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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1917
Page
5
The speaker warns that Germany acts without restraint and will ignore treaties and international law. He urges a relentless, no mercy stance in this war, arguing civilization cannot survive unless we fight to destroy the barbarism of the enemy. He includes a grim image of a world dog and notes Berlin’s extreme measures as a harbinger.
A call to fund World War I through bonds and progressive taxation. The piece argues aristocracy vs democracy, urging universal sacrifice of surplus incomes to cover war costs, with bonds as a temporary step and taxes on wealth thereafter. It cites E. W. Scripps, Simon Benson, Amos Pinchot and The Star’s coupon urging readers to support the policy.
Fragmentary notes reference a boat race at California and a repeated phrase It’s a ConiBEAR. Police reportedly had a quiet night with seven arrests for drunkenness and a man charged with imitating Jack Johnson. The garbled item mentions a well dressed lady and a ten pound sack in front of The Star office, plus a cheeky exchange about returning the sack.
A pawnbroker wakes to a stranger demanding the time and claiming a missing watch. In a London street the pompous bishop encounters three coster-mongers arguing, and questions their swearing like a gentleman would. The anecdotes present humorous, compact glimpses of social types in urban Britain.
Bright dialogue excerpts show Miss FortyOdd waking to a burglar who retreats after she orders him out. A flippant exchange follows about courage and safety, ending with a quip on love versus livelihood in a lighthearted column fragment.
A long letter to the editor urges American women and young men to rise above fear and cowardice during wartime. It calls on girls to mobilize moral action to shape heroes, while noting opposition to war but stressing duty to back President Lincoln... Wait: date/context mismatch, ensure details from text.
M Zellers alias Ed Zellers alias Albert Adams arrested at Montavilla Oregon by Pinkerton detectives for passing two worthless checks at Raymond Willapa Harbor State Bank for 65 and 25 dollars. Pinkerton notes a prior 1915 petty larceny fine and a 60 day King county jail sentence for vagrancy. He will be returned to Washington to face forgery charges. Mrs In law Freeman sues for divorce from W D Freeman city purchasing agent.
Gabriel Warden a Seattle area financier and railway director is found dead in his living room after a visitor arrived by appointment. Investigation traces the visitor, the Japanese porter Kondo and driver Corboy while noting a prior Latron murder linked by coincidence. A secretaryly chase unfolds with trains and a scarce witness list.
Mothers are urged to use California Syrup of Figs for cleansing the stomach liver and bowels in irritable feverish or cross children. A teaspoonful is said to relieve sour stomach foul waste and indigestion and keep a child well by preventing future illness.
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