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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1921
Page
13
A chatty column blends humor about women with brief society notes and local incidents. It mentions brightening up electric treatment, May Day pole tax, Chaplin marriage rumors, a Milwaukee cakeman jailed for improper lights, and a Bay mare in Clinton Wisconsin.
A reflective essay extols animal breeders for creating milk cows that yield 27 000 pounds of milk per animal and hens laying 220 eggs per year. It contrasts this progress with mankind’s slower improvement, criticizing average humans as scrubs while fantasizing a future race of superior, well formed people.
A Boston lodging house tale recounts how Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson wired two rooms to test a speaking device. The landlady demanded silence, Watson devised a tent muffling scheme, and Bell rejected a $100000 patent offer to pursue lectures funding their invention. The piece frames rooming house oddities as seeds of a global communications era.
A critique of small town social events in a recent novel describes a lack of intelligent conversation. It notes five stunts at one gathering and a season of dull functions where people rely on jokes and hired entertainers rather than meaningful dialogue. The author advocates high quality gatherings without cards or dancing to encourage real talking.
A reader urges repeal of the Volstead Act and advocates a government controlled liquor system with high per gallon taxes to fund the U S treasury. The letter claims Prohibition has failed and proposes government dispensaries and uniform pricing to curb bootlegging and boost revenue.
Editorials from various newspapers quote John Fi Kramer praising frank remarks on lax enforcement. He warns officials may violate laws and notes bootleggers coldly exploit the system. Reports cite deaths from booze poisoning and deadly mixes of ether nicotine wood alcohol and other poisons, urging action to curb illegal liquor.
Noah J. Hreckner argues a ruling expanding medicinal beer would boost bootlegging and drive more drug stores to sell alcohol. He decries higher taxes and permits as inflationary, urging strict controls to protect dry values and public finances.
A compact note cites Mitchell in the 8 D Republican column noting that plucked eyebrows indicate a probable vacuum behind them.
The text discusses non surgical remedies for certain ruptures in infants, such as applying a firm disk wrapped in cloth over the navel, while noting that adult ruptures are best treated surgically. It also covers dark teeth causes and whitening advice, and suggests checking flatulence causes with diet and exercise, plus consulting a physician for persistent symptoms.
Local statements reference Mrs MARIN MILLER and N J YOUNG regarding subpoenas. James EMROTT and William A GILMORE discuss events around a death and season opening. The text captures casual reactions and quoted lines about legal action and local news.
An old advertisement touts Bayer aspirin for headaches neuralgia rheumatic pain and toothache. It promises twelve tablets per tin and notes Bayer as the maker with a claim of medical proof and low price at druggists.
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