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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1919
Page
13
A Seattle woman argues against inflated meat prices blamed on wartime demand. The piece contends packers blocked a natural supply–demand balance by withholding canned meat not needed by the war department, driving costs higher and harming the public.
A columnist muses on alcohol, excuses, and self deception as the country turns dry. They question how middle aged drinkers will justify life choices and note B. M. Tipple, visiting the city, is president of the Methodist college at Rome.
A citizen, lawyer, justice of the peace and American Expeditionary Force veteran named John E roll has been elected to the Seattle City Council. The Star commends his record and hopes for success in his new office, noting his prior service and public spirit. The text contrasts wartime experiences with Darwinian theory in a reflective aside.
The text reflects evolving views from brute force to live and let live, then to live and help to live, advocating stronger nations and aid to weaker ones. It touches on a Cleveland ruling about rings, Japan and Germany postwar attitudes, and calls for trained professionals and new governance ideas. It closes with skeptical notes on wealth, transportation, and a satirical jab at public figures.
A reflective poem declares that poetry dies when a world reaches perfect harmony and innocence. It imagines scenarios where love joy and divine signs vanish and even a child stops admiring rainbows, prompting the “last poet” to die.
A satirical column mocks a servant shortage and its potential social impact. The piece cites humorous anecdotes from Dallas and Richmond plus quips about domestic tasks, marriage, and a toyed-with idea of reforming wartime mores, ending with a Sydney Bulletin joke.
A collection of Leser letters and editorials from The Star. A Seattle boy asks for print of a soldier prayer parody. a navy court martial critique questions conduct and rules at Bremer ton. a jitney driver defends traffic knowledge and calls for fair treatment of working men.
Eldon residents in Hampshire witnessed a historic ceremony as two of six inhabitants married in the ancient St John the Baptist church said to be England’s smallest parish. The wedding is believed to be the first ever celebrated there, despite the church’s seven or eight centuries of existence.
The article advises trimming after blossoms fade to save next year’s buds. It warns that delaying pruning starves plants of flowers and that overzealous cutting removes buds. It prescribes removing old, weak, and dead wood close to the ground to keep shrubs strong and balanced.
The narrative recalls Amerigo Vespucci's third voyage in 1501, Henry IV of France's assassination in 1610, Washington presiding over the 1787 U S constitutional convention, and Edward Jenner's 1796 vaccination discovery. It notes mixed reception to Jenner's breakthrough and later public fears of vaccination.
The essay argues Bolshevism grows from Hunger and Ignorance and must be cured by more Democracy. It urges self government, education, better wages, capital security, immigration limits, and prosperity to prevent Bolshevism in the United States. It praises the French Revolution as seed for self-government and calls for immediate, extensive school expansion.
The article playfuly parades baldness as a modern fad among veterans and a sign of future evolution. It surveys causes from poison gas to flu, cites premature alopecia, and ribbingly muses on hair as vanity while tracing barbering origins from Roman armies to symbolic striped poles.
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