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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1919
Page
21
The Seattle Star offers city delivery at 50 cents per month by carrier. Rates for out of city subscribers are 2.76 dollars for three months, or 6 dollars per year. Outside the state pricing is 9 dollars per year or 4.50 dollars for three months.
The article discusses a labor shortage in the United States as foreign workers contemplate leaving after five years of prosperity. It cites Hoboken and other ports where about 14,000 foreigners ready to sail await passage abroad, and argues that visible displays of wealth at home may drive more workers to emigrate to their birthplaces rather than stay in the United States.
A broad group of respected Americans says the nation faces danger from a growing unwhole political movement. They urge action to improve living conditions and support measures against profiteers and exploitation, arguing reforms must address root causes rather than only symptoms.
Patrolman Luke Connell stopped 19 Romany Rye gypsies on Lancaster Pike near Bryn Mawr PAAuto era ends in their high powered car parade The Bryn Mawr squire fined them 10 dollars plus 5.20 costs The queen demanded coca cola change and asked where a gas station was.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports farm food figures show farm prices doubling in under a decade. Wheat rose from 95 cents to 2.20 per bushel while corn moved from 66 to 1.76. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, apples, butter, eggs, and chickens also doubled, pushing rural costs higher and widening urban concerns about living expenses.
A satirical poem laments the tyrant Three Square A Day that binds life and leisure. The speaker contrasts dreamlike scenes of reading and wandering with the harsh demand for daily sustenance and imagined liberation from routine toil.
The passage recalls events tied to September 6 across centuries including the Mayflower voyage in 1620 with 101 passengers, Massachusetts militia actions in 1676 against Eastern Indians, Marquis de Lafayette born in 1757 and his aid to the American cause, his later life, and McKinley’s 1901 assassination by Leon CzolGowski as an anarchist.
Two mind types govern people the Pusher who works hard and fixes his own life and the Complainer who blames others. The speaker urges pushing forward avoiding gloom and revolution, urging self improvement optimism and practical action over complaint.
Austin E. Griffiths argues that Ireland could join the League of Nations if self government or independence is achieved and the nation meetsLeague standards. He contends two thirds support in the assembly would suffice and predicts Britain and Canada would not oppose Ireland’s admission. The piece urges Irish support for the covenant and rejects opposition.
Readers critique Dr Frank Crane and the paper's stance on party differences. A letter argues for clearer explanations from parties and churches and praises government railroads for improving clerks' conditions and overtime rules.
A jumble of late 1910s style notes and gossip covers varied topics from theater strikes and hostess duties to Paris departures and a Vincennes Rotary dinner. Witty asides mix with local curiosities and stray quotes about money, planes, and housework.
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