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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1921
Page
9
In a terse reminiscence Seth Tanner laments the loss of the old-time hired man named Jonas and notes how freedoms in the country feel incomplete without trusted labor, drawing on nostalgia for rural life.
The passage praises the Rotarians and asks who will give them better spirits than near beer. It jokingly offers the keys to their cellars and invites finding the Rotarians by sending the keys to Home.
A prefilm reel depicted President Harding alone with no sight of Mrs. Harding nearby. The scene sparked note of her absence in the celebrity portrayal.
A collage of quips, letters, and brief items shows a state senator remark, a playful pun about an undertaker, and a Seattle reference amid a Hempstead Gardens party recount. Vignettes include humor about home brew, World’s fleets, and a cartoonish classroom exchange.
A Seattle post column critiques Judge Roni’s memo on the ports and ferries. The port must provide service to Bellevue and West Seattle but can lease ferries if money runs short. The piece questions who bears losses, compares car payments to ferry losses, and wonders if the port’s “impossible contract” claim has broader implications.
The piece argues Germany exploits allied divisions over war indemnity to sow confusion and push for renewed aggression. It warns that disunity among the Entente could invite fresh conflict and shows Berlin’s long standing aggressive stance as evidence the menace remains.
The piece highlights Rotary's ideal of friendship as a noble credo praised by President Penrose of Whitman College. It shifts to rapid notes on taxes, spring soon, spring training, jazz dances, state talks, street closures, and a quip about Germany's lesson not being the Rhine but an alarm clock.
A compilation of social and political remarks from leaders and academics. Includes J L Corrigan of Boston College on divorce rates, Mrs Warren G Harding on famine aid, Judge Elbert H Gary on living standards, artist Paul Hel en on public smoking, W H D Meter on food advertising, and Prof William McDougall on Britain's global role.
W W W J HALL argues against the poll tax and for a referendum on handling state obligations. He criticizes taxing methods as petty larceny and questions robbing Peter to pay Paul while urging residents to vote.
An editorial condemns suicide and stresses the wrong of evading responsibility. It argues that seeking death by one’s own hand dishonors the living, notes wartime upheavals change values, and urges courage to endure, with heroes found in perseverance rather than cowardice.
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