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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1919
Page
21
A nostalgic essay laments the decline of traditional tobacco use among Americans noting 95 percent smoke 80 percent favor cigarettes while others keep pipes and cud, and it muses on lost rural customs, the backwoodsman image, and the wholesome town squire with his cud. It pleads for a return to simple country pleasures.
A humorous meditation on growing and shaving a mustache. The narrator notes friends and family teasing, then persistence through weeks of change and the eventual challenge of removing facial hair, concluding it takes courage to both raise and shave a mustache.
The piece argues unemployment sparks rioting fears in Buffalo and calls for housing reforms. It cites British and American observers on slums and urges the AFL plan to build model homes, low-interest credits, and expanded public housing with municipal support for migratory workers and relief projects. It adds brief wartime and international comments, ending with a tax on loafing.
A fragment notes a congress was told of a beverage or practice used to intoxicate, described as a means to view wonders or marvels. The report presents the claim without endorsement and records the public discussion around it.
A fragmented column mocks figures from Ruth Garrison to Charles Le Grave while lampooning local officials and a supposed Martian expedition. The piece blends personal jests with satirical snippets about beer, mail sacks, and a tongue in cheek space alert.
The article argues the league of nations is a national and religious issue and a first step to end war. It urges all churches and ministers to preach, teach, and pray for it, claiming it transcends partisan politics and holds moral urgency for humanity. It invokes suffering in Russia Serbia Armenia and Germany and calls mothers and churches to act.
A nostalgic poem recalls a child seeking comfort at night from a mother and later desiring God’s wife to tuck him in. The speaker contrasts maternal soothing with the harsher memory of a father and dreams of a peaceful final request to God.
A reader from Irondale Wash shares a soldier’s letter from the 218th engineers, describing harsh conditions, winter cold, and impatience over rumors of deployment. the note expresses loneliness, strain, and a plea for public awareness of soldiers’ hardships. The writer signs MISS HELEN HOOKER.
A reader urges strict gun sale enforcement after a pawnbroker testified no permit to sell the gun used in a murder case. They call for halting private sales and having cities control gun commerce to deter violators and reduce murders.
A reader letter blasts officials over alleged harmful school treatments and declares Ruth Garrison a murderer, urging action against a law now repealed. The same paper prints a mother’s note praising a son who asserts independence and self-reliance after wartime service.
A letter to The Star from Elsie Cole Wilcox of Retsil Washington condemns Ruth Garrison as a moral degenerate and urges severe punishment for her murder and for Storrs. The writer argues capital punishment should not be argued away and laments ongoing press sentiment.
The Rev Charles Stelzle argues time is more valuable than money and must be spent on worthwhile aims. He contends well spent time leads to intelligence, character, power, and naturally more money, unlike luck or crude wealth. He warns money earned without growth lacks true satisfaction.
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