It Can't Be Done? Hoar Recalls Reclamation Success
Massachusetts Senator Hoar praises the reclamation program's impact, noting 1.78 million acres irrigated, 4 million people housed, and land values rising to about 565 million dollars. He argues government funding was repaid and plans delivered, contrasting with earlier doubts about the project. Also mentions treaty delays and sugar prices tied to wartime effects.
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Hoar
Massachusetts
United States
Senator Hoar
Reclamation Service
Thengent
We All for Bobby and City’s Emotions United
A lament shows universal human feelings as Seattle follows the fate of Bobby Shain. From depot to police station and then city hospital, neighbors share hope and prayers. The piece contrasts broad issues with the compassionate focus on finding a good home for the child.
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Union
Bobby Shain
Bobby
Little Shain
Controversy Over Navy Awards Involving Admiral Sims
The letter alleges that Daniel W. Bagley, Admiral Sims’s brother in law, received a rotation award for heroism linked to the torpedo boat Jacob Jones sunk by a German ace. It warns of corruption in decorations and urges congressional inquiry while noting Harry S. New’s fragile health and a possible change of scene for him.
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Admiral Sims
Daniels
David W. Bagley
Jacob Jones
Congressional Investigating Committee
Love and jealousy collide in a real life romance
In Real Life Jet reports a love triangle where Lawrence A. Robinson is loved by two men. Grover Gordon's rage leads to a shooting and a life saving blood transfusion at the hospital. Gordon declares devotion then the woman says her love has turned to hatred after the affair.
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Rence A. Robinson
Grover Gordon
Gordon
Everett True by Condo Chronology Disappointed Hboour Date
A fragment notes an event involving Everett True and condo related timing. The text hints at a recurring visit within a week and an HBOOUR date described as a disappointment. No clear names beyond Everett True or condo context.
Suffering Is a Reward Not Punishment Sermon
A religious column argues pain signals moral refinement and cleansing of the soul. The piece contrasts dull or brutal individuals with the sensitive and refined, suggesting suffering serves as a test and reward for spiritual fortitude.
Pain as the thermometer of the soul in editorials
A reflective editorial discusses gas shortages and rising rates in Seattle, urges civic action, and links pain to moral progress. It argues suffering drives reforms, compares labor and social hardships, and extols the missionary’s empathy for distant suffering as a measure of the soul.
Echoes of Rome and Quebec in December Fragments
A collage of historic December dates notes Pompey and Crassus ending a war in Lusitania, Spartacus revolt, Huna in Gaul, and Oxford professor John Wickliffe as reform era father. It recalls 1775 Quebec assault where Montgomery fell and Arnold wounded, leading to a doomed siege.
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Pompey
Crassus
Rome
Lusitania
Spartacus
Huna
Gaul
Rhine
Pyrenees
John Wickliffe
University of Oxford
England
Thomas Erastus
Church of Rome
Canada
Quebec
Richard Montgomery
Montgomery
Benedict Arnold
Arnold
Seattle Pier Expansion Aims World Largest Berthing Facility
Seattle plans a new pier and building that would be the largest in the world and capable of berthing eleven 9,000 ton ships at once. The optical ad touts free examination and $2.50 glasses, highlighting in house lens work and a Northwest store on First Avenue, with emphasis on in house finishing by graduate staff.
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Seattle
United States
Northwest
Amattle
We ll Say So: Humorous musings and local notes
A patchwork column mixes gossip and whimsy. A muddy street scene recalls a shooting near a home, plus a pumpkin pie contest and informal New Year’s Eve watch party. The piece notes a Danish woman’s 11 000 mile marriage trip and jokes about prohibition leaders.
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Mra
Broderick
Sexys
Self-Respect and Confidence Shape True Leaders
The piece argues that leadership rests on self-respect and self-confidence, with examples from military and business life. It contrasts a confident commander who inspires action with a hesitant one, and compares two workers to show how enthusiasm and proactive effort lead to advancement. It concludes that self-respect, self-confidence, and enthusiasm are primary essentials for leadership.
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Leosen
Food For The Body How A Diet Must Be Balanced And Hearty
An old dietary excerpt explains that a sustaining diet needs balance across nitrogenous substances starches oils water and fats and accessory foods. It notes daily calories for hard work range 3600 to 6000 with meat eggs milk proteins and gluten as flesh builders while bread and starches supply heat and energy. It adds meat should be cooked to kill parasites and to tenderize and aid digestion.
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