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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1919
Page
17
Dr Frank Crane argues a factory shows workers running their own hiring, wages, and hours via an elected internal body, calling it industrial democracy. He claims this arrangement prevents labor strife and questions the need for separate classes of employers and laborers, urging bosses to “pass the buck.”
The state supreme court’s latest decision upholds direct rule through referendum, marking a shift from earlier rulings that limited voters rights. The piece notes federal law on ratification and hopes the court will curb legislatures from using emergency clauses to bypass referendums.
An essay argues civilization rests on income and leisure, not pieties. It links high wages to lower illiteracy, better health, and reduced crime, noting eight-hour days and living wages boost schooling and housing, culture, and national progress through labor unions.
A returned soldier recounts trying to become a farmer with $1,500 and a dream. He lists prices for horse, cow, pigs, sheep, hens, eggs and farming gear, noting how costs exceed his ability to start. He quits, returning to work as a producer and leaving others wary. News of Hawker's safety adds another thrill.
A humorous miscellany reports a Washington hotel banquet where punch lacked kick and a dry squad tested a soda, botanist MacDougall's dendragraph attached to a tree, and jokes about hats buckles and stage plays. Also a jail tale from Carroll County and a quip about a barber accident.
The old gardener asserts cultivation is essential for good vegetables. He explains hoeing loosens soil, keeps moisture in, and prevents weed growth, recommending immediate post rain cultivation and weekly to twice weekly wheel hoeing.
On May 27 1541 Margaret Countess of Balisbury was beheaded in the Tower of London aged 70. Calvin died May 27 1564 born 1509 at Noyon. The Moscow massacre on May 27 1600 slain Polish adherents. Ravillac executed May 27 1610. Petrograd founded May 7 1703. Vanderbilt born May 7 1794 on Staten Island. Commodore Vanderbilt built a vast New York fortune.
The Rev Charles Stelzle warns midlife is dangerous and the sun passes noon between 30 and 60. Loss of interest, cynicism, and drifting from creed follow, unless oneroots a life in love and service to enrich others.
An advertisement in the Los Angeles Times offers a travel partnership with a North Midwest inventor who seeks a companion to accompany him to Honolulu or other markets. The ad demands $1,000 cash and notes the inventor has a patent sold locally and aims to sell in Japan and China.
A collection of wry maxims on honesty vanity and wisdom offers quick views on pride ignorance and the folly of overconfidence. The verses mix caution humor and social observation with a playful edge.
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