Auto Dealers Urged to Back Seattle Traffic Division
The Star argues auto dealers, agents, and associations should back a city traffic division within the police department to establish safe standards and enforce the traffic code. It notes some dealers oppose the move, but contends safer streets benefit business, urging a full discussion to gain support and create an up-to-date traffic division.
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Seattle
New York
The
Star
the Star
Take No Chances On The Flu And Public Smoking Rules
Public health guidance urges caution as the flu returns with milder cases but urges precautions. City Health Commissioner H. M. Read advises avoiding crowds, isolating chills, and staying home if ill. A South Carolina senate bill bans smoking in hotel dining rooms and other public spaces.
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Seattle
United States
New York
Chicago
H. M. Read
South Carolina
Senate
United States Supreme Court to rule on prohibition laws
The text remarks on US Supreme Court review of prohibition enforcement and its wide impact, noting destruction of property and jobs while awaiting legal clarity. It cites Rep Rodenberg on Attorney General Palmer, editorials from John Bull, War Secretary Baker, and mentions Hoover's London reception. It ends with a Seattle robbery report.
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Rhode Island
United States Supreme Court
John Barleycorn
Bumps and poems fill Seattle column in Missourian
A mixed Seattle column includes a humorous poem about bumps in life and a jokey Q and A section. Readers note a poem about a Seattle bump and a joke exchange about bells, trains and fashion. The Brown Family offers condolences in a short bereavement note from Cape Girardeau Missouri.
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Altho
Smith
Brown
Cape Girardeau
Old Stuff Revolution in American Democracy
The writer argues that true revolution is ongoing in the United States through democratic means. He contrasts peaceful reform with violent extremism, praising change via majority rule and lawful action while warning against minority rule, mobs, and armed tactics. He cites Washington Franklin and the Declaration as revolutionary foundations.
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Sister Goldman
Brother Berger
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
United States
Medical Q and A on hernia during pregnancy and health cautions
A reader asks about hernia surgery during pregnancy and a doctor explains decisions depend on hernia type and pregnancy stage, to be made by a surgeon familiar with the case. The column warns against unadvised blood medicines and tuberculin, urges medical diagnosis, proper rest, good nutrition, fresh air, and to consult a physician. Uncle Sam, M.D., answers public health questions.
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Sam
M. D
Information Horror
Washington, D.C
Editor's Mail Married Women Okayed by An American Citizen
A Star editor responds to a reader signed An American Citizen, arguing that postwar wages and living costs are driven by high earners. The writer asserts married women are steady workers and the shop prefers hiring many married women for reliability, noting 26 employees: 14 married and 12 single.
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the Star
Long historical notes from January dates and war era recollections
A compilation of January dated events from 1674 to 1917 including Ben Johnson birth and Guy Fawkes execution, the Stuarts in Rome and the 1865 abolition slavery vote. It continues with a citizen letter about wartime labor, returned soldiers, and Seattle employment concerns amid WWI era debates.
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Ben Johnson
Guy Fawkes
House of Lords
Parliament
Charles Stuart
England
Rome
Charles Edward
James II of England
Pretender
James II
Scotland
London
Culloden
Stewart
Europe
Congress
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Mediterranean
A Leap Year Girl and the Kiss Riddle
A playful verse fragment features a speaker quoting a playful scenario about a leap year girl and a kiss. The speaker imagines intimate banter on a chair, admiring a necktie, recalling names and tunes, and noting math and rent stresses while claiming love need not fade.
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