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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1919
Page
13
Dr Frank Crane argues veterans deserve jobs not charity. The War Department re employment bureau led by Colonel Arthur Woods coordinates locating work for ex soldiers, urging employers to give ex soldiers preference and treat them as their own sons.
A stark polemic equates profiteering with treason against national unity and sacrifice. The author argues profits from private gain betray workers, soldiers, and citizens who bore wartime burdens from Marne to Rhine, warning that profiteers fuel unrest and revolution while Japan fears inflation in a global context.
A cheeky essay skewers European dress trends for women revealing backs and torsos with bold language. It quips about the effort husbands must invest in grooming and hints at broader fears of luxury and military spending, referencing a small navy and future air battles.
Be there Friday as Seattle boxers stage a fast punch list at the Arena to aid the Mother Ryther home for needy children. All proceeds go to Mother Ryther with janitor costs the only exception.
A fox escapes pursuers and tries to reach grapes but fails after repeated jumps. He laments college athletic choices and resigns that the grapes are just 2 percent. The tale ends with the moral Do not pan what is over your head.
On July 8 events span 1174 Henry II penance at Canterbury, 1721 Elihu Yale dies and funds Yale College, 1775 Congress adopts second petition and Dunmore flees aboard Fowey, 1776 Declaration proclaimed in Philadelphia, 1793 Louis XVII taken from mother, 1822 Shelley drowns, 1894 Cleveland imposes martial law in Chicago with troops.
A quirky regional column blends playful fables and snapshots of modern life. It lampoons housing woes likening them to Noah’s flood and landlords afloat, adds insect anecdotes from Harvey Sutherland, and ends with a Portland divorce ruling—Mrs Spitznagle denied freedom after a judge says she’s tough enough to return home.
A letter from Mrs A M Meyers laments lack of a local playground near Seventh Ave and Columbia St. She describes noisy youth, vandalism, and disruptive behavior affecting her boarding house and tenants. The writer urges park board action to provide safe space for children and reduce street disturbance.
The piece urges finding a clear life purpose to overcome anxiety and drift. It compares aimless wandering to a captain steering with compass and chart and argues definite goals bring calm, courage, and direction even amid storms.
Edward Vance Cooke writes to a physician about a canceled operation. The speaker jokes about collaborating on the surgery after recovery and planning a mock post mortem to vindicate the doctor, with light satire toward medical advisers. The piece satirizes medical authority and includes a 1919 copyright note.
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