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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1920
Page
13
The essay praises the Hart special session for prioritizing relief to educational institutions and ratifying women's suffrage while resisting pledges to adjourn early. It argues legislators should act on multiple duties, not fixate on a single agenda, and notes Hoover’s view of America above party politics.
The article notes New Mexico summoned its legislature for a special session to vote on ratifying the suffrage amendment, signaling possible victory as six obstinate governors remain. It lists Vermont Wyoming Oklahoma New Jersey West Virginia and Delaware as the last holdouts opposing federal suffrage advance.
John Skelton Wil ks comptroller of the currency urges reduced profits to curb living costs and stabilize markets. He calls for restraint on speculation in commodities and securities to prevent a collapse of profits and a spike in prices. The article notes a sardonic aside about Cuba’s “mahogany island” image.
Prof W F Ogburn of Columbia has prepared an annual budget of expenses for a typical American family of five. The estimate outlines the cost of maintaining an American standard of reasonable health and living for one year totaling 2243.94 dollars.
Cryptic noir note recounts a tense confrontation with a threat of legal action. A narrator asserts imminent court involvement and demands, while referencing emotional turmoil and unreadable details. The text hints at fear and a push toward justice without clear names or dates.
Letters from readers discuss farming hardship in Big Bend and city wage disputes. A Tam a Big Bend wheat rancher laments low returns, high feed costs, and losses from eight hour shifts. Other letters urge steadier prices, criticise city monopolies, and argue for farmers to stay on the job.
A collage of light humor and short anecdotes cites political misfires and marriage musings. It riffs on election outcomes, peculiar headlines like He will speak in Buffalo, social quirks, and stray trivia from Moorhead to Rochester while noting absurdities of public life and culture.
Edmund Vance Cooke crafts a playful verse about a quarrelsome clock that chases and strikes the hours. The clock upholds an unruly tally until a frightful look leads it to retreat, while the hours rest atop the hill and lament their endless time.
Dr Frank Crane argues the best path to end war is universal disarmament. He urges abolishing cannons ships and weapons, restrict hunting arms licenses, and repurposing wartime industry to peaceful trade, asserting war profits sustain fighting. He links League of Nations to humanity’s awakening and calls for urgent global laws banning weapon manufacture.
The article argues that industrial accidents and rising compensation laws push medical professionals into industry. It coins the term Industrial Medicine as Human Engineering, noting losses from 46 million workers include 750000 disabling injuries and 22000 fatalities yearly. It cites Uncle Sam M D from the U S Public Health Service to advise on hygiene and disease prevention.
A spring message urges rheumatism sufferers to seek systemic relief rather than local treatments. It touts S S S as the long trusted blood remedy to eliminate disease germs in the blood. A Dallas man cites dramatic recovery after twelve bottles, praising the fifty year old preparation.
Go to your drugstore and get a bottle of S. S. S. today and begin a ration sensible treatment for Rheumatism. It promises to show results. For free expert medical advice regarding your own case write to C Medical Adviser, 178 Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
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