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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1921
Page
11
Disjointed passages recount crime waves in New York and Portage, a note on Christmas crime, a New York Tribune headline, remarks about Uncle Warren, and unrelated home tips and political chatter. The text weaves various dated references without a cohesive story or definite events.
A patient recalls near death to influence a bid document, stressing the need for precise cognition and clarity in the drafting process. The exchange highlights the role of memory and focus in producing the final bid, reflecting a clinical tone and practical drafting emphasis.
The piece argues Congress must decide who governs oil land grants to the Southern Pacific. It notes a government patent for the lands, but an act barred mineral lands from the grant, raising questions about oil rights. A private suit and a Baker resolution seek US claim to the lands, prompting a showdown between Congress and executive officials.
The piece cites parish records from St Leonard's Shoreditch and St Andrew's Shifnal noting ages of 207 for Thomas Carn and 134 for William Wakley, with dubious ages for Mary Yates and others. It discusses flawed vital statistics, historical record unreliability, and a trend of emigration toward Norway versus the United States.
University of Kansas professor William B. McKeever suggests a ten point score to judge how good a city is for raising children. The index covers play spaces, industry and job training, schools and community links, health services, scouting, moral safeguards, sociability, religion, service and housing conditions.
A traveling drummer funds a farmer boy named Joe Miller who creates a lifting jack to raise heavy loads. His simple contrivance, patented and used in farms factories and building trades, reshaped manual labor. Though not famed by name, the device endured beyond the quip about another Joe Miller.
The Interstate Commerce Commission lampshades its amusement at a railway managers association claim of noble deeds since private management began. It notes relocation of 189000 freight cars and traffic decongestion, while asserting it has issued orders since May to move coal and allocate cars, contradicting managers prior failure to meet the crisis.
An American traveler recalls a Berlin vaudeville joke poking fun at the war and autocratic rule. The setup and crowd response illustrate Germans laughing at divine right, suggesting a cultural move away from hereditary authority and delusion.
Marketing Wheat Sometime about January 10, there will be a big meeting at Washington of all kinds of farmers' cooperative organizations Interested in marketing grain. The object is to form a terminal marketing company on a nation wide scale. The farmers have watched the citrus growers organize themselves and handle their product from the farm into the hands of the retailer. The farmers see that wheat will always be a subject of speculation and manipulation if they permit it to be marketed by people who do not grow wheat. Wheat producers finally are getting together to arrange for building their own warehouses at all important terminals and will be able to hold their wheat grade up, clean it, store it, or market it on the market demands. Attorney General Palmer says he'll be glad to get back into private life. The ayes seem to have it, the aves have it. It's unanimous. The next generation will wonder what folks meant when they said, "He's sowing his wild oats."
Prof A A Michelson uses a 100 inch telescope and a new device to measure distant stars. He reports Alpha Orionus to be 200 million miles in diameter, far larger than Earth, with Alpha many times Mars orbit size. The ML Wilson Observatory near Pasadena is shown with a diagram comparing Alpha Orionus to the Sun, Earth, and Mars.
Letters from residents debate cloning dance halls with opposing views. Mrs Wilmuth Woodworth cites risk of mingling strangers, Nellie Grant questions the premise, Burrington supports regulation, George Long calls for necessity of amusements, Mrs Rodprick favors cloning to control decency for young workers.
A condensed report notes Seattle as the headquarters of the Washington customs district handling a large share of American Asiatic vessel tonnage for 1920. It cites January arrests at 2,276 vs 2,250 in November, and Beattie city treasury starting the new year with a balance of 3,443,928 dollars.
Editor letters discuss wireless currents lighting the universe and suns as a cosmic explaination. Bankers blamed for dull business, with readers calling for safer vaults and critique of loan practices amid economic stress.
A person asks the finder of a glass eye to return it to Box 75 at the post office. The note adds a personal line about losing youth and mentions Fairfield and iJournal.
A Marion representative recalls briefing President-elect Harding on the Geneva League of Nations assembly from November 15 to December 18. He describes Harding's keen questions on America’s future role and a plan for early U.S. participation, noting broad belief in the league's vitality and dependence on American involvement.
Ray T. Baker explains mints operate day and night to produce the cent at a 3,750,000,000 annual rate. The cent began in 1864 from a two cent piece, with Jefferson guiding the act of 1786 to coin a cent equal to a dollar in 100 parts. Despite debates, the name penny persists. officials insist the cent is neither penny nor farthing. A Chicago professor claims a Orion star has a diameter 300 times that of the sun, a claim that remains uncontradicted due to vast distance.
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