Ku Klux Klan and American Public Life Comment
A periodical column questions the secrecy of the Ku Klux Klan and compares it to ordinary clubs and veterans groups. It argues secrecy fosters appeal to primitive impulses, warns of potential mob violence, and urges frank treatment of labor and business relations. The piece also contemplates addiction to thrill through stimulants and promotes healthful recreation as a substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ku Klux Klan
Washington
Aulik
The
Star
Ku Klux
Klan
United States
Yes to Be Fashionable The Skeleton Look Returns
The verse mocks fashion obsessed with skeletal bodies and thin figures. It notes plump women suffer for trends and laments the era when hollow chests and long lines dominate dress styles. It concludes with a dystopian image of renting in the Orient.
Remarkable Remarks from Various Figures
A collage quotes Police Superintendent Alderdice on girls and cars, G K Chesterton on radical nationalism, and Dr Ernest Tucker on brain analogy, with Howard Elliott from Northern Pa voicing optimism for improving conditions.
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United States
Alderdice
Pittsburg
Ernest 14
Tucker
New York
Omteopath
Northwestern trip ends for Pacific Railway company
The Pacific Railway company has recently returned from a journey to the Northwest, marking a notable excursion for the firm and its staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cific Railway Company
Letter on immigration and race in America and Canada
The writer warns of Japanese immigration and land ownership fears, urging American action to preserve national identity. They cite signs of anti Asian sentiment in Washington and California and compare to Canada’s stricter stance, questioning how long the U.S. can awaken to the issue.
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British Columbia
B. C
Jape
United States
Canada
America
Letter Defends Wayfarer Manager Against Star Attack
Clark R. Belknap argues the Wayfarer production faced big risks and losses and asks for a public apology from The Star. He defends copyright control as a protective measure and questions Seattle’s future support for the pageant. The Star disputed deception about profits and permanence of the Seattle project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayfarer
Ita Rescue
Clark R. Belknap
Puzzle: Boy’s apples and halves riddle
A boy picks a number of apples and gives his father half the apples and half an apple more. He then gives his mother half the remainder and half an apple more, then to his sister half the balance and half an apple more, leaving him with one. The answer is three.
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Smith
Bill
High Cockalorum Smith
Liamas
Helen of Troy and a shirt keeping tale mingle with commerce
A fragmented reminiscence links Helen of Troy to Homer with verses on beauty sparking wars, then shifts to a modern note about a woman who notes luck helps keep shirts clean longer. The U S department of commerce claims the collar business began in 1825 and hints at social influence behind it.
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Troy
Helen
Homer
Department of Commerce
United States
Mary Walker
Editorial Critique on Corporate Control of Religious Production
The Star reiterates a harsh critique of a new corporate by law allowing commercialization of religious production. It condemns the move as wrong, not square, and obtained under false pretenses. The paper maintains no apologies for its editor’s stance.
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Swr
Inlounge discussions and forgotten women in history
A Congressional Record snippet recalls frank talks in a lobby room, mentions traditional attitudes, a Texas deputy’s quest for normal times via work and spending, and honors Mary Wardrobe’s collar-button invention and its overlooked female inventor.
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John Barneycorn
Dawson
Klondike
Yukon
E. Dana Caulkins
Caulkins
oPie
Orient
Frances Boardman
G. K. Chesterton
Howard Elliott
Northern Pa
Lenaca
Globe Optical Co
Westlake Ave
Pike and
Pine Ste
Friend
BY Leo H. Lassen
Chum
the Star
California
Hawaii
Japan
Mak
Editor
Ager
the Wayfarer
Dr. Crowther
Seattle
Hoge Building
William RE. Barton
Ilium
Reeve Wingo
Ark
Julep
Louisiana
Mann
Texas
Representative
Nev
Dra
Georgetown
Ballard
Union National Bank
Fleischmann
Fleischmann CO
Green Ridge
Wash
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