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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1921
Page
11
The readable text presents scattered lines on dancing partners, warnings about tequila cream extract and rum, mentions of forest product labor and breakfast foods, and a misheard family exchange. It reads like preserved dialogue fragments without a single clear event or named participants.
For years horseshoes and four leaf clovers have been seen as luck signs though horseshoes vanish with automobiles. Tradition says nails should point up to keep luck in, a custom linked with witchcraft and even Lord Nelson. Four leaf clovers remain common, and old Bibles or autograph albums may hold pressed ones for luck.
The American Legion urges the president and Congress to unite medical treatment vocational training and financial support for disabled World War veterans under one agency. It warns delays cost lives and calls for immediate legislation to end shameful neglect and injustice toward those who served.
The piece describes Mrs. Martings planning a trip “to the city” in Marion to shop, try on outfits, and enjoy a rare five hour shopping excursion. It portrays going to the city as a rare, joyous release from domestic drudgery, a much anticipated personal holiday for women.
Questions probe Seattle’s police protest costs per capita and wood pipe manufacture standing. They note harbor status as a top class A harbor, high home ownership, and strong English literacy rates among residents, reflecting city prominence.
Gene Ahearn humorously critiques revived Sunday blue laws and new tax rules, imagining absurd restrictions on daily life from dawn to dusk. The piece lampoons prohibition era strictures, suggesting citizens endure altered routines, limited entertainments, and odd ceremonial constraints.
The account lampoons strict Sunday regulations as women resist bans on henna hair and complexion jars while smokers face a bizarre penalty with choices of horse teams to cart them to a monument meadow. Citizens signal support with a cheeky aye from the cellar.
Letters from readers critique civil service wage cuts and city payroll practices. A contributor argues cuts hurt workers while private employers pay less yet recruit easily. another calls for reverting streetcar control to Stone Webster. a third notes janitors’ wage disputes contrast with landlord power.
Readers share varied opinions on global disarmament. D KR Hopper says the world isn’t fit yet. Charles G Huber dismisses disarmament as bunk. Others express cautious or conditional support or reject the idea.
The Manchester Guardian notes the year 1926 saw widespread futile strikes that delayed production and lent millions of workdays to the world’s industry as labor unrest impacted global output.
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