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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1920
Page
11
Free Speaker Allen McCurdy tells a New York Republican gathering that the nation belongs to its people. He asserts they may amend or, if needed, exercise their revolutionary right to dismember and overthrow the government.
A garbled dialogue interleaves casual chatter with political quotes from Lincoln and references to McCurdy and the forty-eighters. The piece juxtaposes everyday humor with debates on constitutional democracy and the dangers of radicalism, ending with a brusque provincial quip about a lingering mess of conversations.
A narrator contrasts two households both rich or poor in appearance. One family has wealth, a fine home, grounds, servants, and cars yet seems unhappy due to strained relations and illness. The other family lives modestly, works together, and despite less wealth appears genuinely content and cheerful.
Public health officials announce a Louisiana site, the former state leprosy colony, as the national leprosarium location. The piece notes millions worldwide affected, leprosy’s low contagion, and a humane shift toward segregation camps and humane treatment under U S Public Health Service.
An essay-like critique argues that beauty wounds traffic flow and safety as women use charm to navigate congestion. It notes delays for drivers and pedestrians and questions whether suffrage will change men’s view of pretty women, suggesting evolving gender dynamics favor beauty's influence.
A compact reflection on red tape from its English legal roots to modern commerce. The piece illustrates bureaucratic slowdowns by citing the tale of Pigs Is Pigs and notes eras of high prices and new tech while commenting on costs in paper, cotton, clothing, and cigars.
A slangy tale follows Hastings Beauchamp Mortey a con man exploiting crowds in Union Square. Morley toys with victims including Bergman a German immigrant, a child with medicine, and a wary old man while plotting further scams and reflections on luck and work.
A meat market keeper faced a state inspection dispute over a scale that weighed correctly up to 10 pounds but was off by one ounce beyond that. The inspector barred use of the outdated chart, the dealer could not replace the scale, and he was forced to stop business.
A reader letters to the Star defend a meat dealer who quit when a scale was condemned. The inspector allegedly pressed the dealer, asking about the scale under the counter and citing state law, prompting claims the state hurt a struggling family business.
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