Seattle Star Time Rates and City Deliveries
The notice lists monthly and yearly rates for Seattle Star subscriptions in city limits and out of town deliveries. It details 0c per month and 96.08 per year by carrier with varying weekly charges.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
13
The notice lists monthly and yearly rates for Seattle Star subscriptions in city limits and out of town deliveries. It details 0c per month and 96.08 per year by carrier with varying weekly charges.
A historical reflection asserts three elements to achievement: vision to see conditions, intelligence to analyze them, and courage to act. The speaker argues courage is the strongest, noting many succeed despite low vision or intelligence by bold action, while fear blocks those with talent. The passage ends with a grim wartime note about innocence and law.
The passage debates how the United States should choose and empower its representative to the league of nations. It questions partisan selection, tenure, recall, and accountability, and weighs the impact of a strong American councilman on postwar naval decisions.
Clarence L. Reames assistant attorney general earns praise for steadfast duty during war era facing treasonous pressure while pursuing offenses against the government. He retires from public office to resume law practice and will live in Seattle, deemed a valuable citizen.
Dr. Frank Crane argues post prohibition substitutes must satisfy social needs once alcohol is removed. He deems no uplift programs, favors private enterprise run venues with free lunch and card games, and rejects charity as a motive, aiming to attract habitual saloon patrons with a tough, neighborhood, nonlicensed space.
A collage of quirky notices and anecdotes blends lawn care rants with fashion, crime, politics, and marriage by wire. Highlights include a spoof on motorless lawn mowers, Ludw ig Frank sock critique, Guzman Blanco portraits, spring musings, lamp incidents, musical interludes, lard rendering, and a Ellendale to Wilmington telegraph wedding via wire.
Letter from J. N. McCullough praising The Star editorial on April Poem and May Be and May Be Not. He argues the piece is statecraft like and contrasts critics who label The Star pro English or anti American. He condemns shallow partisan labels and urges thoughtful judgment.
A World War Veterans’ Association adjutant protests a Star article stating the Women’s Auxiliary to the Legion is now forming as a national first. He notes Overseas Men already have a women’s auxiliary since January and asks for accurate publicity to avoid misunderstandings.
On May 16 events span centuries from Mary Queen of Scots crossing into England after Langeide to various royal marriages and political moves. It notes Etna's eruption in 1930, Felicia Hemans resting at 41, and Clement Valandighan's treason arrest, deportation, and return to Ohio, with Lincoln’s wartime commute and Confederate rejection shaping his fate.
The old gardener advises single stalks per plant for top dahlias and warns against planting clumps. Plant one tuber with an eye on the neck, leaving part of the neck. Dahlias prefer fall planting, can be set until June, and new collarette and peony varieties are worth trying this season.
The government funds extend to cooperative societies that build dwellings at moderate rents on a co partnership basis for clerks, workmen and others, addressing the housing problem in a practical way in Bombay.
The sermon reflects on Methuselah's 969 years and contrasts long life with Noah's day on the ark. It notes Enoch's ascent and emphasizes that a single day of Noah’s life can surpass a lifetime in meaning, urging readers to measure life by Godly experience over years.
A humorous verse vignette in dialect about a father scolding jestingly for being a slobbering son and a family scene with affectionate kisses. The narrator recalls parental warnings and acknowledges the idea that appreciation matters. Copyright 1918 by N E A.
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