Liberty Bonds Drive Urges Last-Minute Purchases
The notice exhorts readers in this final week to buy Liberty Bonds, urging individuals to maximize purchases before the campaign ends and highlighting civic duty and financial patriotism.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1918
Page
9
Day of Victory in Seattle Streets and Fares Fight
On Saturday April 27 1918 Seattle celebrates a day of wins for the people. Judge Dykeman rules street car franchise must fulfill paving duties and 2 per cent gross receipts payments. Supreme Court limits fares to 5 cents and rules against higher city rates. Public service commission appears to back corporate interests. Attorney General Tanner declines to join anti-traction moves. A fish market dispute also nears resolution with a ruling that public benefit justifies the market. Field day for the people, says readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Dykeman
Suor
Supreme Court
Public Service
Public Commission
Police Commission
Blaine
Commun
Traction Company
Spinning and
Lewis
Tanner
Reed
Open Air Schools For Fresh Voices In Children
A defense of open air classrooms urges rooms with good fresh air for children. The piece argues bottled air and stifling heat harm Willie and other students, praising open air schools as necessary for healthy lungs and better learning environments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Ben Johnson
Take Him and Trust Him Sehwab Leads Shipyard Stance
The text defends Charles Schwab as Bethlehem Steel head resisting resignations and graft fears, praising his leadership under wartime pressure. It argues for efficient contract handling by Schwab and Henry Ford to meet national needs, while noting a potato referenced digression at a New England restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwab
Wab
Bual
Henry Fords
Charlie Schwabs
Great Old Remedy for Skin Diseases
An advertisement promotes S. S. S. as a blood purifier and tonic for skin eruptions and eczema. It claims external care is ineffective and urges readers to take S. S. S. for relief, noting fifty years of use and offering medical advice from the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ireland’s Turbulent History From Firbolgs to 1916 Rising
The article traces Ireland’s long, violent history from early Firbolg tribes through Danaans and Gaelic invaders, the Clontarf victory, centuries of occupation, emigration, and revolts, leading to 1916 Easter Week uprising and Casement's arrest after landing arms with German aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Leas
Imiiana
Maine
South Carolina
Texas
New York
Caesar
Gaul
Heritain
Britain
Laogaire MacNeill
Saint Patrick
England
Clontarf
Dublin
Spain
France
America
Robert Mornet
Daniel O'Connor
Young Ireland Party
Fenian Society
Gladstone
All Ireland
Sinn Fein
Ulster
Binn Fenners
Robert Casement
Galway
Enniscorthy
Killarney
Clonmel
Casement
Bottle Babies and Modified Milk Feeding Guidelines
The article explains that cow milk must be modified for infants with added sugar and water or substitutes and adjusted as the baby gains weight. It warns that bottle feeding should be physician directed, held during feeds, limited to 26 minutes, and not continued if the baby refuses. After feeding, the baby should be upright and patted, then put to bed without rocking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland, O
History of English rule and Irish resistance across Ireland
The narrative traces English conquest and control from early incursions into Leinster through Tudor and Stuart rule, the 1641 uprisings led by Rory OMoore, Cromwellian division of land, and Williamite-era enforcement of English laws, noting mass killings and legal shifts shaping Irish governance and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leinster
Dublin
Henry VIII
Ireland
Rome
Queen Mary
Elizabeth
James I
Ulster
America
Irisd
Rory O'Moore
Cromwell
James II
Boyne
Aughbrim
George I
Lydia E Pinkham remedy praised by Oakland reader
Mrs L H De Verar of 605 Alcatraz Ave Oakland recounts suffering from irregularities and congestion and says Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound restored her health after doctors failed. The ad urges other women to seek the root and herb remedy and offers company advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
Lydia BP. Pinkham
L. H. de Verar
Alcatraz
Aye
de Weene
Lydia F. Pinkham
Conserving Gasoline Sparks 1914 Garden Plans and Local Jokes
An assortment of light notes and quips from a 1914 paper. The text mentions saving gasoline to plant a war garden radish by hand, humorous anecdotes about domestic life, a baseball prediction that the Indians will not win the pennant, jokes about oleo margarine and cottonseed oil, and brief local tidbits including ads and a police raid note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indians
William J Bryan Carries Own Bread at Aurora Banquet
At a banquet in Hotel Aurora William Jennings Bryan revealed he carried his own loaf due to illness. Friends explained he has been carrying bread with him to meals while recovering health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Bryan
Aurora
Bryan
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