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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1914
Page
4
President Wilson moves to curb price gouging and urges vigilance and cooperation. Citizens should buy only what they need and report hoarding or speculative price hikes to authorities or manufacturers. Public pressure and swift action can deter speculators, with the reminder that government is the people.
A stark, sweeping comparison places possible manpower against the German front. The author imagines every American state as soldiers, noting vast casualties and the scale of the deadly conflict as it unfolds across Europe.
H. H. Paneck arriving on the steam ship St. Paul used a fainting ploy to help 20 French women reach England. In Paris the train crowd blocked boarding but Paneck instructed a woman to pretend fainting drawing bystanders away, allowing the group to push aboard unnoticed.
The ministry of war announces a call out of the class of 1914 active reserves and the eldest territorial classes to raise about 200,000 additional troops. English society women establish a nursing pet care training institution offering three years of instruction for nurses and dogs.
A quizzical letter set covers topics from hydrophobia risk with a Welsh rabbit bite to proper verb usage in Pittsburg travel, etiquette questions about Canton flannelcakes, and a humorous grandma tale about a prize fighter and an impending June wedding.
Readers weigh in on naval policy shipping jobs and diplomacy. F R Wellen questions two battleships and tramp steamers. J H M warns Seattle readers about Butte job conditions. R Harrington asks if America still draws laughs from Europe in diplomacy.
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