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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1921
Page
11
The piece contrasts a growing encampment of hoboes and itinerants on the Pacific coast with wartime mobility. It notes a reemergence of tramps as jobs fade, and comments on social attitudes toward crime, forgiveness, and war’s lingering effects.
A former Pacific coast anecdote centers on Sam Wik and a Civil War era tale told by Sir Stafford Northcote. Lincoln, seen dressing, foots the boots while the British visitor asks whose boots are being blacked, proving every man must serve in some useful way.
A letter to the editor recounts a father’s sympathy with Bal lantyne over school board fees and a son’s mixed schooling, fees for books, wear and tear charges, and the son's shift from schooling to work at age 15. The piece echoes broader tensions over education costs.
Letter writers praise Warden Thomas Maloney and the McNeil Island facility as the best managed prison in the United States, contending escapes are rare and guard efficiency proves humane, while condemning critics and urging continued publicity of the defense. The letters also discuss school funding questions and a former patient’s mistreatment at a Sedro-Woolley hospital.
A satirical missive in a letter format addresses the Home Brew Editor. The writer references reader contributions and hints at improving content with wit and prompts to expand reader engagement. The text plays with linguistic twists and brewing imagery, suggesting playful collaboration.
Sedro-Woolley Star readers react to a prize contest tied to verse submissions facing criticism for exploitative language about patients. A letter from Avridge Mann denounces the contest as demeaning and questions its fairness and ethics.
A Seattle editorial urges officials and business leaders to unite in studying unemployment, arguing the city must open opportunities and circulate money to banish destitution. The writer, B. O. Clauson, links joblessness to wartime costs and government waste, stressing faithful workers deserve employment.
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