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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1919
Page
13
The piece laments modern city life lacking loving animals for bonds and character formation. It contrasts old pets and farm animals with the cold efficiency of a six cylinder car, arguing loyalty, patience, and devotion from animals nurture virtue, while Brandenburg’s coercion is ineffective without force.
The piece warns a sugar shortage may trigger rapid price increases or teach a lesson in federal supervision. It cites unprecedented domestic demand, stretched authority, and calls for extending wartime regulation before Congress. It notes exports and Cuban purchases as factors and praises the Hoover plan for keeping prices low.
The piece argues Buffalo Bill should be in the Hall of Fame despite critics labeling him as famous in a bad sense. It cites Robert Underwood Johnson and contrasts fame with virtue, noting the tension between different views of American icons and the problem of consensus on fame. It closes reflecting on class perspectives and national pride.
Shamrock the great detective pursues two priceless black diamonds stolen during a Moscow to Capitol Mill journey. He uncovers a plot amid notes and author asides, while a chauffeur plots to kill him with gas as a party threat lingers. The piece blends fiction with satirical author notes and editor commentary.
A reader laments unequal justice amid wartime fears of I W W influence. He recalls unionists targeted for speaking out, inspectors uncovering plots to destroy ships, and retaliation against a whistleblower. He also questions timber land ownership and banking links to Germans, contrasting wealth with convict fate.
A brief note lists Boldt's French pastry shop location at Uptown 1414 3rd Ave near downtown with contact at 913 D Ave.
A Port Townsend reader urges aggressive measures against Japanese noncitizens and urges The Star to push drastic legislation. The writer, an 18 year old Navy veteran, lauds wartime service and calls for cooperation with Seattle papers to remove perceived alien threats, citing overseas experience and fears of Japanese influence abroad.
A 1919 critique mocks the Voronoff gland grafting science craze. The essay ridicules public gullibility and calls out misread claims from scientists and doctors while lampooning overenthusiastic belief in new medical "science" and famous names.
In Cleveland on November 10 a courtroom mixup occurred when two men named Max Weiner were on trial for auto thefts. The jury sent back one Max for verdict, but he claimed no knowledge of the case. The jury determined the other man was the guilty party, while both men insisted they were Max Weiner.
Philadelphia on November 10 reports the arrest of aviator Jack Howard for carrying passengers on Sunday flights from the field at Pine and Elmwood avenues, using Pennsylvania’s 1704 blue laws as the basis of court action. The flights aim to educate people about air travel possibilities.
The mother of Howard Mullencup of Defiance Ohio intervened in Chicago to halt the planned marriage to Vera Jones, arriving just in time to stop the ceremony.
An advertisement extols 8 8 8 as a vegetable blood remedy to cleanse catarrh germs from the blood. It promises long history of use and asks afflicted readers to write Swift Specific Co for a free case study, with no charge, at 262 Swift Laboratory, Augusta, Ga.
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