The Buddhist Mission and Christian Proposals in America
A reflective essay argues about Buddhist missions in Seattle and foreign evangelism. It weighs whether Christian ideals truly travel across cultures, noting translator limits, cross faith influence, and the need for genuine spiritual fire alongside social programs. It lauds historic missionaries and early frontiersmen while criticizing superficial spectacle in worship.
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India
America
China
City urged to hire ex service men for $1 million work
Seattle officials press the city council to approve roughly $1,000,000 in labor projects to reduce unemployment among at least 1,000 veterans. Mayor Fitzgerald and the Board of Public Works asked for prompt appropriations, warning delay harms the community and urging swift action.
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Battle
Seattle
City Council
Fitzgerald
Board of Public Works
Star
Women Price Protest Bites Eggs Drop In Chicago
In Chicago on December 23, seventy thousand women led a boycott against high prices. Eggs sold wholesale at 65 cents a dozen, down 12 cents as housewives pledge to continue the boycott this week. Butter is expected to follow the price drop.
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Chicago
Eggs Drop to 65 Cents a Dozen for Retailers
Commission men report California hens laying too many eggs keeping wholesale prices steady at three cents a dozen less than usual. Retailers expect about 85 cents a dozen as the market adjusts. The drop reflects supplier pricing rather than consumer cost.
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Commission
California
Christmas Mail Breaks Records at Seattle Post Office
Christmas mail volume shatters records at the Seattle post office with 600 extra workers and 38 heavy trucks handling parcel post. Superintendent Charlies M. Perkins says Monday saw over 414,500 outgoing letters and 9,000 sacks of parcel post, far above last year. over 1,750 sacks arrived Monday. The Tuesday and Wednesday incoming mail is expected to break all records.
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Seattle
Charlies M. Perkins
Maila
Perkins
Local Views on Morality and Public Delights
The speaker notes increases in moral laws yet broad complacency in society as townsfolk flock to see Theda Vamp her latest. He argues excess regulation breeds indifference and laments changing character amid entertainment.
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Theda
Chokes Woman and Steals Jewelry at Yukon Annex
Police search for a transient burglar who entered the Yukon Annex at 161 Washington St at midnight and overpowered housekeeper Mrs Taylor. He bound and gagged her then rifled the room taking two gold nugget rings set with diamonds valued at 800 and $150 cash totaling $950 before fleeing.
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Yukon Annex
Washington St
Kansas Miner Howatt Released After Strike Calloff
Alexander Howatt, president of the Kansas district of the United Mine Workers, was released from jail in Indianapolis and ordered to return to Kansas after agreeing to call off the July strike. He also vowed to have miners return to work who had protested his arrest.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Alexander Howatt
Kansas
United Mine Workers
Anderson
Howatt
Baby Sandholm to Be Home Christmas
11 month old Bobby Sandholm, poisoned by Mercury bichloride after his brother fed him tablets, will leave city hospital for Christmas. Doctors note the last of the poison has been driven from his system following a second blood transfusion Sunday.
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Bobby Sandholm
City Council weighs using day labor for veterans work
Mayor Fitzgerald urges immediate funds to hire at least 1000 ex service men for municipal jobs on a day labor basis. Council referred the request to finance and public utilities committees as projects worth nearly 1 million dollars move forward and car barns for Youngstown could employ 100 veterans.
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Fitzgerald
12Th Ave. W
42Nd Ave. & W
Cannefs Finance and Streets and Sewers Committee
Youngstown
Department of Public Utilities
Morphine
First Ave
FE. &5Th At
29Th Ave. N. BE
85Th Ave. N. BE
Princess Pat and Ramseys Welcome Son For Canada
The former Princess Patricia of Canada is in excellent health after the birth of a son Sunday. Princess Pat, a cousin of King George and daughter of the Duke of Connaught, married Commander Alexander Ramsey of the British Navy in February.
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London
Deco
Princess Patricia of
Canada
Pat
King George
Due of
Solons Probe Sims Charge In Naval Medal Row
Congress investigates claims Secretary Daniels favored medals over Naval officers’ recommendations. Admiral Sims declines medal citing injustice in the list, while Rep Lufkin and Rep Page push for reports and a House Naval Affairs Committee inquiry to uncover the dispute. The issue centers on morale and perceived bias in awards.
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Washington
United Press
Daniela
Bima
Daniele
Sims
Senator Page
Vermont
Naval Affairs Committee
Lufkin
Masasa
House Naval Affairs Committee
Department
Sima
Daniels
Wild Hour Shopper Faces Christmas Delays In Prose Satire
Eddie Boyden lampoons the last minute Christmas shopper who delays buying gifts. The piece contrasts frantic department store throngs with the indolent lingerer by the hearth, calling the late hour shopper slow and unconcerned as news continues on page nine.
Bandit robs Olympia store and shoots pursuit in Pacific Northwest
A lone armed robber robs J C Penney in Olympia killing a citizen, then flees with a partner through Tacoma and Puyallup. A running gun battle with deputies follows, with pursuit across interurban lines and trains. Victims include E H Schultz and Robert Craig. bandit tracked by King and Pierce deputies, Puyallup marshal, and local officers as authorities cordon trains, boats, and lodging rooms while a manhunt continues toward Seattle.
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Olympia
Tacoma
Puyallup
Seattle
Tacomapo- Hee
King
Pierce County
Knox
Taunt
Robert Craig
Canal
Sheriff's Office
Or Puyallup
Letters on Returned Soldiers Jobs and Women in Work
A series of letters from readers discuss postwar employment for veterans and the presence of women in jobs such as elevator operators and in hotels and restaurants. The writers urge reinstatement of soldiers, criticize couples who leverages two earners, and blame rising prices on women and girls spending more since the war. They call for policy shifts and employment for veterans.
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the Star
Seattle
Altho
Navy Yard Bremer ton hires married women with working husbands
The Star editor questions why the Bremer ton navy yard employs women who have husbands at the yard and no children to support. The writer cites examples of two or three such cases and notes one woman hired as a helper this summer while her husband earns $6 or $7 daily.
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the Star
Navy Yard
Bremerton
Street Car Men to Dance Tonight at Benefit Ball
Street Railway Employer’s Relief association hosts a grand march at the Masonic temple Harvard avenue and Priest street. Mayor C. B. Fitzgerald leads the procession followed by Thomas B. Murphiz, superintendent of public utilities, and D W Henderson, superintendent of transportation.
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Devil
Hammed
Bishop Taylor
Africa
Thoburn
Episcopal Church
Western Wilds
Great West
Denver
Baby Sandholm
Solons
Greas
Eddie Boyden
Tarry
Luza
Opportunity
P. R
Walta
North Pole
E. H. Schultz
Craig
J. C. Penney & Co
W. H. McManus
McManus
Ella Dellness
Schultz
Franklin Sr
Schults
Jon
Tle
Great War Veterans’ Association
Vancouver
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