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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1920
Page
13
Fragmented text discusses voter registration deadlines, city and national elections, and calls for ending wartime politicking. It critiques Senate ratification delays, urges compromise on the peace treaty, and references figures and events related to a banquet speech by Mary Garden and Harold F. McCormick.
Historic text discusses Bolshevism and peasant ownership in Russia, noting compromises with bourgeois factories, state control, and the peasant desire to own produced goods. It questions whether communism can spread without global economic support and hints at wider political tensions including a post office appropriation and leaders urged to curb excess.
A working girl outlines careful budgeting in Seattle showing monthly expenses about 60 dollars. She details costs for room meals transport and laundry plus 20 percent of salary saved. She supports family church Red Cross YWCA and YMCA, plans investments, and enjoys modest recreation and a California trip with thrift stamps.
Fragmented OCR text references diagnostic methods and tragic results across the United States. It includes a remark about a drinking incident and a humorous exchange about behavior and kissing. Names and clear events are sparse, but the tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper snippet.
John L. Lewis, acting president of the miners, appears tired yet steadfast after leading a historic struggle. Delegates question why he did not defy the government or seek jail, while he smoked a cigar and stood relaxed. The piece contrasts his endurance with common material desires and the ache of unfulfilled wants.
A clergyman's son born December 31, 1668, Herman Boerhaave became a famed Leyden physician noted for early ophthalmology lectures and hands on diagnosis. He emphasized bedside study, available modern tools, and simple truth in medicine, influencing diagnostic methods and public health.
The excerpt lists events on January 27 across years: the destruction of the Royal Sovereign in 1694, Thomas Woolston’s death in prison in 1732, Georgia Charter granted in 1785, Burr conspiracy shared with Congress in 1807, Emerson's son’s death in 1842, Edison’s incandescent lamp patent in 1880, and the birth of William II of Germany in 1869. It reads as a chronological roll of notable January 27th occurrences.
Indianapolis prepares for the 1920 Associated Advertising Clubs of the World convention set for June 6 to 10. Merchants, manufacturers and hotel workers from across the U S and abroad organize a nationwide effort to attract attendees and press ahead with a two hundred dollar a minute speaker plan as a major publicity campaign.
Dr Crane urges a nationwide mobilization to spread Americanism through tract printing and speaking campaigns. He argues democracy requires law, equality, opportunity, and education for all, contrasting Americanism with Bolshevik and anarchist ideas and calling for broad participation by capitalists, lawyers, and workers to defend the nation.
An ex GI letters page condemns women and Japanese workers at the Bremerton navy yard for earning equal or higher pay than ex servicemen. He laments charity, foreign labor, and slackers while insisting 100 percent Americans deserve steady work and pride after returning from war. He offers to discuss at the Soldiers and Sailors club.
A Kent reader cites reports from Bremerton and Seattle showing returned soldiers facing unemployment while women and married workers fill factory jobs in Bremerton Seattle and Kent. The writer notes homes and autos owned by these women and urges more job opportunities for veterans.
A reader criticizes the Star for censuring women workers at the navy yard and insists ex service men get first chance at jobs. He contends veterans are often underworked, praises those who served, and opposes women workers, claiming many supporting spouses earn well. He declares himself a lifelong believer in both sides of the issue.
A Star letter decries two classes of radicals in America, condemning what the writer calls a raw deal for discharged enlisted men by the business community. The piece contrasts radicals labeled "Red" and "1, W. W." with broader wartime sentiments.
A prominent Republican figure signals a bid for attention by saying he will not seek the presidential nomination. The move is seen as a strategic attempt to influence the race and gain free publicity.
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