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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1921
Page
22
In a local disturbance at Cin Mt Milling a clash involving Ramery and Dilea Storey escalated quickly. Police reported a fracas with several witnesses and one person detained for further questioning.
A reader questions funding for a $15,000,000 street car project and criticizes free auto parking in the city. The writer argues riders pay the bills while car owners park free, urging changes to city revenue use.
Gandib of Portage argues for taxing reform to favor homebuilders clearing land. He suggests a 5 percent rebate on every acre cleared and no fines for stumps, to reduce land clearing costs and solve the logged off land problem. He accuses nonresident landowners and speculators of influencing the tax system and warns they will try again.
W 8 Charles of Elma Washington criticizes a serialized tale in The Star calling it poor sarcasm about rural pioneers. He says the story lacks merit and deserves rejection to the literary well. Charles asserts his long American lineage since 1768.
In a 1921 Seattle tale the Trackless Trolleys fail on First Valley causing crashes and deaths. The city faces a one million piece suit while Mayor Almighty leaves for a foreign town to seek an automobile. Cc. B. Sullivan.
W. H. Scott argues that scientific instruments cannot replace inner vision in understanding the cosmos. He cites Mare Profundum experiments, Anna Kingsford, and Job, contrasting material science with the soul’s telescope. The piece questions how ancient wisdom perceived celestial bodies and urges awakening the mind beyond sensory limits.
In Hankow China on October 28 workers began a strike demanding a one third increase in daily pay. Painters won a 606 cent daily rate after bargaining stalled, while employers resisted further increases.
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