Fighting Bolshevism With Social Reform and Unity
The author argues Bolshevism threatens European civilization and calls for a domestic, democratic program. Proposes housing, shorter work hours, unemployment relief, child labor elimination, and anti profiteering as prophylactics. Emphasizes cooperation with unions and public action to unite communities in a broad crusade against oppression and Prussianism.
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Europe
Rhine
Peace Council
America
Russia
War Memorial Seattle plans include veteran club rooms
The proposed War Memorial Auditorium in Seattle aims to add club rooms for returned soldiers along with art galleries music rooms and convention halls in a 20000 seat main arena. The plan seeks a $2000000 structure on a grand scale to meet veterans needs and support existing brotherhoods with better space and furnishings.
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Seattle
Ted
Metropolitan Theatre
Behind the Mask of Coldness a Girl Finds Hidden Joy
A girl tries on many dresses and glows with happiness. An observer notes her pleasure is masked by restraint. The mother explains she hides feelings behind a social mask, urging honest appreciation to boost happiness and value in others.
Democratic Luck and Party Realignment Report
A 1920s mood piece notes Democratic setbacks last November and GOP gains. Joe Bailey of Texas renounces the Democratic Party citing issues including a child labor law deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The piece comments on broader political themes and future creed possibilities.
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Joe Bailey
Texas
Senate
Joe
Democratic Congress
Supreme Court
Spring housework and poems clash in playful satire
A playful piece contrasts spring cleaning zeal with the housewife's battles over decor and chores while a Wichita peddler Sam Miller is arrested for praying loudly. The judge explains his reason as the man wanted God to hear him. A joke about a daughter kissing a mother’s reaction closes the fragment.
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Sam Miller
Carl H. Davis
Judge Miller
Letters Against Vaccination in The Star
Thorwald Siegfried details anti vaccination arguments challenging Dr Read the city health commissioner. He cites 6000 more deaths from disease than battle casualties among troops and questions vaccine safety and purity citing figures from US military history. He contrasts disease rates with vaccination policy and warns about medical meddling in public health.
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Star
Eugene Kelley
Massachusetts
Thorwald Siegfried
Star Reader Letters: Postwar Dilemma for Veterans Families
A regular Star reader argues the government bypassed men with large families. he notes many veterans cannot find work if not soldiers and claims militarism was taken from Germany while democracy remains with us. He expresses frustration with the postwar welfare mix.
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The
Star
Odd News Snippets and Local Notes From Various Towns
A collection of brief items including a man paying a long owed debt in Springfield with a $1,000 payment to heirs, a homemaking school offer for Quincy women, and mentions of local professionals in Lorain Stillwater and Augusta. Also a quirky query about the mustached old-time gentleman.
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Springfield
Snl
William Dohrs
Whitlash
Mont
Virden
William Freeman
Freeman
Dohre
Quincy
Journal
Time the Policeman Keeps Us Moving
Poem decrying human laziness and complacency with Time as a stern enforcer. Edmund Vance Cooke contemplates wandering, past deeds, and the march of time through benches, churches, and headstones. The piece ends with a wry copyright note and a taunt to change human nature.
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Huuman
Gabriel
Heroes Are Human and the War's Lasting Face
The piece argues that heroes share the same desires and weaknesses as others and that wartime experiences reshape them. It notes soldiers return from No Man's Land to unmet promises, discovering they must adapt to civilian life while still aiming for democracy, security, and better living standards.
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Tru
British Would Buy Up Congo
Special to The Star by N. E. A. Britain may buy the Belgian Congo for 3.5 billion dollars. Belgian ministers have met with Britain's foreign affairs ministry as Belgium owes Britain at least 0.5 billion and carries a total war debt of not less than 1.5 billion. Interest payments on loans total 2.6 billion, about one sixth of prewar revenue. A Congo sale would provide Belgium funds for reconstruction and stabilize its finances.
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London
Britain
Belgian Congo
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Belgium
Great Britain
Congo
Japanese Demand Votes for Women in Kyoto Demonstration
In Kyoto April, hundreds of Japanese workingmen in blue overalls led the first organized universal suffrage demonstration. A mass meeting preceded a parade to the station for a Tokyo speaker, with cheers and a banner reading Give us votes amid labor songs.
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Kyoto
N. Ey A
Toklo
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J. W. Baker
Lorain
Comfort & Comfort
Stillwater
Minn
Fred van Horn
Augusta
Ill
Henry Drum
Walla Walla
Todaaroem
Edmund Vance Cooke
Seattle National Bank
Nujol
Brass
Nujol Laboratories Standard Oil CO
New Jersey
Breedwey
New York
Nujol Laboratories
Steaderd Oil Co
Neme
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