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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1917
Page
4
The report notes Gen. Byng massed a large force over a 30 mile sector without heavy preliminary bombardment. British air superiority limited German aircraft to five planes, signaling strong air control and suggesting wider implications for Allied aviation and future mobilization.
The piece criticizes Hoover era conservation efforts in restaurants, noting cheatless days and hotel pricing. It argues that meat portions shrink and prices rise, with small rolls and butter costing 10 to 15 cents. The public would benefit if more hotels truly conserved food.
The Syracuse New York pastor Rev Wilbur W McKee argues heaven's best gift to men is an ideal wife who is a home maker intellectual companion industrious and restful. He adds the same standard applies to an ideal husband who is a home maker peace maker and ready listener with a restful nature.
A chaotic editorial fragment discusses a port and city election on free rides for patrons of Lake Washington and West Seattle ferries. It argues against free ferry transport funded by others, notes polls open until 4 pm, and mentions broader world events and local political jabs including Gill and Senator Jones.
A Red Cross account written from Evian near the Swiss border shows German war wreckage in France. Repatriates include children and the elderly, with hospitals and aid bureaus aiding survivors and a sobering view of disease, hunger, and fear. The piece emphasizes American sympathy and shared fate with France.
A Star reader complains after a sanitary inspector bans keeping two three month old pigs in Manita. The writer cites Mr Hoover’s food guidance and laments the 15 day disposal deadline, arguing city officials focus on pigs while ignoring deeper urban vice.
In the 27th Infantry a prisoner eating dessert was caught after being warned not to taste sweets. He argued bread pudding was not a dessert, but the Summary Court ruled he should have known better and added time in the guardhouse. The note appears in the Louisville Courier-Journal.
American Red Cross worker describes France's Annex Gordon at Mvain where sick repatriates returned from Germany are bathed, clothed, and fumigated. She emphasizes they are decent people driven from homes by invasion and not defined by poverty or filth.
A vivid scene describes a room bathed in light where guests are greeted with a hot meal. The warmth and kindness lift their spirits as they settle in, smiles returning and conversations starting among the attendees.
Gen Kaledines seizes Russian railway system and plans to starve Bolsheviki from Petrograd. The tactic, touted as a decisive move, relies on proclamations as nourishment for the able-bodied Bolshevik contingency amid war chatter.
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