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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1920
Page
17
A reader venting about taxes questions the burden on taxpayers. The note compares pride and regret in tax payments and asks why some pay so little. The writer frames the issue as a critique of tax equity and personal responsibility.
A taxpayers league figure estimates a potential million dollar saving from merging city and county governments. The piece critiques past consolidation efforts, urges voters to question candidates, and notes duplication of offices as a major tax burden. It predicts slow legislative progress and links reform to constitutional changes.
A reader argues life imprisonment can be preferable to capital punishment for heinous crimes, noting debates from laws enacted last session. The letter critiques Washington state actions, compares methods, and asks The Star to explain costs and feasibility of new power projects and dam tunneling for public benefit. N Hansen, 2121 N 40th St.
A fragmentary exchange discusses poetry as an honorable ancient art and how printing and reading aloud shape verse. The Highbrow praises poets, while the Popular Lyric Writer advocates pacing lines to balance long and short phrases for effect.
The U S department of agriculture reports crop investigations through early July indicate yields above the five year average for spring wheat oats barley potatoes tobacco flax rice and apples with corn also likely above average. Despite car shortages officials urge calm noting transport will reach markets in due time and prices need not spike.
This piece humorously notes gender roles in households with women managing chores while men are absent or visiting guests. It suggests homes run on a dance of departure and return, with machines of domestic life continuing in the woman’s steady routine until the man comes home and the stage is set for his arrival.
A survey of Eastern commercial newspapers shows bankruptcy notices and business failures entering routine news. Two fur dealers, a watch case maker, a hardware merchant and two real estate speculators appear among recent filings, signaling tighter spending and cautious optimism. Earthquake in Los Angeles spurred oil wells, while county expenses for 1981 run below 1920 levels by 2,662 dollars. Seattle warns against inflated one to two dollar notes.
Doctor Crane analyzes the history of political rumors or Roorbacks used to damage candidates. He cites Blaine, Harding, Roosevelts cases, noting how forged or exaggerated charges spread, the public response, and the impact on election outcomes.
A collage of playful quips and social notes from old papers. Mentions Constance Talmadge in A Pair of Silk Stockings and a Seattle stage seen briefly. Includes a joke set on Julia MacSwithin, age register dare, a census gag, and a gag about Horace Pletcher’s crematory chewing inventor.
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