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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1922
Page
11
A provocative editorial argues that 31 Senate seats will be open by November 7 and that money, not merit, could win them if Congress does nothing. It cites Daugherty interpreting Newberry to weaken anti bribery rules and calls on Congress to act within hours to stop the corruption. The piece warns of self interest in leaving the system as is.
The article argues that milk consumption shapes body size across peoples from Africa to the Scotch and Swics, noting dwarfed children after weaning and citing groups like Bushmen, Londoners, Fiquimanx, and Japanese. It also mentions the Prince of Wales being knighted, debates on robbers, and parabolic hints at cost of living and the wireless age.
A scrambled clipping shows freight figures: Boston to Panama 75 cents per hundredweight, Middle West at 1.66, Western to Eastern 65 cents, with Kansas Ohio and Mississippi at 1.20. Remarks from B F Welty before Senate appropriations, plus quotes from Caraway and Oldfield. Also quips on morality and politics and a cinema aside about naked savages.
A May 10 letter from a major coal company shows pressure to raise prices amid the strike. It offers New River steam coal at 3.50 per ton at the mines, arguing current conditions justify the lower price. The administration signals potential action if price manipulation worsens.
RK argues in Austin Freeman's recent book Social Decay and Regeneration that machines threaten to master humans. He says machinery tends to enslave people, pushing them toward unnatural living. The remedy is a hobby and outdoor country leisure after work to refresh the mind.
A reader denounces medical ethics as a money making tool and advertising ploy. He argues doctors misuse ethics to boost pay and cites a personal encounter where unethical talk delayed treatment before a patient recovered. He praises a doctor who discarded ethics for honest patient care, insisting true achievement lies in healing over propriety.
A Citizen calls for united action to reform politics after recent defeats of conservative Republican organizations in Pennsylvania and Indiana. The piece urges rallies, public expressions, and leadership to form a single progressive front, leveraging the constitution to unite voters and oust machine politics. It envisions rapid nationwide spread and a successful state victory.
The word means a person of note or distinction not just a person. It traces from Pinglish person and possibly Latin persona meaning a mask. It appears in a ship phrase about influential personages linked to war grafting charges in congress.
A writer argues alcohol has no cure for flu and warns against whisky or brandy as harmful, noting physician practices and public health guidance. He cites a nurse gave whisky to a patient, hospitals with pneumonia in a family, and a Washington letter advising against alcohol. He argues alcohol can be harmful, emphasizes the role of prescription and prudent use, and references prohibitionist debate and women's suffrage impacts.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes with simple directions allowing even beginners to dye faded dresses and skirts. It guarantees rich, fadeless color on wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics and claims the dye will not streak spot fade or run.
In a heated exchange readers discuss Alice M B Meyer and Mr Peterson on Prohibition and biblical figures Paul Timothy and Titus A noted quotation from Col L G Nutt on narcotics links with liquor policy while warnings about drug abuse, bootleg whisky and wood alcohol deaths are raised as arguments for or against prohibition.
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