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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1918
Page
7
A wartime column urges women to sing and keep up morale at home rather than whistle in public. It appeals to mothers and children for comfort, noting the father’s sacrifice and the need for home front songs to bolster workers and savers through trials. It contrasts a drafted English comedian with a wife to support.
The piece argues private storage plants manipulate supply causing high costs and urges government ownership. It notes Sam’s large Chicago tract to build government warehousing for army and navy use, with potential postwar use to regulate prices. It ends with a satirical note about an Englishman suing a newspaper over a regimental armistice claim.
A satirical piece notes Seattle lawyers entering shipyard labor, predicting disruption of legal norms as barristers hammer rivets and endure toil. It wryly compares battlefield and courtroom speed to shipyard cadence, then mentions Gen Pershing and Gen Biddle receiving the Knight of the Bath, humorously reframed as the Order of Saturday Evening.
A professor bluntly scolds his group for interruptions while soldiers and civilians share wry lines. A bride fears public perception after marriage as an officer jokes about warmth and debts. A sarcastic sergeant and witty exchanges punctuate a humorous slice of life from a parish gathering.
A fragment from a domestic literary piece shows Margie and Mollie debating Mrs. Trent arranging their lives around writing and privacy. The narrator reflects on widowhood, family tensions, and a hoped future for Richard Waverly III, ending with a tease that the story continues.
A reader asks if a gold star can be placed on a service flag for a relative who died serving a different country, with Cynthia Grey saying the flag honors U S military service. Other letters condemn car delays for soldiers, urge better streetcar service, and discuss marriage ideology and social behavior.
A terse historical piece discusses intolerance and behavior among women with harsh judgments about desire and role, arguing for destruction of harmful thoughts and praising charitable service as worthy memory. The text emphasizes control, morality, and retribution as guiding social norms.
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