Public Manure of Army Bacon Sale Stirred Letters
A reader letter and editorial critique condemn the army bacon sale as poor value and mispriced. The excerpt argues the salt pork and tinned beef were unfit, overpriced, and unsold after the war, noting critics fear waste and urging caution for home buyers. The piece frames the affair as a failed program with dismal outcomes and asks readers to beware.
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Uncle Sam
Bitor
A. E F
Biance
U. S. Quartermaster Corps
Europe
France
War Department
Rent Protests Rise Over War-Era Increases in Seattle
A letter-forwarded notice complains rent in Seattle has jumped amid war costs, with two-room flats rising $5 to $11 monthly and tenants warning profiteering harms widows. It laments landlord dominance, calls for more housing, and predicts a building boom will ease shortages as supply catches up.
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Opare Mo
Seat
Seattle
Such WP era headlines and oddities parade in columns
A jumble of items from marriages and divorces to peculiar headlines and weather notes. A 14 year old Knoxville boy sues for divorce, diversions about wives and whisky, plus quirky vignettes from Smithfield North Carolina to Paris fashion. The piece also mentions Red-Head clubs in Spokane and a two-headed trout in Glenwood Minnesota.
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Howard
Clemmer
Spokane
Wash
Alvin
Yorke
From Sin to Salvation Steps in Christian Conversion
The piece outlines eight stages in leaving sin and embracing faith. It begins with conviction and contrition, moves to confession and restitution, then conversion and consolation, followed by conciliation, consecration, and culminates in consummation. This summary captures the ordered progression from sin to salvation.
We’ll Say So And Black Raspberry Puns In Odd News
A collage of quirky items notes a telegraph firms cutting rates, a New York hotel tanning parlor for vacationing girls, Genoa harbor rotting ces, and a woodshed joke. Other bits mock thrift campaigns, fashion, and letters from Calcutta.
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New York
Oil and Petroleum History in the United States
A digest of Reid Say ers McBeth's Oil tracing American oil from 1859 to the 1920s. It describes growth in the last decade, the US share of world output, the Osage nation wealth from oil royalties, and oil’s role in engines, industry, and war. It notes diverse uses from vehicles to lighting and printing.
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California
Alaska
Africa
United States
Reid Sayers McBeth
America
Etroleum
John D. Rockefeller
Oklahoma
Kansas
Louisiana
Texas
Boston News
van Antwerp
Blood Will Tell by Edmund Vance Cooke
Jud Judson escorts the speaker around his farm showing stock and pride in Holstein cows and hogs. He riffs on farm animals and their care while his young sons grow apart, revealing a life centered on breeding and dairy farming. The speaker remains the oldest friend, surprised by Jud’s devotion to his animals.
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Edmund Vance Cooke
Jud Judson
Holetein
Jud
Thoro Brea
N. EB. A
Aug 19 through history notes from Salem to Constitution
On August 19 events span 1692 Salem witch trials with hangings and later abolition of witchcraft penalties. It records 1800 James Lenox birth, 1812 Constitution versus Guerriere naval battle, 1797 Boston ship launch, 1830 decommissioning, and 1814 British march toward Washington.
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Salem
Mass
Massachusetts
James Lenox
Lenox Library
New York City
Constitution
Isaac Hull
United States
Great Britain
Boston
Navy Department
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Chesapeake Bay
Washington
Barber Price Hike Sparks Joke Among Patrons
A local conversation notes hair cuts rising by 50 cents next month. One patron jokes that he will get the “laugh on the barbers” by taking six big months of service in advance.
Battle of Contreras Opens With American Victory
The clash near Contreras in Mexico pitted Gen. Scott leading 3,000 U S troops against Gen. Valencia with 4,000 Mexican forces. The battle raged through the night and into the next morning, ending in a decisive American victory.
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Contreras
Mexico
Scott
United States
Valencia
Simple Wash Removes Rings Under Eyes
Seattle readers are told that Lavoptik eye wash with witch hazel camphor hydrastis relieves blood shot eyes and dark circles. A young woman with eye trouble improved after one week of use. A small bottle is guaranteed to help any case of weak strained or inflamed eyes. Aluminum eye cup Fre Swift's Drug Co. and leading druggists.
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Seattle
Swift's Drug Co
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