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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1920
Page
13
The Seattle Star discusses mail subscriptions and rates for The Star, plus a public service urging veterans to renew U S government insurance. It emphasizes preparedness and warns that neglecting war risk insurance endangers veterans and their families. It mentions renewals at booths on streets and urges quick action.
The piece argues that self interest among garment makers food merchants and housing suppliers undermines wartime effort. It warns that widespread loafing raises prices and reduces supply, inviting profiteers and exposing the failure of top-down price control. It cites Moscow prices as an example and urges boosting supply to counter profiteering.
The piece discusses students who miss promotions after exams and urges parents and teachers to help them recover. It cites Kluger New York schoolgirl and warns against dwelling on failure. It suggests using summer shade with study to return stronger next winter.
The excerpt portrays Walt Whitman promoting loafing as essential to thought and poetic craft. It cites his prolific output, defending meditation over constant toil, and notes his status as a literary icon who set the standard for a democratic, expansive poetry.
Reader MEAS. HENRY recounts a chaotic Seattle streetcar journey to Woodland Park via Green Lake and Lake Union. After delays, falls, and crowding, he boards another million dollar car, injures himself, and ends up in the hospital reporting the misadventure.
A brief, unclear excerpt shows a man delivering a taunt about fair payoff while another person reacts with stated consequences. The dialogue hints at tension and an implied outcome, though specifics and context are missing.
A humorous take on rising sugar costs notes the American fondness for irony. The piece usefully underlines how price jokes reveal public sentiment toward inflation, with light satire aimed at everyday goods.
M A Byken of Town president of the Corn Belt Meat Producers association told the Interstate Commerce Commission that cattle feeders lost 25 to 75 dollars per head over the past year. He warned of more exits if freight rate hikes apply to cattle. Sykes noted beef costs 24 to 30 cents per pound while retail prices rise, and livestock feeders earned little after costs. The federal trade commission blamed packers and urged Kenyon bill legislation long shelved by Congress.
A fragment notes that loud horn blares are blamed for political disruption and tainting government credibility, suggesting public dissent and calls for reform amid noisy demonstrations.
A reflection on how distant papers distort local news from the Cape Town Times and similar sources. It notes the US prohibition law’s enforcement as a joke and mentions the revocation of the dry amendment, ending with a moral about trusting competing accounts and avoiding camouflage.
An essay contrasts ancient human based measures with standardized units from Britain and France. It riffs on how foot and yard derived from human body parts, cites the metric system based on Earth, and ends noting that light speeds and lengths could serve as universal measures beyond humanity.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a man and his fiancée discuss a new neighbor who boasts of her domestic troubles before they share their own. The light dialogue captures social misfires over courtship and propriety.
Dr Frank argues the Golden Rule is a good guide but warns the best payoff comes when you act first. He cites cross cultural kindness and says the true gold is recognizing that it is Your Move in families, workplaces, schools, and even international relations.
Parents should speak openly with children about sex matters to avoid ignorance and later issues. Public Health Service offers pamphlets Set A through Set F for guidance, including information editors and educators. Diphtheria questions note membranous croup is a diphtheritic larynx inflammation and antitoxin is used as a specific treatment. Columbia Colo week publicity promotes Columbia Colo beverage from Columbia Bottling Co.
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