In Defense of Flapper Girls and Hawaii Labor Issues
The Star edges into the flapper debate praising young women and critiquing male crotchetiness, encouraging freedom and modern morals. It then surveys Hawaii immigration tensions linking Japanese and Chinese labor in plantations to broader US labor policy and race dynamics.
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Honolulu
Hawsian Islands
Japan
Congress
Hawaii
Secretary of Labor
Islands
Brock
Learn a Word Every Day ABDICATE Definition and Usage
A concise dictionary card defines abdicate as to give up power or renounce the throne. The word derives from Latin ab meaning away and dicate meaning to proclaim, and is shown with a sample sentence about a Kaiser abdicating after losing a world war.
Father shall not emoke say Wilhur Winthrop
In a letter to The Btar Hy what right do earnest ladies demanding a smoke free district for Noonevelt high school justify it. The argument cites a Washington law against selling tobacco to minors and questions why teachers should be barred from using it. The writer urges focusing on parental responsibility, asking fathers to abstain and educate at home.
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Amokera
Washington
Roonevelt
Wilhur Winthrop
Give Them the 12 Billions Editor The Star
Fragmentary note argues over a massive debt and a proposed settlement. It references the American Bank Building and a plea to transfer Europe’s debt to the United States, with mentions of soldiers and a questioning conclusion about bonuses.
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the Star
F. Graham
Europe
American Bank
Teachers Who Do Not Smoke
A Seattle Star letter praises the Seattle Council of Mothers and PTAs for opposing tobacco use by teachers at Roosevelt high school. The writer urges schools and communities to actively promote moral guidance, divine ideals, and spiritual fruit in youth, citing Acts and Biblical teachings as the basis for civic virtue.
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Seattle
Heaven
Hell
High Tariff Ride Averting Northwest Industry Growth
Amateur economist argues tariffs protect infant industries and spark growth. Cites France postwar policy and Pacific coast tariff by Democrats. Claims Northwest industry benefits once foreign exchange improves and tariffs stabilize trade.
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France
Pacific Coast
Democratic Party
Northwest
Trade talk on infant industries and Orient markets
The passage argues for stimulating infant industries through Orient trade. It questions why we cannot shift the wool as it enters the country and why copper is not used for electric machinery. Sir Philip Gibbs calls pessimists belt-wearing, while optimists see high freight rates as blessings that may spark valuable future industries.
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Philip Gibbs
Cure High Rent Evil Demands and Public Action
Opinion piece argues rents are ruinous and urges public protest and political action. It proposes using a low carfare initiative to shift costs from tenants to landlords and taxes, claiming benefits for customers and homeowners while pressuring landlords to lower rents.
Deflation Debate and Proposed Remedies Highlight Trade Woes
A collection of writers argues dispatching to ease the business downturn through foreign trade while deflation trims debt but hurts coin value. They discuss farmer losses, increased cereal and dairy shipments, and suggest inflation via non interest bearing soldier bonuses and full legal tender notes.
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Germany
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