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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1922
Page
11
A vivid invitation to explore a glacier on Mount Rainier. The narrator describes treacherous ascents across moraines, the ice river carving its way down, and the sense of awe at witnessing earth making in real time. The piece urges summer glacier adventures and firsthand encounters with ice, sound, and motion.
Three Americans nearly perished while crossing the Mojave Desert highlighting dangers of extreme heat. The report notes the incident underscores broader concerns about water access and desert travel safety.
A Seattle tourist camp earns high praise from eastbound drivers met en route across the continent. Travelers from the Atlantic to Puget Sound commend its setting, accommodations, and hospitality, noting guests feel at home and leave delighted with their Seattle stay. The piece emphasizes growing tourist traffic and positive impressions of Seattle.
In Colorado a railroad bankrupt under its president was placed under receivership with the president named as receiver and a top railroad lawyer as counsel for the receiver. The scene featured a judge in wig and robe presiding over the proceedings amid claims of class bias and graft.
Government figures show residential building worth 500 million dollars per month, about 179 million square feet of floor space, enough for roughly 125 000 families. Postwar shift from non residential to homes surges, with costs, codes, and financing aids spurring rapid growth.
Poised nations eye leadership as unemployment rises. A skeptical note on Congress and fiscal concerns accompanies reflections on culture and heat as winter ends.
An aspiring contestant, Utter Lee Gawn, daughter of Capitol Hill families, declares she is simply MAD about the Prince and aims for the London coronation role. She chats with a reporter in her room, professing passion, soul, and a dream of becoming a charming wife.
Ex-soldier Hector, proud to have won a city contest as the most perfect man, is described as disabled on the war risk rolls and drawing about $150 per month. He is also attending the University of Washington at government expense, prompting reader questions about government support and compensation.
A local board member named Taylor backed a plan to reduce teachers salaries despite earlier opposition. The piece accuses supporters of using innuendo to defend a decisive June vote while noting teachers offered no plan, questioning motives and the economy platform.
The article accuses Taylor of shifting spending cuts onto teachers by withholding pay and then backing a cheaper encyclopedia choice. It claims he helped reduce expenditures by $225,600 from teachers’ wages and favored the Amer ican encyclopedia lease over the more expensive International set, only to have his frugality fade afterward.
The passage mocks apologists for school economy policies for never explaining their ideas in periodic journalistic brainstorming and claims their explanations magically vanish.
A fragment notes that copra cake is the residue after drying meat and compares its nourishment to a lightning flash, claiming it never lasts more than a hundredth part of a second.
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