Search for Young Newsie
A young Seattle newspaper seller disappears from his neighborhood, prompting a police search.
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A cleaned-up reading of the newspaper page: spelling and layout repaired, one story lifted off a crowded page. It follows the original closely but it is not a transcription. The original page is below; read it if a detail matters.
The police have been requested to search for Fred Barden, whose home was at Eighth and Jackson streets. The boy has not been seen since Thursday morning at 8 o'clock, and it is thought that he has run away. He is described as follows: eleven years old, light hair, brown eyes, wore brown suit, knee pants. He sold newspapers.
“The boy has not been seen since Thursday morning at 8 o'clock, and it is thought that he has run away.”
The intersection of Eighth and Jackson today sits at the heart of the International District. The disappearance of a child newsie highlights the harsh realities faced by working-class children in the early city.
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