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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1922
Page
13
A critic argues that America embarks on a democratic cultural and spiritual renaissance. The New Statesman notes Sinclair Lewis’s Babbitt sparks vitality, forecasting the nation’s intellect rising as the commercial machine serves cultural ascent.
Commentary argues a shift toward progressivism and a new state constitution. It criticizes the current charter as outdated and wasteful, cites Spokane Commissioner Funk’s asphalt plant as defiance under existing code, and laments political corruption and tax burdens. The piece questions legislative economy compared with postwar spending and warns of impending bankruptcy amid chaos.
A Leeds laboratory claims to prove the aura or astral body is a complete entity and ghost, with pink coloration signaling health. The piece notes skepticism toward new ideas, references past immigration policy debates, and mentions local weigh inspection orders in Baltimore.
The piece notes the Fordney McCumber tariff act imposing 70 percent ad valorem on toys and describes rising German toy prices since June. It says few German toys remain in U.S. shops from 1921 imports, with exports to the U.S. high in 1918 and likely shrinking. It also references a distant Soviet government and a stray astronomy remark about a Comet in the Milky Way.
Canada plans to appoint an ambassador or similar envoy to the United States to handle relations directly rather than through the British ambassador. The move aims to simplify diplomacy with Uncle Sam, reflecting a view that Canadians understand Americans better than the English and signaling a neighborly shift in policy.
In a Paris episode,M Jonquelle, chief of the police service, questions the Marquis de Chantelie about the February 18th theft of a diamond necklace from his wall safe. Jean Lequex confessed to the crime, but the jewels remain missing as the investigation widens with the Marquis and Prefect’s pursuit of a final solution before the Marquise returns from America.
New York department store sold 850 Western Electric receiving and broadcasting stations at 496 each in a special sale. The pieces, touted as government standard naval gear and never used on ships, mark a milestone toward affordable high grade radio. The piece notes future visions of radio including a wireless community church and mass nationwide access to music and sermons.
Four railway workers died on duty in November 1922. the poem pleads for quiet graves and silent wreaths from loved ones, honoring all who lived and died in their overclothes while serving at the throttle and brake.
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