Even Austrians Despise Germans Amid War Rumors
The piece recounts wild Allied and American stories as Austrians suffer food shortages. Budapest is depicted with German officers stalled at meals, desers, and neglected infrastructure. Swiss bread is scarce while French bread appears ordinary to a hungry child. The text cites anti German sentiment and calls La Follette’s newspapers to account for Lusitania rhetoric.
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Budapest
Switzerland
Germany
la Follette
la Lusitania
Austria
Al Lawrence of The Star Becomes Army Corporal in France
The Star office boy turned Army corporal Albert Lawrence of Battery B 83rd U S field artillery reports he volunteered for transfer to the regular army to reach France and Berlin. He notes comfort in artillery school and looks forward to joining the front.
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al Lawrence
Albert Lawrence
83Rd U. S. Field Artillery
Star
Sam Blythe
Mme. Jomelll
Seattle
America
France
Berlin
Untitled fragment hints at war effort and thrift stamps
Fragment mentions future resources and final destruction of Kaiserism, then asks about thrift stamps. The text includes odd phrases like Onan ate dow, suggesting OCR errors and unclear context about wartime propaganda and thrift stamps.
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Kaiseriam
I W W Plan Timber Strike Foretold in Northwest
In Raymond Washington on February 16 local interpretation of stickers on windows predicts an I W W timber strike in May. Stickers show a lumberjack burning a bindle with May First and demand for an eight hour day. Two Finnish laborers held on vagrancy charges pending government advice.
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Raymond
Waah
Northwest
Sandstrom Arrested as IWW Organizer in Oregon Camp
Tillamook February 15 An alien named Elmer Sandstrom admitted he sought work in a local lumber camp to organize it for the IWW and was held to await grand jury action. He carried IWW applications cards and photos of a logger burning his blankets.
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Tillamook
Ore
Elmer Bandatrom
Grand
Sandstrom
Father of Fourteen Passes Away at Home
Lewis A. Boyd, 72, of 3217 Third Ave West, Seattle, died at his home Thursday after 20 years in the city. He is survived by his wife Mary L. Boyd and five sons. He served as county commissioner for Antelope County Nebraska and county clerk for Skagit County Washington. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
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Lewis A. Boyd
Third Ave
Boyd
Seattle
Mary L. Boyd
Antelope County
Nebraska
Skagit County
Washington
George Washington Bust Found In School Vault
The bust of George Washington stolen from Broadway high school was discovered safe in the school vault during a night class. Principal V. K. Froula was alerted by a teacher that the statue had been relocated rather than stolen.
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Beattie
George Washington
Broadway
V. K. Froula
German Treachery at Work in Poland
The Mail argues Germany undermines Poland’s unity by reviving demands for territory and re partitioning land, noting the impact on Poland and the broader American view. The piece questions whether the public understands Germany’s actions and their consequences.
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Poland
London
Germany
the Mail
Women's Union Suits and Silk Stockings at The Bon Marche
Medium weight cotton union suits in plain white with high neck sleeves offered at one dollar. Silk-boot stockings priced at 75 cents per pair feature elastic lisle garter tops full fashioned feet and double lisle soles. Available in multiple colors on the upper main floor of The Bon Marche.
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BON Marche
French Serge Dresses and Frocks on Second Floor
French Serge dresses with side fastenings and drapes priced at 15.00. Serge frocks pleated with slender silhouette and white collars at 15.00. Coat style serge with white vestee and buckled girdles at 17.50. Youthful serge dresses with embroidery at 17.50. Second floor.
Seattle Germans Who Failed to Register Face Arrests
Federal officials said several hundred Seattle Germans who did not register as alien enemies will be arrested. Agents and police will sweep the city for those evading registration after only 1,015 of about 2,000 expected compliant at police headquarters by 6 p.m. Thursday. Those lacking certificates will be held for federal investigation.
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Seattle
Wight
Costs Ten Cents To Swear At Dry Dock
In Seattle the Construction and Dry Dock company fines any man who uses profanity in the government office ten cents. The collected fines go to the Red Cross and are carried to headquarters by the office boy.
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Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Company
Red Cross
Portland Woman Dies After East Side Car Crash
Mrs. Eagar Heaton died at a local hospital after the automobile she rode in with her husband collided with another car on the East Side last night. Her skull was fractured in the crash. The report notes the fatality occurred early today.
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Portland
Eagar Heaton
Seattle Girl Spy Suspect Pleads for Marriage to Leybold
Miss Marie Dechmann, a Seattle student and alleged mail examiner at Fort Douglas, is jailed in Salt Lake City after her arrest linking her to a U S pastor Henry Leehmann and fiancee Leybold. She seeks bail and asserts innocence while authorities pursue the case.
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Germany
Canada
United States
Miss Dechmann
Leybold
Fort Worth
Seattle
University of Washington
Bernard Lindenburger
Salmon Canner
39Th Ave
British Columbia
Lake Washington
Lindenburger
Lindenburgers
Seybold
Louis Dechmann
Deckman
Deckmann
Salt Lake City
August Mehlhorn
Mehlhorn
Beth Leehmann
Germans Refuse Enemy Alien Registration as Citizens of Heaven
Four German members of the Church of the Living God in Berkeley claim they are citizens of heaven and enemies of no land, and refuse to register as enemy aliens under arrest.
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Heaven
Berkeley
Cal
Church of the Living God
Intra Terminal Switching Move Blocked by Autos
City streets chief C. R. Case says auto trucks cannot be used for intra terminal movement because Seattle streets would not support the traffic. He spoke to Judge Moore, head of the streets and sewers panel, after a public service commission hearing on proposed intra terminal railroad switching charges set at 60 cents per ton.
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Seattle
C. R. Case
Case
Moore
City Council
Public Service Commission
Western woman missing in New York hotel
Police and private detectives search for Annie O Keyser of Los Angeles who vanished from a New York hotel a month ago after visiting her brother Dr Ralph Opdyke. A hotel bill check was later found, but no trace has surfaced.
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New York
Annie O. Keyser
Los Angeles
Ralph Opdyke
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