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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1921
Page
11
The Star reports the Seattle Symphony Orchestra will perform its sixth symphony this evening in Meany Hall with violinist Miss Daphene 4 wards, a young planter of unusual talent, as featured soloist.
A fragmentary column references limiting sur 1 cars in New York and criticizes fashion and social mores. It includes stray notes about a Leen & Brooklyn Museum curator, uneasy remarks on impersonations of antique styles, and a dated verse about a wakekin’ girl reflecting weather and class themes.
The piece explains why walking under ladders is considered unlucky. It traces the superstition to early English executions where ladders stood for the hangman’s scaffold a man passed beneath one before death. Folklore suggests reasons, but the tale clarifies the traditional meaning.
Staff correspondence from Washington reports President-elect Harding and Senate Republicans will not seek a separate peace with Germany. Conferences at Marion and Washington show broad public sentiment against a separate peace, guiding the new administration as it sets policy in line with majority views.
In Olympia during session legislators earn five dollars daily, a rate critics call a relic of 1889. The piece argues the salary is now insufficient to cover living costs and harms the state long term, urging a constitutional amendment to raise pay for lawmakers.
The piece argues Congress will swell its membership and payroll, expanding the number of words spoken and bills introduced. It warns this growth will slow legislation, raise office competition, and raise public salaries.
A 1850s Sumner critique of high navy costs contrasts with today’s scale, noting Ohio’s 1847 build cost and Indiana’s later price. Annual upkeep climbs to 1 to 1.6 million per ship and total naval outlays reach about 1.5 billion dollars. The text then lightly shifts to modern tech and social quips about Pullman rates lines and four party telephones, ending with economic tensions in mining and film crowds.
Mary Roberts Rinehart writes that prohibition has not made women drink more. She argues most women opposed the 18th amendment and their influence helped pass it. The piece notes supply limits, bootlegging, and a few home brews, with women’s drinking not significantly increasing.
The Star notes few prosecutions of husbands for nonsupport where there are no children. Many such cases involve divorced women or those with health or skill limits seeking relief. Examples show some wives refuse alimony, preferring self support, while incidents of murder charges and jail transfers appear in unrelated items.
John Winslow lent New Hampshire $60 in 1774 for revolutionary purposes. William F. Morgan, a Syracuse machinist and descendant, holds the note and seeks repayment of the principal and accrued interest totaling $210,000. He says he may not pursue the movies or marriage if he collects.
The text discusses hydro potential and waterfront coal deliveries, notes streams in King county could yield about 885000 horsepower, cites over 100 fish varieties in the region, and mentions 2500 out of work in Beattie, reflecting wartime era uncertainty and local industry concerns.
A sample of local voices on streetcar policy cites Alphes Byers, J G Dunaway, Benton Emerer, and H B Frye discussing fare reductions, taxpayer burdens, and profitability for the Stone & Webster line. Each speaker offers a distinct stance on subsidies and service financing in a city transit debate.
A brief caption shows a father advising his daughter about hair, debating nature and appearance. The daughter responds that nature already made her hair curly in childhood, and the father concedes.
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