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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1918
Page
6
Letters from Seattle Star readers discuss surviving on $100 a month with a family of five. The thrifty tips urge caution, conservation, and cooperation, including garden growing and rationing, while contrasting one mother's claim it cannot be done.
Mrs Clyde Rand of Barlington Washington details a household plan to cut indulgences and donate saved money toward the war. Her family of six tightens belts by skipping pies and treats, sewing, and shopping frugally to save about 190 dollars monthly.
Letter from Seattle Star editor denounces the phrase American standard of living as unpatriotic during wartime. It urges men to sacrifice personal comforts for the war effort, contrasting with soldiers in trenches and cantonments. The piece calls for shared duty and sacrifice.
Washington reports the department of agriculture urges farmers to boost poultry production to supply more meat for American troops. The agency stresses the hen must do her duty and join the war effort, expanding chicken farming to support democracy and deliver meat from Atlantic ports to fight Germany.
The John B. Allen Parent-Teachers Association schedules a 3 p.m. Wednesday meeting in the school. Miss Mary F. Rausch of the university will lecture and Miss Clara M. Hartle will wing notes.
A benefit dance will be held Saturday evening at the Mount Baker Park club house for Company L, joint infantry. The unit, formerly Company L of the Second Washington Infantry, is now at the front, consisting of Seattle boys.
G. J. Danz, president of the Hoflus Steel and Equipment Co., was slightly injured Monday in a collision with a Rainier Valley car while driving his auto. He left Seattle General Hospital for home shortly after. His daughter Frances also sustained slight injuries and did not stay long in the hospital.
Hartford resident Mrs. William Cotter describes long years of neuralgia relief after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She reports severe head and facial pain, temporary remedies failed, but within a month of starting the pills she improved and has had no return. Pills claim to build blood, tone nerves, and aid digestion without harmful drugs.
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