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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1919
Page
13
Assessor Frank Hull proposes taxing rents by reassessing properties on current rental yields to curb profit maneuvers by lessees and lease speculators. The measure would shift taxes toward tenants if owners resist, with the full campaign delayed until next year due to current law. Hull’s move signals a potential curb on rising rents and rent-driven profits.
The piece argues judges increasingly redefine laws eroding free speech and assembly. It cites Memphis editor E. T. Leech punished for an anti-corruption editorial amid a local political clash and calls for a home front fight against judicial overreach.
A column mocks wartime figures and statements by President Wilson Senator McKellar and Gen Gonzales. It questions penalties for abuse in prison camps and criticizes Allied League rhetoric while noting alleged bandit shootings and censure of doughboy mistreatment.
The author contrasts American democracy with Bolshevism, arguing democracy feeds and builds nations while Bolshevism destroys infrastructure and imposes dictatorship. It praises U.S. humanitarian aid and industrial achievement, citing Rockefeller and Carnegie as products of democracy, and notes sources from an Institute for Public Service pamphlet.
The gardener advises cutting back flowering plants after their first bloom to extend life. Cut sweet peas to two feet, enrich soil with sheep manure or bone meal, then regrow blooms. Apply the same to bachelor buttons and use shearing to renew white blossoms on sweet alyssum as a border.
Giles, a heavy smoker, insists his habit hasn’t harmed him as his wife groans about his health. She quips that without smoking he might have reached ninety, underscoring concern over his long life at seventy.
A Seattle reader praises The Star’s August editorial urging action against political “trimmers.” The writer, with 25 years in politics, laments corrupted officials from ward heelers to senators, pledges support for the president yet calls for reform and accountability amid rising living costs. He signs I. H.
A collage of humorous notes, gossip and wry observations. The column mentions James D. Hoge of Union Savings & Trust Co planning a film role in The Romance of Seattle, and riffs on politics prices and fashion. It references weather, counterfeit money chatter and light banter about nerves and etiquette.
On August 6 1585 the Davis strait reached Exeter Bay. In 1638 Ben Jonson died aged 63. 1756 Eugene Aram executed for murder at Knaresborough Forest. 1777 Herkimer ambushed during the Revolutionary War. 1778 Sieur Gerard spoke in congress. 1812 Detroit surrendered to British forces. A later anti social guide describes a gondola lift humor piece and riding etiquette for downtown outings.
A Star staff writer reflects on religious rebirth, noting that true conversion comes via God’s intervention, not by church attendance or good works. He cites transformed lives, including forgiveness of past sins, and the blind man who received sight as evidence of being born again.
The speaker questions who truly understands rebirth the born again who claim their change or the skeptics who deny it. It argues that those who feel new life since conversion speak with credibility while critics exterior to the experience doubt its reality. The piece invites the reader to weigh testimony across belief and doubt.
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