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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
7
An Eastern financial note claims world wealth and population totals with Allied dominance in assets and territory. It suggests dropping pamphlets to German troops to speed the war’s end and condemns German rulers for betraying their people.
A historical speaker cites Goethe to urge government aid for farmers. He argues money alone fails without purchasing power and calls for fixed minimum prices for staple crops to spur production. He condemns complacency and urges farmer drive while critiquing food speculation and wartime sacrifice.
A dated column mix jokes about taxes on commodities like rubber and tin and jokes about oil price cuts. It mentions Billy Sunday in New York and Willam J. Bryan offering private services in the trenches, while noting Chicago as a windy city lifting coins from newsstands.
A fragmentary piece reflects on military service and training value, plans to grow sweet peas for cheaper canning, a joking war bridegrooms peace question, and a light verse about a hammock break and a quarrel.
A citizen urges city districts for efficient laundry service and nearby shops to reduce waste. He calls for plowing idle Seattle land for winter crops and planting potatoes vegetables sunflowers and cabbage. A subscriber cites Wilson’s food message and notes a law limiting razor clam digging harms supply. JAMES MAHONEY. Copalis Washington.
The fragment notes camels as abundant in Palestine and references the Midianites and Amalekites having camels in large numbers. It also mentions Job owning 8 000 camels before affliction and 6 000 afterward, highlighting biblical wealth and hardship.
Harriet Santoine aids Eaton during a tense chase across rugged roads to escape unseen assailants. In the study, Blatchford is dead and Eaton confronts dangerous enemies while Harriet drives toward a confrontation, pursuing answers and survival.
An advertisement touts Tiz as a solution for tired sore feet including bunions and callouses. It promises lasting relief for a year with a 20 cent box sold at drug stores and urges readers to accept no substitute.
In Bremerton on April 26 naval officials explained a close encounter reported by passengers aboard the Northern Pacific liner Great Northern. The sighting described a near clash between an American war vessel and two U boats, fueling rumors of German undersea threats to Pacific routes.
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