. The missive carries a formal tone as CP signs off with Yours truly.
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