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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1920
Page
13
Seattle lodge No. 92, B P O Elks, plans to raise 2700 in one evening through voluntary subscriptions. The event honors a brave man who died in the line of duty and supports dependents, civic projects, and rehabilitation efforts. The lodge is described as an institution thriving on cheerful, wholehearted service.
The Star dismisses rumors of a Russian revolutionary plot and a railway strike as bunk. Editor E L Jacobs says the paper will not hype the issue or aid A Mitchell Palmer’s political aims, noting past coverage did report congressional testimony. General Macready leads Irish military forces as government aims to curb trouble.
An old critique contrasts lavish spending with modern thrift as prosperity grows. It notes 60 carloads of autos moved by coal cars to meet coal transport needs, while cities still demand coal and essential goods. The piece highlights rising luxury imports in February and a mismatch: booming luxury supply amid shortages of necessities.
The piece argues that the suffrage amendment crisis is an emergency for millions of women awaiting voting rights, while Governor Marcus Holcomb rejects a special session as unnecessary saying it is not an emergency. The writer accuses Holcomb of failing to recognize the emergency.
North Dakota has tested a pioneering child equality law declaring a child born out of wedlock the child of its natural parents. The statute, upheld as constitutional in a Fargo case, grants equal rights to support shelter education and inheritance.
A jumble of letters and notices from a late edition includes questions about an elderly Beattie resident and why a number was missing from an obituary. Other items joke about prohibition era burials, a New York judge, and a sugar heir sued by a manicure girl.
Dr. Frank Crane argues that strict System and obedience become Red Tape when overemphasized, hindering results. He claims discipline must bend to achieve victory, and leaders need discretion to break rules when necessary. He contrasts machine government with human judgment and warns against treating rules as ultimate ends.
A poem reflecting on human folly and war as repeated disasters alike Vesuvius. The speaker contrasts ancient cities wiped out by volcanoes with modern nations rebuilding and warring, critiquing pride, enemies, and false peace while warning of self-destructive cycles.
The letter from Linda Barfield of El Olalla Washington discusses fasting as a medical approach touted by Dr Frederick M Allen and Dr Edward Hooker Dewey, noting controversy and past prosecutions. A second note from Mrs Skinner of Rochester New York describes an endless chain letter fundraising for justice, asking nineteen cents from participants and urging 19 more converts with funds sent to Senator Smi Stokes building Everett Washington.
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