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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1920
Page
13
A jumble of letters and snippets mentions Hays funds for a Republican national committee, prohibition, a bridge anecdote, job searches for hospital or kennel work, and various curious lines about cats, ink, coal, and pensions. The text resembles a reader mailbox with unrelated inquiries and remarks.
The message urges support for tuberculosis relief through Christmas Seals. It highlights the disease’s toll of 150000 deaths yearly in the United States and the role of poverty and home care in fighting it. Donors are asked to place seals on letters and packages to fund free dispensaries and open air schools.
A fragmentary note cites Locke urging caution toward early impressions of goblins and apparitions, suggesting restraint in how young minds are exposed to such ideas.
The prompt asks about Seattle’s rainiest month last year and its Pacific coast industries, plus a comparison to other leading fisheries ports. It requests a Wednesday answer and seems to combine weather and port economy context for Seattle.
Seattle markets a large portion of Washington's 43 million dollars in apples and serves as the Pacific coast chief railroad center with lines from Northern Pacific Northern Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Chicago Burlington Union Pacific Canadian Pacific Grand Trunk Pacific. A light snowfall of five days in Seattle last year.
Holding and cutting movements by farmers signal possible crop reductions next year as cotton and wheat growers seek higher prices. The report notes farmer falls in price relative to costs and urges government action to connect farmers with markets to avoid consumer price shocks.
A Seattle education feature urges keeping children in school with data from the U.S. Bureau of Education. It notes that less than 1 percent of American men are college graduates yet many leaders and officials come from that group. It cites percentages for presidents, congress, and Supreme Court justices to show education pays.
Let Russia Alone The Russian people have earned the right to be let alone. The overwhelming defeat of Gen Wrangel means Russia will rally to Bolshevism as long as foreign interests dominate Russia's domestic affairs. France resisted this argument and must now face Russia's fury.
The work features Carnegie’s life in chronology arranged by Prof. Van Dyke and notes the libraries he built. It cites his motto urging reading and a creed that questions immortality. The piece also notes Noah Webster missing election to the Hall of Fame and quips about a coal profiteer jailed for a cold cell.
An article touts a homemade cough syrup using Pinex and sugar syrup with molasses as a cheaper alternative to store bought remedies. It claims rapid relief within hours for coughing and throat irritation and promotes Pinex as Norway pine extract used for throat and chest ailments since ancient times.
Isaa ro Gabaldon, new resident commissioner for the Philippines, urges U.S. Congress to grant independence to 10.6 million Filipinos. He argues the Philippines meet the required stable government and cites self determination as a wartime principle, warning against delays that could erode goodwill toward America.
A survey of hat merchants and customers reveals married men increasingly seek their wife’s input on headwear. Statements from store owners Charley Olson Burton McMeans and Henry Young highlight a split between men who choose alone and those who value wives or sweethearts judgment.
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