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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1917
Page
10
The map outlines Haig's offensive toward the Douai to Cambrai road that has skirted the north end of the Hindenburg line and may force German retreat from new positions. The line runs east of Arras to south of Laon, with the British push already passing its northern flank.
At 11 a.m. May 1, all Seattle labor unions will stop work for ten minutes in protest of the execution of Thomas J. Mooney tied to the preparedness parade bombing in San Francisco last summer. Aimed to spread the action along the Pacific coast.
A Seattle branch meeting of the Fraternal Insurance Congress of Washington and Idaho convened Friday morning at the Totem club hall in the Arcade building. The group formed a year ago in Seattle and held last night’s opening session at the Odd Fellows hall with representatives from all allied societies.
Dunn Center North Dakota faces loss as a newly completed school building sits atop a burning bed of lignite coal. The basement coal probable ignition, set off by extreme cold demanding peak heater use, threatens the structure and floor concrete.
The Rotary club heard Robert Howes claim vast water power near Seattle will spark heavy manufacturing growth. Port Townsend Bay area is slated for a ship building plant led by William D. F. Sebra and a group of local and Eastern capitalists. The new company has contracts to build two vessels with more deals in negotiation.
Readers submit letters debating the deadliest sin with focus on lust as a prime corrupting force. The contest winners to be announced next week with prizes awarded.
The piece warns that envy pride passion wrath greed and slander can ruin reputations. It cites Proverbs about the sharp tongue and notes slander harms both victim and speaker, urging against devising evil during campaigns and recalling grandmotherly gossip as a gentler past.
The piece surveys pre Columbus America with diverse indigenous peoples and cultures across North America. It notes migrations from Asia, varied lifeways from eastern hunter tribes to desert farmers, major alliances like Algonquins and Iroquoian groups, and advanced Maya civilization in Mexico, plus social practices such as slavery and polygamy, before European contact around 1000 A D.
A reader letter condemns slander as a social poison and flags covetousness as a root of crime. The piece cites prison consequences for slander and warns of moral decay spreading from politics to wider society, naming Kaiser Wilhelm as a bleeding Europe example.
John C. Walling of Seattle has composed a musical setting for Kipling's hymn Before Action, published in last Friday's Star.
Miller corset priced at 79c and $1.00 described for sizes 19 to 27. It features white coutil with embroidery, two pairs of hose supporters, and a long skirt. A pink and white Miller variant offers a low bust model with five clasp stay and two hooks, embroidery trim, and four hose supporters.
A shopping-like catalog snippet lists trial sizes of Oriental Cream Sempre Glovine and Stillman’s Freckle Cream plus Pond’s Cold cream, Hipd’s Honey Almond Lotion, long bars of Castile soap and Woodbury’s Facial Soap with assorted sizes and prices.
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