Why Not U of W Educators Debate in Seattle
The article questions why Seattle schools hire East Coast educators for top posts while qualified University of Washington graduates are passed over. It argues merit should win and urges the school board to favor Washington graduates for teaching staffs. It also notes the city’s safety committee supports municipal bacon purchases, now needing finance committee approval.
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University of Washington
Public Safety
Nation must value art and teachers over mere craft
The piece laments American culture for favoring cheap gadgets and surface talent over true art and artists. It urges investing in trained teachers, earnest students, and real artistic pursuit despite wartime pressures and mass mail campaigns. Burleson remains postmaster as Uncle Sam plans a $120,000,000 army ad sale by parcel post.
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An Expensive Proposition About Cats and Winter Costs
A humorous meditation notes cats are costly not for food or grooming but for wearing down shaving mugs toothpaste and shoes from night chorus on the back fence. The piece jabs at fashion, culture, coal prices and rising supper costs as wider economic witticisms.
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Canaries
Patchwork Gazette: Local Quips and Global Pokes
A patchwork column blends local quips from Watertown and Holyoke with broader jabs at air service, Europe talks, and Philippines sport changes. Snippets note a scraper theft threat, rising wages versus costs of living, and a Candle Editor baby milestone.
August 1 across history highlights civil reforms and wars
On August 1 events span 1560 Scotland establishing a Calvinist state church, 1589 Henry III of France dies ending Valois rule, 1790 US census begins, 1798 Battle of the Nile where Brueys perishes, Felicia Hemans notes the sea tragedy, 1834 Britain abolishes slavery in colonies, 183 cable cars begin in San Francisco with Hallidie, later spreading to Chicago New York Philadelphia and London.
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Henri Iit
France
House of Valois
United States
Aboukir Bay
Nelson
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L‘orient
Felicia Hemans
Casablanca
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Andrew Hallidie
Chicago
Pacific Coast
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Philadelphia
London
Mercy at last for prisoners of war
War ends as Edmund Vance Cooke argues for amnesty and mercy for all who held views of the gentle Jew amid the postwar world. He condemns vengeance and calls for freeing minds and prisoners, joining mercy with power to open prison bars.
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Amherst
Mars
Edmund Vance Cooke
Out of mouths of babes in a playful exchange
A short comic exchange between Hazel and Papa about paying a doctor for a new baby. Martha recalls her birthday on the 22nd but confuses the month March, leading to a playful motherly prompt. Later Martha answers with "Shoot, 22" when asked her birthday.
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China
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Man to Man and Industrial Democracy in the Zeitgeist
John Leitch argues in his book Man to Man that Industrial Democracy can align capital and labor by workers and management jointly guiding decisions on wages hours and production. Forbes and Wilson endorse the idea as a path to cooperation and shared prosperity amid class conflict.
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Cihee
Leitch
B. C. Forbes
Senate
House of Representatives
Wilson
Fairy tale or cautionary tale of a maid wage dispute
A period want ad for a cook leads to a dramatic 10 day job stint where the cook seeks higher pay and extra time off. The employer raises wages to 16 dollars weekly and grants two days off, but the conflict ends with the cook quitting amid a family dispute. The narrator then labels the tale a modern fairy story contrasting times.
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Hopeful
Soldiers object to celebration money in Chelmsford protests
London July 9 soldiers object to spending money on peace celebrations saying funds should relieve distress. Chelmsford's executive officials notified the council they refuse talks on proposed peace solicitations. The move was unanimously supported at a meeting amid plans for August demonstrations.
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Chelmsford
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