Minimum Wages and the Move Toward a Needs Based Pay
A discussion traces the shift from market driven wages to a principle where pay mirrors human needs. It notes historic resistance from economists lawmakers and bosses, cites early moves toward women and child protections, and argues the goal of a needs based minimum wage while higher pay remains subject to collective bargaining. The piece links wartime wage boards and democracy to ongoing wage reform.
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Econo
War Labor Board
United
From Apes to Man The Bolshevist Threat Is Seen In Evolutionary Rant
A contested editorial cites Sir Kingsley Wood and a spectral evolution to link modern socialism and Bolshevism to degraded ancestral life. It argues progress rests on better homes and sanitation, while warning that without uplift society may drift toward irreligion and revolt.
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Kingley Wood
M. P
America
China
Peru
Europe
Atlantic
Niagara
A Tribute to Democracy at Metropolitan Theatre
A large mass meeting at the Metropolitan theatre condemned the pogroms in Poland and Eastern Europe. Attendees from diverse creeds demanded democracy and tolerance, praising Seattle Jews for organizing a broad, democratic protest. The article argues true democracy abroad will curb race hatred and brutality.
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Metropolitan Theatre
Poland
Europe
Seattle
Slogans and slogans everywhere in national life
A Chicago Tribune style column parodies slogans influencing politics and social issues. It highlights campaign chants like Tippecanoe and Tyler Too and Sixteen to One, notes the power of phrases on public opinion, and includes humorous asides on marriage, gender roles, and a juried whiskey exhibit.
Editor's plea for donor support for Mother Ryther home
A Letter to the Editor laments the lack of local spirited men in Beattie and calls on Seattle's wealthy to fund a new Mother Ryther home. The writer criticizes graft, bootlegging, and profit motives while praising the Labor Temple volunteers and homeless orphans' cause.
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the Star
Beattie
Ryther
Labor Temple
Seattle
On This Day June 20 Through History
Key events on June 20 include Ferdinand de Soto’s death in Arkansas in 1542 and the Maryland patent granted to George Calvert later transferred to Cecilius Calvert in 1632. Also noted are Algerian galleys sacking Baltimore Ireland in 1631, the Black Hole of Calcutta in 1756, nobility abolition in France in 1790, steamship cross Atlantic in 1819, and royal successions to Queen Victoria.
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Ferdinand de Soto
Arkansas
Maryland
George Calvert
Lord Baltimore
Cecilius Calvert
Charles
Henrietta Maria
Crown of
England
Windsor Castle
Baltimore
County Cork
Ireland
Black Hole
Calcutta
France
Atlantic
Liverpool
William IV
Alexandrina Victorian
Duke of Kent
Queen Victoria
Small Men Dishonor Father and Mother By Rev Charles Stelzle
The article argues that honoring one’s parents is essential and paramount. It warns that disrespect reveals personal smallness and contempt. Parents earn your respect by the life they gave you and the chances they provided.
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Moses
Helping People The Hardest of Jobs
A reflective meditation on benevolence and wealth. The author argues giving is fraught with difficulty as much as money itself. He warns that philanthropy can breed dependence and complicate virtue, noting the endowed class fuels revolutions and that true value comes from earned reward.
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Rana Gerump
Nature
Letters of an Altruist to His Landlord
A 1919 cartoonish verse piece by Edmund Vance Cooke features a courteous tenant thanking a landlord for visits and seeking a modest rent raise. A second item from Quincy reports Jean Stauart catching a 25 inch Rain trout on Lake Almador, a notable fishing catch.
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Quincy
Cal
Lake Almador
Jean Stauart
America’s Victory Memorial Drive to raise $9 million
The project to build America’s Victory Memorial in Washington will cost about $10 million for construction furnishings and a maintenance endowment. Congress granted land and a drive begins June 23 after $1 million in subscriptions already raised. The site includes a 7000 seat auditorium a 600 seat banquet hall and a historical museum.
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America’s
Washington
Congress
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Seattle Star
Turkey
By McKee
Pwell
Tippecanoe
Tyler
Will Harrison
Will Bryan
Union Club
Pilus
California
Harry Haughton
Topeka
Kan
Federal Employment Service
United States
Abner Whiffletree
Squire Harpington
Rum” Segan
Sierras
Wichita Eagle
Charles Stelzle
Star
Frank Crane
Edmund Vance Cooke
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