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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1921
Page
11
A fatal crash left an older woman dead and several others injured as an inexperienced female driver struggled with high speed. The editorial questions driver training and vehicle access, urging stricter standards before permitting powerful cars on public streets.
The Ellensburg Record notes ethical concerns at the state capital Olympia where party loyalty and economy talk clash with alleged embezzlement from funds for gasoline parts and Christmas cards. It urges leaders to act to stop abuses as citizens demand reform and warns against drought era humor about prohibition. Roy Haynes calls for restraint in jokes about prohibition while the prohibition commissioner favors dry humor.
A Tacoma Times summary notes Seattle’s Mount Deception club seeks to rename Mount Tacoma to Deception. The writer mocks the effort as a joke that betrays Seattle’s own deception in geographic naming. The brief ends with a stray remark about the Philippines and Americanization.
The article praises Secretary Edwin for assigning oil burning ships to the Pacific and moving coal burning vessels to the Atlantic to cut transcontinental fuel haulage. It notes rumors of transferring control over navy oil lands from the Navy to Interior, amid debate by transportation and industry leaders.
The Star reports it has acquired Western Washington publication rights from Edgar Rice Burroughs for a new Tarzan installment. The first daily episode debuts next Saturday, with advance proofs promising breath taking moments that recall the series’ best sellers.
Dr W H Corson coroner defends King County inquest ruling in the Harry Candicott death case. He says the jury did not exonerate driver Mrs Doria Kluckholm and notes the transcript is with the prosecuting attorney for possible criminal action. He emphasizes the coroner's office seeks to fix blame on the guilty or careless parties.
A reader protests using the term lady for women who smoke, arguing it mislabels mothers and wives. The Star responds that women who smoke have rights and character, and questions about smoking merit open debate for both genders.
The writer laments a park workers issue about golf and souls, claiming the speaking gent is correct yet doubting the value for poor working men who lack clubs and souls amid the park commissioners.
A two digit number equals seven times the sum of its digits. Subtracting 18 from it reverses its digits. Let the number be 10a+b with a and b digits. Then 10a+b =7(a+b) and 10a+b-18=10b+a. Solving yields a=4 and b=2, so the number is 42.
The narrator recalls Aunt Jane, a practical guardian who corrected flippant replies. She urges life to be faced with a cheerful mind, moral courage, and a serious heart, warning against frivolity and inertia. The exchange ends with a lesson that a happy spirit sustains through life’s challenges.
People’s Savings Bank announces 1,500 new safety deposit boxes for bomb safekeeping and valuables. Visitors can inspect the modern vault equipment at the entrance corner of Second Avenue and Pike Street.
Excerpts from the Congressional Record note a sermonlike line about efficiency in the army of the Lord and a critique of military supply sales. Rep. Slavon cites potential world conversion if church work matched Marine corps efficiency. Other remarks question wartime shoe contracts and the tax burden on ordinary citizens versus elites.
Quotes from A NIC McLaughlin of the University of Chicago and Major John G. Emery of the National American Legion urging immigration limits. Also a remark by Newton D. Baker noting the Gettysburg artillery ammunition would run out in minutes, if from France– framing wartime efficiency.
M. A. Haneen at 40 Economy Market publishes an advertisement noting coffee prices with a highest listing of 400 and 380 and a lowest price of 20 cents. The notice highlights price cuts and market conditions for coffee buyers.
A short reflection on how the appearance and wear of garments outlast price memory, keeping a constant impression of value through time.
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