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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1917
Page
5
A call insists the government assumes financial support for soldiers' dependents, arguing enlistment should not rely on charity. It urges wages or direct family payments, warning against past charity dependence and demanding noncharitable rights as part of every soldier's contract amid a looming large war.
The Star reports Seattle militiamen headed to Calexico border duty may ride streetcars free, a proposal aimed at easing low pay and duty strains. The plea calls on Al Kemp Fer to implement the benefit, noting many guardsmen are on duty or recently called up. Austria may raise the war age to 65, while pacifists push anti-toxin schemes and nostalgia lingers for the czar who kept the country out of war.
The piece lauds President Wilson for uniting Americans against the German autocracy and supporting aid to Russia. It argues taxation should fund war expenses rather than bonds, noting a shift from past methods and praising equitable burden sharing by those best able to bear it. The writer frames this as a democratic advance and a sign of human progress.
Germans convicted of conspiring to blow up ships at sea argue the maximum penalty of two years is too low. They claim such conspiracies amount to premeditated murder and call for an immediate increase to life imprisonment. They urge revision of related statutes and a stronger stance.
A correspondent praises the President for his April 2 address to Congress. The writer defends the President against foreign critics and domestic opponents, asserting confidence in his vision and actions and asserting the right to speak freely while maintaining decency. The letter closes with renewed confidence in the President and the nation's principles.
The article urges a thorough seasonal cleanse: improve diet with green vegetables and fruit, start walking part way to work, take daily cold baths if strong, and clean both body and surroundings to curb germ spread. Emphasizes cleanliness, fly control with a swatter, and that a bright, clean workspace boosts health and efficiency.
A. P. lists early signs including moderate fever, pallor, and dropsy starting in the face and spreading, often with nausea and vomiting. In chronic cases symptoms develop more gradually and include weight loss.
A brief patriotic message from W. F. Howell asserts confidence in Wilson and pledges loyalty and sacrifice for liberty and justice, recalling the founding fathers and their sacrifices as the speaker affirms America's vision.
The Philadelphia Nationals defeated the American League champions 1 to 0 to clinch the world’s baseball championship in a tense series that went four games to three. Win Shute faces betrayal aboard ship as a mysterious woman named Imogen Leonard fears arrest at Naples.
Win Shute is jolted by Genoa then greeted in Naples by Tris Ford, who arrives under the alias Anson Jones after a secret cross continent voyage. Ford travels via Lauretania to Paris and Rome, where Ambassador John Bismer hosts the visiting Giants manager, amid a national fanfare at the White House.
In St. Clairville a local gazette notes the Shuberts intend to raise a regiment of actors amid doubt about actors as fighters. It also mentions Mexican jumping beans as a backyard curiosity and a civic note on a New York guardian seeking over twenty thousand dollars for Baby Astor.
An editor reports a reader describing thrifty tactics, noting she saves by removing shoe buttons at night to repurpose them for children’s night clothes then resews them in the morning. The letter emphasizes frugality amid rising prices.
David T. Remington of Springfield Massachusetts, long serving as State House official, reports heart and digestion troubles resolved by Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pepticon Pills. He credits old friend Senator George F E Putnam for recommending the course and says he now walks miles daily without issue. Medicine available from local druggists.
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