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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1920
Page
11
A fragmentary poem style plea invites support for The Children of Sorrow. It portrays ragged, home hungry children seeking a place at Christmas and urges generosity and compassion. The text includes edmund vance cooke lines and scattered garbled phrases.
A jumble of short items covers personalities, a court case, stock dividends, recovery stories, science quips, and a Near East Relief appeal. The piece threads personal anecdotes, civic hints, and a charity drive urging Seattle readers to sponsor orphans of Armenians Greeks Syrians and Jews with monthly gifts.
An editorial argues that infant mortality in the United States rivals war casualties, citing 390000 under-one-year-olds and 37000 mothers lost to ignorance and poverty. It promotes the Sheppard-Towner bill to fund maternal and child welfare and health education, claiming proven gains in cities and in Europe.
Librarians claim films cut reading interest as movies deliver nonstop action. They note the old thrill of finishing a chapter and rereading scenes, citing Johnny urging to finish Huck Finn, then admitting his son watched it in a movie instead of reading it.
The piece notes allied veteran groups in Paris creating an international body and proposing May 20 as an interallied memorial day to pause and honor those who faced trench warfare. It suggests a future world memorial day and reflects on closer human ties through shared sacrifice and memory.
Editor letters defend married women who work and support their homes. They challenge employers who discriminate based on marital status, arguing a credit to the home and husband and praising self supporting widows and working women.
A playful scene unfolds as a boy named Danny warns a red headed girl to keep distance or she will upset him. She laughs and reassures that she will not burn him, calling him too green to burn.
A city column gathers local residents views on stricter Sunday blue laws. Responses vary from support for open Sundays to desire for personal choice and relaxed restrictions.
A reader question sheet from Seattle asks about the citys shortest street the year the municipal lighting plant was organized and the first direct telegraph circuit to New York. It notes R H Thomson as city engineer and cites 16 public schools 69 grades six high schools and one university along with local canneries processing Logan berries.
The article traces the Christmas tree from its origins to modern markets. It notes evergreen harvests in America aiding rural funds, the quick transformation of saplings into trees, and the spread of the custom from Egypt and Germany to Britain and beyond. It mentions Luther, Queen Victoria, and the evolving decorations from candies to electric lights.
A Detroit News clipping recalls Betty and her beau Victoria linking marriage to a German prince. It notes German migration to America carrying a cherished custom that Flourishes like a green bay tree, perhaps everlasting, and mentions a humorous courtroom exchange about a watch stolen from you with a sweetheart's picture inside.
A reflective collage cites Cyrus W. Field and Jean Paul Richter on perseverance, ambition, and poverty. It contrasts laborers such as a blacksmith and a watchmaker, noting how same iron yields vastly different rewards through craft, skill, and opportunity.
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