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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1921
Page
9
A compact collection of satirical quips and verses about vanity hypocrisy traffic noises and fashionable woes. It riffs on self restraint gendered fashion and social pretensions with light cruelty and playful wordplay across multiple snippets.
The Star defends modern high school needs and vocational training arguing Roosevelt high school should not lag behind peers like Franklin West Seattle and Ballard. It warns against returning to obsolete curricula while detailing per pupil space costs and overcrowding pressures facing Seattle schools.
A speaker vows to make a garden each spring while Keturah questions who will live there in summer. He imagines song and tools, jokes about gardening, and reflects on Adams failings as a gardener. Keturah forgives the endeavor and hopes they never fully grow old together.
A collage of readers respond with blunt pitches about personal success and confidence. Citizens including F D Cleaves and John M Wilmott offer snippets on ambition, family support, and weighing public perception in a light hearted exchange from a local column.
The piece discusses catarrh of the throat or head and how its impact varies with form. It notes there is no specific cure for tuberculosis, but early treatment can lead to recovery. Essential remedies highlighted are real fresh air and good food.
A reader warns about raw milk and urges pasteurization to protect three children. They advise heating the milk briefly to a boil and then cooling immediately, noting not to boil long and stressing safe handling for family consumption.
An advertisement touts electric controls permitting a new searchlight to be operated from distances up to 10 miles. It highlights Boldt’s as the destination for a “juicy intenax.”
An editorial summarizes Viscount Bryce's critique of the American system. It argues Americans tolerate mediocrity in judges and officials, demand short terms, and rely on political machines, warning that democracy requires constant public vigilance and active citizen involvement to function well.
A reader chides The Seattle Star for condemning Mrs Pearl Dell over her response to Kneip who assaulted her at 17. The letter argues law undervalues a woman's honor versus male crime, cites Illinois and McNella island cases, and urges reconsideration of public attitudes toward justice and virtue.
A fragmentary page item notes a list headed by William 8 Hart and references a public or formal acknowledgment to Mr Poiitor for supporting Mrs Pearl O'Dell. The text contains unrelated quips about a mother of three boys in need of discipline and a scolding reference comparing it to a girl crying upstairs.
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