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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1922
Page
9
A vintage verse line mocks women by suggesting drowning, then questions happiness of bow-legged versus long-skirt women. The piece uses sharp gendered imagery to provoke debate on social roles and desires in a caustic tone.
Grant County sheriff and his force are lauded after a quick hunt that led to the arrest of a brutal suspect in the Wilson Creek case. The killer faces trial on September 27, with swift punishment anticipated.
Scientists led by Dr. A V Kidder excavate Pecos New Mexico dating a nine century city with three story houses and a democratic government. They claim Pecos beat Columbus to America by 1000 years and compare global explorers and civilizations while noting America remains largely undiscovered in 1922.
The state highway association met in Ellensburg and heard that heavy trucks, though only five percent of traffic, ruin roads for the remaining ninety five. Laws against overloading exist but are not properly enforced according to speakers.
In a letter to the editor, Xenophen questions party importations of republican and democrat leaders to back Poindexter and Tyill respectively, asking who will defend ordinary voters amid the senate contest.
A letter praises Chief Severyns and a crossing officer at B. F. Day school for guiding children across Fremont avenue each morning. The writer, Jas H. Fletcher, recalls dangerous traffic and notes several deaths among local pupils, urging the practice be adopted elsewhere.
The Star argues that President Harding vetoed the banus bill due to its $750,000,000 cost in four years and over four billion overall, with Congress failing to provide revenue for funding. The piece notes expanding government functions driven by public demand and suggests Congress consider a remedy now.
William Ward argues for the U S government to issue long term bonds and take over the 8 000 national banks under the federal reserve system to gain the interest on deposits and cut costs. He claims this would fund soldiers bonuses reduce taxes and lower governmental expenses while preserving current banking officials. Formosa is noted to have a world monopoly of camphor.
A British secret service operative, Duchemin, flees Bolshevik enmity and travels with Eve de Montelain in southern France. He defeats a peasant attacker, then joins a mysterious party at the Grand Hotel de Univers in Nant as storm clouds gather and a计划 unfolds.
A layman's critique of contemporary sermons in Seattle churches. The speaker recalls a downtown sermon denouncing vice and politics while questioning the impact on souls and the true focus of religious teaching. He contrasts brash rhetoric with consistency in approaching religious truth.
The article discusses biochemistry's search for the cause of aging related to chronic poisoning and misleading old age death theories. It contrasts trees surviving storms with humans facing climate stress, heat, cold, and illness, noting biochemistry aims to extend human life beyond current limits.
The word Porte refers to the government of the Ottoman Empire known as the Sublime Porte from the sultan’s palace gate. It derives from French porte meaning gate or door and is used to denote official authority as in Althe Kemali Pasha's Greek victories may not suit the Porte’s aims.
The passage encodes the names of eight British poets in order within lines about sunlit moor scenes and abbey statuary. A second excerpt contrasts a preacher’s focus on individual salvation with preaching the Gospel of Christ, urging renewed pulpits and a return to Christ as savior.
Berton Braley humorously contrasts country life with the comforts of civilization. The speaker laments pests unstable furniture and smoky stoves while affirming a longing for home and steady routines despite city noise and bills. The piece ends with a cheerful note that it is good to be home.
A Kerriston reader argues stories of crime tempt overreaction and urges courts to decide guilt, not readers. She defends Clara Skarin’s reputation while cautioning against mob verdicts and urges readers to learn right from wrong without hiding from reality.
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