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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1919
Page
7
The Star warns that a broad challenge to government is unfolding in Seattle as a general strike escalates. The piece frames the action as a test of citizenship and loyalty, insisting that residents decide under which flag they stand and urging men and women to choose patriotism over disruptive aims.
Opinion argues 11 percent of port officials turn back so called undesirables while thousands of interned enemy aliens face confinement or release. The writer questions deportation, feeding enemies, and double standards against citizens who fought for the country. He calls for action and criticizes political inaction and appeasement toward foreign threats.
A fragmented column blends the will o the wisps of folklore with notes on happiness and love. It contrasts the lure of intangible desires with the one must have, love, while mixing stray lines about Germany in postwar politics and diplomacy and warnings about future peace.
An article outlines egg price drivers from production costs to middlemen profits. It contrasts farm prices 25 cents a dozen with store prices 45 to 60 cents, and explains home production can drop to about 30 cents per dozen using scraps, garden scraps, and cheap grain with proven laying hens.
A column advertises charity value through donations. It promises doubled relief and offers clothing items including suits coats dresses and hats at the Florence Upstairs Stour. The piece reads as promotional copy urging support and indicating a beneficent sale or drive.
Robert Laughlin responds to a letter from a so called Returned Soldier. He argues against shaming women for working in easy jobs and urges addressing underlying causes. He says there is a world in the making and calls for solutions rather than blaming poor girls earning honest wages.
A letter argues the risk of a prolonged strike as workers and employers clash over wages in shipyards. It calls for removing young helpers, setting an age limit, and shifting funds from team activities to raise real workers’ pay. It suggests craft workers deserve higher wages than laborers and urges practical bargaining postwar.
Miss Anna Eklund, deaconess of the American church in Petrograd, reports W. D. Childs, Western Union representative in Russia, died of starvation in the Russian zone.
The war department announced five transports have left France carrying 1,200 officers and 12,500 men.
Special report from Berlin says Will Hindenburg may seek sanctuary in the Luene monastery after demobilization. The Vonsiche Zeitung notes a leader under threat could retreat to church protection, citing Luene’s famed Benedictine nunnery and historic religious complex.
The Star presents a ninth in a series of debates by U S Senators on the League of Nations. The exchanges run parallel to global discussions at the Paris peace conference.
Senator John D. Shafroth argues for a world peace framework through an international court and a lasting treaty. He notes the wartime loans approval and urges continued commitment to collective security under President Wilson’s peace efforts.
A 1919 American scene shows a pro and anti stance with Duncan W. Fletcher of Florida supporting the for side and Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma opposing. The speaker laments misalignment with both sides of the league issue and calls for the next hearing on the matter.
Washington February 6 The Anti-Suffrage leader Mrs James W Wadsworth says she would leave her husband if she were the Kaiserin noting the kaiser is in the wrong She cites deification of the Kaiser and the Kaiserin as complicit in the regime Poindexter and his wife offer contrasting views on whether the Kaiserin should stay with or leave the Kaiser amid exile and decline at Amerongen Netherlands The piece contrasts feminist and anti feminist opinions among prominent women and questions about duty loyalty and how a wife should respond to her husband in crisis
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