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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1916
Page
5
The Seattle crowd is urged to hear Charles E. Hughes speak in specific terms on administration and legislation. The piece argues for concrete policy proposals rather than platitudes and notes Seattle’s anticipation of a large turnout.
A call denounces Germany and Britain for denying aid to civilians in Poland and wounded in Germany. The author laments two years of brutal war and urges the world to uphold humanity and peace rather than tolerate ongoing suffering across the Eastern hemisphere.
The group says the sole objection to naming a presidential candidate is finding a man willing to accept. They express concern that true patriots are hard to find and lament the state of national leadership.
The United States, once the world’s leading horse producer aside from Russia, must field its cavalry on sub-standard mounts after European buying drained high quality stock. Critics blame incompetence and neglect or short-sighted policy.
In a temperate climate a group encounters a brutal trek toward water through mud flats and reeds. Blake and Winthrope struggle to ferry Miss Leslie as thirst and exhaustion bite, guiding them to a palm grove where they find nourishment from a coconuts after a perilous river crossing.
Blake, Winthrope, and Miss Leslie endure a brutal night on a hostile island. They fashion palm hats, recover cocoanuts, and push toward a cliffed shore where Blake spots a possible route to a spring and a wooded cleft promising shade and food.
Blake spent the night in a tree while hippos swam nearby, convincing him the tropical island housed its usual wild animals, though the event tree offered no proof of habitation.
An advertisement promotes 611 orein capsules sold at Bartell Drug Co or similar shops. It claims taking one capsule with each meal and one at night will remove excess fat from any part of the body without starvation and with a weekly weigh-in to show results. The tone urges a quick, harmless weight loss method.
Dr Valdes has been elected president of the republic of Panama to succeed Belisario Parras, who has held the office since 1912.
H. Crockett of Seattle argues against the open shop while noting politicians and business owners push for closed shop tariffs. He contends the same interests demand tariffs to pay American wages but favor open shop for others. He cites lumber, ship, and Dye industry parallels and criticizes navigation law exemptions.
Secretary of the state Democratic Committee claims Hughes deserves arrest while Republicans oppose him. Mayor Gill jokes about Arctic chills at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. In No. Yakima, the Bremen submarine rumor surfaces as locals await a message for Congressman Humphrey. A comical dispatch extols vest fashion and pocket configurations for men.
Two independent sources in New London report sightings of a submarine off the coast, possibly the Bremen, fueling speculation amid ongoing wartime patrols and naval alerts.
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