Time for House-Cleaning in Filmdom
Whisperings of a house cleaning in the moving picture business surface as debates on morals and decency clash with scandal. The piece cites Fatty Arbuckle, Olive Thomas, Mary Pickford, Owen Moore, and Charlie Chaplin while noting scandals and divorces across Hollywood.
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Moving Picture
Moving Pictures
Nevada
Mary Pickford
Owen Moore
Doug Fairbanks
Mary
Owen
Mary Smith Moore
Goldie the Missouri cow breaks income record for farmer
Goldie yields 9200 pounds of milk and 526 pounds of butter annually, earning the owner about 267 dollars after feed costs. Despite age and lifelong handicaps, the dairy cow demonstrates profitable farming in a time of low prices. Burbdank is described as an honest grafter.
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Goldie
Missouri
Prison Staff lauded for efficiency amid escape report
Letter writers defend Warden Maloney and deputies praising discipline at McNell's Island Penitentiary after a failed escape. Authors argue guards acted swiftly, preventively shooting fleeing inmates, while defending trust with inmates and questioning press coverage.
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Thomas Maloney
Labor Day
Altho
McNell's Island Penitentiary
Daniel O'Connell
ED Hagen
One Way to Eliminate Suffering in Seattle
A Seattle letter urges a citywide drive to fund clothing and food for the hungry and cold, proposing residents donate 50 cents a month through a Welfare League campaign to eliminate hardship this winter. The writer asks the Star to champion the effort and invites reader feedback.
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Seattle
the Star
Welfare League
Hannah K. Meagher
76Th St
The Star Letter Praises Courage In Ferry Management Coverage
The Star letter from Geo. F. Nichardson commends bold coverage of Lake Washington ferries. It urges readers to seek truth about local government and taxes and praises the paper's role on the east side of the lake.
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the Star
Lake Washington
Readera of the Star
Enat
Geo. F. Nichardson
Letter from Arridge Main Dear Sir What follows
A complaint to Charles and Warren about missing a peace convention and boasting of Seattle Hawaii and China Town attractions. The writer praises nature and asks readers to heed ancient whispers about peace, signed Arridge Mann.
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Charles
Warren
Seattle
Hawaii
Chinatown
Vancouver
Avridge Mann
Name of Incompetent Ferry Engineer Revealed
A letter to the Seattle Star from W. E. Chambers asks for the specific engineer labeled incompetent in a prior article. He cites East Side records and the ferry superintendent as sources and notes most ferries engineers are high class, with one exception.
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the Star
Lincoln, Laschi
Washington
W. EB. Chambers
Seattle Star
G. A. Griffin
HM. H. Brooks
S. F. Ward
N. L Carlson
Andy Sandell
G. L. Myhavold
KE. CC. Clayton
Olof Carlson
Anderson
Word From McNeil Inmates Letter to The Star
Inmates respond to a front page editorial titled What Is the Matter at McNeil Penitentiary They protest the call for tighter control and closer confinement claiming the current management shows progress and calling for an published answer.
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the Star
McNeil Penitentiary
Thomas Maloney
The Chalk Mark on Shoes and the Ethiopian
A tale recalls an Ethiopian worker under the Pullman Benevolent Society who chalked berth numbers on shoes and slept. The narrator warns that surface marks deceive, comparing chalk to true blacking, and notes the moral that sins are exposed when revealed by time and consequence.
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WM. FE. Barton
Pullman Benevolent Society
Albrecht Ritschel
School Board and Ku Klux Klan Editor In Beattie affairs
A letter questions Beattie School District spending noting 14 teachers drew extra vacation funds totaling 537,908 for a year’s service and calls for taxpayer investigations. The writer accuses officials of law noncompliance and ties the issue to KKK influence, urging budget publication and accountability.
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Btar
Beattie School Affairs
Cooper
Tax Reduction Council of
Seattle
Tax Reduction Council
Ku Klux Klan
A. T. Axpayer
Letter to Mr Shelor on reckless driving and school safety
A letter to Mr D Shelor manager of the Automobile Club of Western Washington questions club drivers for causing auto accidents. It cites 1920 figures of 12 000 killed and 1 560 000 injured nationwide and urges caution of drivers near schools. The writer asks if drivers in the club are warned before affecting children and hints at high speed near Pine and Broadway school.
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D. Shelor
Automobile Club of
Western Washington
Mr. Shelor
Cooper
Shelor
Pine
Broadway School
Beacon Hill Improvement Demanded by Heights Club
The Jefferson Heights Community Club at a special meeting on September 7 urged immediate straightening of 12th Ave between Judkins and Dearborn and regrading of Beacon Hill to ease street car traffic and improve property sales. Residents plan to attend the September 15 street committee meeting in the coup d etat chain to press for swift completion.
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the Star
The
Jefferson Heights
Giving Heights Community Club
Nancy Todd
Officials Urged to Answer Ferry Question
In a Star report W E Chambers presents the ferry issue with courthouse records, urging officials to respond promptly or risk public dispute. The writer asks for a clear refutation or confirmation before any action robs the East Side of boat service, noting public opinion previously influenced on leasing.
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the Star
The
Star
W. E. Chambers
Cc. W. Martin
Bookstore profits questioned by University of Washington student
A UW student grills the University Bookstore and ASUW over book pricing and buy-back policies. He cites terms with one third of original cost repaid after use, low buy-back offers, and incidents where books bought for over five dollars were offered pennies or cents when sold back. He seeks reader information on perceived injustices affecting the student body.
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the Star
University of Washington
Co-operative 7 Book Store
Thinks School Fee Is O K
A reader scolds the Star for editorializing on high school fees. The writer argues schools charge small subject fees such as Botany Chemistry Manual Training and Cooking to support related programs rather than fund the general treasury.
Public School Fee System Criticized In Letter
A letter denounces breakage charges and a new tuition-like fee in Seattle schools. The writer argues such charges undermine the free public school ideal, stating the practice would spread if common.
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Seattle
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