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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
21
A jumble of unrelated items from a local paper: jokes on politics Prohibition and stage villains, plus reports from Beattie Sandusky Tennessee and Chicago. Bits include a thief in Sandusky, a call for an international fingerprint bureau, and a faux society for useless giving.
A wartime relief drive led by Herbert Hoover seeks to raise 33 million dollars during Christmas week to aid millions of starving children in Europe. King County organizers urge free will offerings, stressing the need to keep European relief operations funded through eight major American agencies.
A compact fragment contemplates shared fortune and endurance through hardship, contrasting prosperity with adversity and suggesting collective resilience. The tone resembles a reflective late eighteenth century line.
The secretary of agriculture lauds the harvest as the largest in American history but notes prices fell at marketing, squeezing farmers who must seek paying markets. He urges direct consumer channels, better market information, and cooperative financing to keep farming profitable rather than a Santa Claus role.
A critical column notes China’s production of dolls for American market and the perceived misfit with South American tastes. It laments slanted eyes on dolls and contrasts U S and European trade practices, while criticizing intelligence and human folly in global affairs.
A reader argues against employing married women, claiming it harms families and leads to crime. The second letter requests city data on married women in employment, pushes for patriotic employment policies, and calls for broader information from Mayor Caldwell and big employers.
Readers across addresses share mixed views on living costs. Sadie Glenn notes no decrease, while Julia Ellis and Lulu Harris see little change and Anna Finnegan mentions slight drops in certain goods like sugar and exes as she phrases it.
Questions cover the native name for a Seattle area segment, lumber mills within 100 miles of Beattie, and the University of Washington’s first president. The text notes the first plat of Seattle filed May 23, 1853 and references early figures Horen Denny and Bell, plus a green fee of 44 cents at municipal links including war tax.
The Cleveland Press argues organized labor must be responsible and that a labor contract is sacred and mutually advantageous. It frames labor unions as essential to American industry and warns against anti union efforts by employers associations.
The piece criticizes Secretary Houston's defense budget totaling 1.3 billion dollars with 96 million for war aircraft and 184 million for battleships. It argues such outlays are non productive and urges reduced armaments and true thrift, echoing a plea for peace on earth and goodwill beyond words during a busy shopping season.
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