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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1918
Page
4
A reflective passage explores future liberty and peace, then centers on the burden and stigma of illegitimacy. The narrator longs for lawful and moral acceptance of all children, fears heartbreak over future pregnancies, and contemplates motherhood after a long absence. The voice addresses a confidant with intimate concerns about family, society, and law.
Cynthia Grey offers party ideas for a Valentine event with heart shaped invitations decorations and treats. She suggests heart games and a guest write a Valentine in verse with a prize for the best.
Advertisement claims Marmola Prescription Tablets can reduce two to four pounds weekly without exercise or dieting and urges readers to obtain the product from Marmola Co at 844 Woodward Ave Detroit or through a druggist.
The piece argues war leaders insist on fighting until the central powers concede to peace, while German and Austrian civilians suffer. It cites bread shortages, rising deaths, a “bread disease,” and crime amid strikes. It says two parties contest control. the war party seeks bold offensives, the people’s party calls for conciliation and peace, with Paris and Calais as potential gains.
In Tacoma on February 11, Federal Judge Cushman sentenced seven W W's who circulated false reports about the government while at Camp Lewis. Sentences ranged from one year and a day to five years. Leonard Foster, John B B Phelan and William Hodges got five years each. Frederick A. Martin, Joan Perry and John Edward Casey two years. Patrick Mullen one year and a day. William Collings received 15 months for a separate charge claiming the government starved its soldiers in France.
Orders from the adjutant general discharge 145 alien enemies from the national army at Camp Lewis. They are Austrian and German and will be required to register as such when they reach their homes.
Ice swept through the Monongahela river gorge causing an estimated 335000 dollars in damage. Movement began Sunday and one steamboat was destroyed while several coal barges and apples were wrecked or sunk.
In New York on February 11 the Metall Millinery Association of America showcased spring models to about 1,200 attendees. A Class A blue ribbon went to a red straw turban with a black wing.
Mothers praise the fruit laxative for its pleasant taste and gentle cleansing of the stomach liver and bowels. A teaspoonful clears foul waste and bile then restores a playful child. The bottle carries dosing directions for all ages and warns against counterfeits.
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