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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1921
Page
17
A look at rubber tire transit on Staten Island with overhead electrification questions whether Seattle and others will replace steel tracks. The piece contrasts past resistance to new tech with today’s openness and highlights innovations from above ground oil tanks to early phonographs and sewing machines.
A joint senate and house commission studies a plan to free agriculture from high rates on output and freight. The Farmers Financing Corporation Act of 1921 would create a government backed entity with up to a billion dollars, paying interest while returning principal, modeled after the Grain Corporation. Supporters argue urgent action this fall, while critics note delays in Congress and the White House.
A jumble of quotes on aging marriage and women's roles cites Miss Halford of the British National League for Health and others. Charles L. Passmore of St. Louis Domestic Relations Court and Lady Limérick weigh in on women’s education, dress, and expectations.
A visitor from the East criticizes Seattle for lacking park music and concerts. The writer argues taxes fund "white elephants" like streetcars, urging Sunday music and park performances to entertain residents and tourists.
A Fire Marshal letter lauds Buenday editorial titled Part the Fool and His T N T for urging strict enforcement of city firework ordinances. It notes increased attempts to bypass rules over months and calls for public sentiment to ban fireworks except for supervised displays in major cities.
In a letter attributed to John E. Ayer M. V. the writer argues against conventional throat surgery and disease treatment, praising natural methods and magnetic current while claiming modern medicine harms vitality and hearing, and predicting future rejection of throat procedures as archaic by fifty years. The piece questions medical orthodoxy and promotes self-healing.
L L Clarke argues burials should be a municipally provided service, funded and managed publicly to prevent debt and burden on families. He compares burial with essential services like water and heat, urging decency, simplicity, and religious respect in a communal system.
A 1921 poem condemns railroad managers for wage cuts and higher fares that choke trade. It argues managers should instead reduce rates to boost traffic and revive revenues, urging relief from public alms. The critique reflects early 20th century concerns over rail costs and travel affordability.
The piece argues against aging disgracefully, praising elders who remain active and engaged. It urges preserving a youthful spirit, sharing family bonds, and embracing productive life, with lines from John Trowbridge and a market ad at Queen City Market closing the fragment.
The record recounts a man drifting into a southern city during a yellow fever epidemic posing as a physician. He kept notes from patients to learn by experience, wrongly prescribing sauerkraut and citing misapplied cures. A separate exchange shows a draft question about dependents eliciting a blunt reply.
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