Coal Power and Profit in March Sparks Miner Grievances
The Star discusses coal as a basic necessity and analyzes March mining data. It notes an 18 cent profit per ton rise (45 percent) and a 4 percent drop in mining cost, with output per working day up. Miners averaged 19 of 27 possible days, eight days lost, and demand for a six hour day at the same pay. The piece questions overall efficiency and public impact of current coal extraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Trade Commission
Debates on Modesty and Open Education of Sex
A discussion from Bathing Girl column argues for open frank instruction on sex for youths, contrasting modesty through concealment with a progressive view that knowledge fosters healthy marriages. Mrs Fisher supports honest facts about the human body as essential to understanding love and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trowbridge
England
H. A. L. Fisher
Worries Over Worries and a Sheriff Candidate
The piece notes 1920s public anxieties about everyday dangers from teeth to oysters and flies. It mentions Blaine Davis leaving King County jail, planning to file candidacy for Snohomish County sheriff, and frames fear as common yet uncertain in determining fate.
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Fiat
Blaine Davis
Snohomish
Antisuffrage efforts threaten immediate action on women’s rights
Opinion columns condemn the efforts to delay suffrage arguing the petition to block the secretary of state’s duty is unfounded and merely a tactic to postpone voting. The piece notes DC district court decisions and potential appeals to the Supreme Court during a summer recess, warning of delaying the presidential vote for millions of women.
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District of Columbia
Supreme Court
District Court
Seasion
Federal Supreme Court
Land
France taxes and U S taxes compared in 1919 style critique
An analysis contrasts French income tax with the U S levy using hypothetical incomes in francs and dollars. It notes France shifting toward taxing higher incomes more while US tax bills for an equivalent income remain far lower. The piece argues for ability to pay as tax basis and criticizes U S lawmakers for ignoring French policy guidance.
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Internal Revenue
United States
France
Statua
Ur. &S
U. S
Our Car Shortage and Rail Helper Unit System
Chairman Colver argues for mobilized government supplied rolling stock to meet seasonal freight in the rail network. He compares war-time railroad performance under public operation with private operation and urges a unified handling of new locomotives and cars to boost efficiency without full government ownership.
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Tts
Railroad Administration
Two Men for President Represent the Diverse Nation
Doctor Crane observes that newspaper men embody the complex American fabric as delegates of party choice, forming a composite portrait of liberal and conservative, Wall Street and reform, and every社 segment of society from priests to workers, soldiers to civilians, in selecting leaders for the United States.
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United States
Wall Street
Georgia
Maine
Debeish
Atlantic Monthly
Vanity Fair
Rockefeller Institute
Christian Science
Newport
Wichita
Woodrow Wilson
Laurence Y. Sherman
Boston Transcript
Hearst
Tom, Dick and
Harry
Eue
Eb's
Boggers and
McCanns
Ole Olesons
Eilnsteingard
New England
Oddball snippets spark playful vignettes and wry humor
A collage of humorous quips and anecdotes touching on census jokes, gas theft, a prodigy child, political satire, and light city life. Snippets reference a neighbor skim foaming home brew, Yakima and Vancouver irrigation, a man siphoning gas, and playful remarks about democracy, education, and Daily News blurbs.
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Everett True
Wwe
Everoctt
Man
Seattle Star
Anan
United Press Service
State of Washington
the Star Publishing Co
Russia
Bolsheviat
Elliott
Ath Ave
DR. J. RB
Pacific Highway
Seattle
Wheeler
Northwest
Binyon Optical CO
Sponeneem
Vesac
ABC
Srocond and
Marion
Horlick
Colver
Star Today
William B. Colver Chirman
Federal Trade Commission
Frank Crane
Yakima Valley
Vancouver
B. C
Sherman
Re Souvenir Company
New York
C. W. Twin
Green Lake Way
Capitol Hill
Christian Heinecken
Denmark
Christian
Hein
Ufe
Sweetie
M. Dempsey
Bank OF California
National Association
Columbia
Ford
Chevrolet
Dort
Maxwell
Goodear
Goodyear
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