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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1921
Page
13
A Kansan essay defends women’s dignity amid miners’ strike, arguing courts overstep by forcing wages and that women resist interlopers. It contrasts miners’ hard life with their inner right to life and freedom, while lampooning domestic myths and the idea that cooking grants power.
The article surveys the vast world gold stock valued around 19 billion dollars and how the United States holds most of it. It ponders the implications of ongoing imports, potential new global value standards, and how to handle future gold flows and economic effects.
A Seattle traveling salesman says hats cost him about 40 dollars each while he pays four dollars for a new hat. He checks the hat twice daily during meals at hotels as tips average ten cents. The Star describes a campaign rally against tipping, angry at the system and comparing it to wasted horsepower and broader political frustration.
Sailors dread Rockall a perilous sea stack 260 miles north of Ireland that rises like a black iceberg. Its exact location is known to navigators yet ships continually wreck on it. Rockall symbolizes the elusive, and the piece notes actors brace for an altitude record while landlords see no need for one.
The speaker argues against labor for its own sake while praising effort with heart. He notes machines should lift human burdens, warns against indolence, and claims people deteriorate physically and morally without meaningful toil. He reflects on overwork and energy, insisting most men could do more to improve themselves through purposeful labor.
The Star prints a reader letter from W. P. Bonney secretary of the Washington State Historical Society praising Tacoma Tunes coverage and supporting retention of Indian names. He notes Prof. W. D. Lyman of Walla Walla helped move the State Historical Society to back euphonious names like Tacoma for the mountain, thanking the paper for just coverage.
A resident pleads for work to support his family amid debt and high loan costs. He laments job scarcity in the city after visiting numerous places and fears crime will rise as his children worry about Christmas. He rejects charity while asking for help to feed his children.
A Charleston reader criticizes a column titled Ten Commandments for Husbands. The letter mocks the rules as selfish and impractical, arguing they portray husbands as providers rather than companions and warning of domestic tensions and hypocrisy.
Milly Br Joslow argues that real musical education opens a child’s inner sense for melody harmony and rhythm rather than mere instrument practice. She claims many kids lack hearing pitch and rhythm, and asserts true education builds appreciation so practice becomes self-motivated.
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