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Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1922

Page

15

Reduced power rates filed by Puget Sound Power and Traction Co

Olympia report notes new 3 cents per kilowatt hour charge for electricity above 50 kWh for residences and above 100 kWh for commercial users. Affected districts include Whatcom county outside Bellingham and five Skagit county towns. Sunset Hill Improvement club to discuss new quarters and possible district extension at November 7 meeting.

Olympia Department of Public Works Puget Sound Power & Light Co Pacific Northwest Traction Co Whatcom County Bellingham Skagit County Sunset Hill Improvement Club

Alaska to Get First Federal Building in Cordova

A $150,000 federal structure for Cordova Alaska will occupy half a block and be three stories high. Plans call for start of construction in early 1923 after Seattle post office inspection of the submitted specifications.

Alaska Seattle Post Office Cordova

Letters From Star Readers On Better Homes Week

A note from Nereda data BCHORNFELD thanks The Star for cooperation during Better Homes week and credits the press with helping make the observance a success. The letter expresses hope Better Homes week will renew interest in improving homes nationwide.

Preas Thas Better Homes Better Home Iam Neredata Bchornfeld

Where Referendum 13 Originated The Chiropractor

The Chiropractor defends Referendum 13 number 180 bill as protecting parental rights from medical control. He credits Public School Protective League and attorney Charles Hutson for shaping it and argues the measure shields healthy children from what he calls hyperdermic blood poisoning in schools.

the Star J. W. Gilbert Sehell Public Behool Protective League Chas. Hutson Public School Protective League Schoool Room Christian &Cientista Giad

Clarke Defends Mercy Over Cruel Hunting Practices

The writer condemns Monroe and Atkins for killing ducks and pheasants for sport. He argues against the cruelty of hunting, urges conservation, and questions the morality of hunting seasons. He favors observing nature with a camera or microscope over killing animals for “fun.”

the Star Monroe Atkins Europe

Flappers at Prize Fights Debated in Age Herald Quip

Paul Cook comments in the Birmingham Age-Herald about flappers at prize fights and modern young women. He contends maidenly modesty fades when a girl shouts instructions like Lead with your left and hit him in the slate.

Paul Cook Birmingham _Age-Herald

Ford Gas Saver Promises Big Mileage Boost

John A. Stransky of Pukwana South Dakota promotes an automatic Vaporizer and Decarbonizer slipped between the carburetor and intake manifold. He claims it makes Ford cars run 40 to 57 miles per gallon and removes carbon from cylinders, with installation in five minutes and a risk free trial offered by mail.

John A. Stransky South Main Street Pukwana South Dakota Ford Stransky Ady

Hardware and department stores listed by city and street

A long list of hardware and furniture firms with addresses across Washington towns including Tacoma Seattle Everett Spokane and smaller communities. Names include Bon Marche Spelger Hurlbut Campbell Dressiar Grunbaum Ross Marche Olympic Hardware and many others with street intersections and neighborhood references.

Spelger & Hurlbut Union Bon Marche Grote Rankin Co Pike Ernet Hardware Co Standard Furniture Co Campbell Hardware Co Dressiar Hardware Co University Way Grunbaum Bros Pine Ballard Hardware Co Ballard Ave Woodlawn Hardware Co Green Lake Station Pioneer Hardware Co Knowles Hardware Co Fremont Ave Grayson & Brown Rainier Ave Olympic Hardware Co 1St Ave R. Hauser Rose St Wallingford Hardware N. 45Th Burke Keefe & Weslow Ross Marche 3Rd Ave Mt. View Hardware Co Aurora Ave

Critique of Hunting and Slaughter Cruelty in Outdoor Reveries

The author condemns killing for sport and calls slaughterhouse cruelties unacc eptable while noting European abattoirs avoid such practices. He rejects hunting praise as hypocrisy and urges a future society that bans cruelty, arguing outdoors should uplift rather than glorify murder.

Atkins

Olive Tablets Promise Clear Skin and Gentle Detox

Dr Edwards Olive Tablets are pitched as a gentler calomel substitute for pimples and dull feelings. The ad claims they cleanse blood and bowels, banish bad breath and dark tastes, and improve mood with a vegetable formula in olive color. Doses of one or two nightly for a week are recommended, priced 6c and 30c.

Edwards

Ambiguous Lines Reflecting on Wild Life and Hypocrisy

A fragmentary note discusses rejoicing in wild life and brazen hypocrisy. The author urges leaving a gun at home and meeting others with gentleness as friends. Signed by L. M. Clarer.

L. M. Clarer

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