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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1916

Page

5

Will You Give Just One Hour Campaign Drive

Nonpartisan campaign seeks 10 000 signatures this week in Seattle. If 500 volunteers spend one hour each, 20 signatures can be collected per petition at listed locations including Nonpartisan headquarters and Pike Place market. Every filled petition counts toward a free independent state.

Seattle Arcade Building Ole Hanson's Pike St Shorey’s New York Pike Place Market

Congress to investigate cost of living rise and profits

The piece mocks a congressional probe into rising living costs while noting large profits at meat and packing houses and big gains at railroads. It quips that next year Congress will study trivial issues like apples in dumplings and wind in bellows, contrasting public concern with corporate gains.

1Lus Pennsylvania Railroad New York Central Congress

Time to Begin on nitrate supply for U S defense

The United States Geological Survey warns of low grade nitrate deposits at home and reliance on Chilean imports for gunpowder and explosives. It urges rapid development of water power to build a government nitrate plant, opposing private control of remaining water powers and other natural resources.

Ainning Water-Power-Trust United States

Nose Pride and Odd Tales From Walla Walla

Fragmented selections recount musings on noses and pride, a peculiar tree with sideways branches and self-supporting roots, fables of a woman at a butcher shop, and lighthearted boycott quips. Also notes on local photography and a question about Pershing’s fate.

M. T. Cranium Walla Walla

Editor's Mail for Living Wage in Tacoma

A letter condemns minimum wage and eight hour laws as placing Washington workers at a disadvantage. It argues workers lose hours and profits compared to Oregon and urges preserving higher wages and the eight hour day to support families and homes.

Faltor the Star Tacoma Washington

Dawn O’Hara’s Return to Writing After Orme Strife

Dawn O’Hara recalls a tumultuous marriage to Peter Orme and his downfall into madness. After hospitalization and recovery with Norah and Max, physician Von Gerhard encourages Dawn to write again, suggesting she work from home and balance housework with magazine fiction.

New York Norah Ely Room Orme Peter Orme Shaughnessy Burke

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