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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1917
Page
4
Ministers' federation votes to endorse plans to isolate women alleged to suffer from vice diseases. Rev. Robert Pretton named to assist U. G. Murphy of the morals committee amid the Gill impeachment movement.
Japanese residents at Harbin formed a volunteer corps to protect against robbers and anarchists amid disorder, under a Bolshevik guise. Dispatches and the foreign consul protested, while Russian authorities sought to guarantee order.
A columnist answers readers on engagement behavior at work, nicknames for soldiers in France, lawful marriage status after separation, and a man torn between an ex fiancée and a new path. Advice emphasizes duties to work, legality of remarriage, and thoughtful action in relationships.
H M Rogers launches a giant sample stock sale starting Wednesday at 8 am featuring men’s suits Overcoats and shoes at rock bottom prices. Hundreds of items from Kaufman and Strauss fabrics to Walk-Over shoes reduce former prices to a fraction, with unions and cash pay emphasized.
Prices paid by wholesalers for vegetables fruits and grains list varied rates for artichokes celery corn cucumbers cauliflower garlic honeydew lettuce onions peppers potatoes tomatoes and more. Grain and feeds show values for scratch food oat barley wheat corn soy meal alfalfa hay and other feeds. Poultry veal and pork prices include ducks roosters hogs and veal with ranges by weight and quality.
A chart from the Canadian food controller compares food price increases since World War I across the United States Canada England and Germany. It shows US prices up about 40 percent from July 1914 while Canada and England rise 60 and 206 percent respectively and Germany around 210 percent. The chart notes US prices declined after May 1917 as wartime controls ramp up.
A reader discusses a romance ending with marriage to another man and the moral duty to resist following passion. The note to Miss Grey suggests acceptance, legal separation, and a tempered response to a former sweetheart. The message closes with a domestic tip for baking fruit cake using cider and blackberry jelly.
United Press reports the U S treasury balance reaching 2 515 471 407 52 dollars the largest net balance in U S history. Payments on short term war tax treasury certificates and the second Liberty loan contributed to the total.
Egyptian businessmen express desire to establish trade in Alexandria. The Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club, via its publicity bureau, received a request to forward descriptive literature on the town and surrounding area. W P Gillmor of American Alexandria noted many inquiries about the section.
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