Germany to challenge United States on the high seas
Spearheaded by Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany seeks naval supremacy with a 12 year shipbuilding plan. By 1917 Germany expects 38 battleships 20 first class cruisers 34 fast cruisers 144 torpedo boats, surpassing American fleets and threatening Atlantic diplomacy. The program raises annual costs and manpower to fuel a stronger fleet.
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Germany
United States
Harry G. Farmer
Tar
Derlin
Jan
Reichstag
American Congress
Panama Canal
South Armerica
Washington
America
Poritain
Kalver
Kaiber
Kelver
Montana
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kateer
Murphy for Mayor: Fire Star backs Councilman Murphy
The Fire Star presents Councilman Murphy as an available candidate for Seattle mayor. It praises his independent stance, bold civic actions, and a platform favoring public ownership of utilities while denying any formal candidacy. The piece argues voters seek a true leader over party lines.
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Fire Star
Murphy
Seattle
Star
Ballinger
Fremont Boom and Heady Tales Amid Holiday Shops
Fragments describe Fremont as booming with seasonal humor and local color. The wooden Indian at Youngman’s cigar store appears in new winter attire while social and theatrical chatter mix jokes about lawyers, managers, and stage life at festive gatherings.
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Fremont
Youngman
Rocking the Boat and Civic Plans in Cleveland
A quirky clipping reports Bob Fitzsimmons named life member of the water wagon executive committee. The group, praising Cleveland officials' Edge water Brookside boulevard plan, hints at a gym act, a nonhorizontal bar, and a request to the secretary of war for the officer who first used the water cure in the Philippines. It notes a resident exchange about cook resignations and cites Congress blocking over ten thousand bills with more expected after January.
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Bob Fitzsimmons
Association
Fitzsimmons
Louthie Punch
Cleveland
Philippines
Passionate marriage vow on a distant shore tale
Clinton Calorme marries a dying man’s ward to fulfill a will’s condition and ensure her sister Blanche’s care. Five years later, a man named Calorme returns after a voyage and meets his wife again by the shore, realizing she loved him from afar and now seeks reunion.
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Clinton Calorine
India
Clinton Calorme
Siala
Calorme
Blanche
Wedding of Soul and Spirit With the One Fair Woman
A fragment describes a poetic wedding moment where Harlage and Ohly exchange vows and Clinton Calorme kisses the bride with tender reverence. The scene hints at lasting devotion and a deep emotional bond between the couple.
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Harlage
Ohly WU
Agnacet
Cinton
Clinton Calorme
Ida Voles
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Wall Street
Ume
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Jen
Miles
Massachusetts
Sarah Bernhard
Palatiael Hotel
Congress
THE
School OF Quality
MY Wife
Willie
Bert
Barak
Barry Cornwall
Gilett
Bed Rock
Eastern Outfitting Co
Dnc
Pike St
Fifth Ave
Reliable Credit House
Second Ave
Williams
Aisa
Colgate
Prici
Palmer’s
la France Rose
Colgate’s
Enth Regiment
Vallant
Queier
Ail
Taek
Quaker Drug CO
First Avenue
Melba
Steinway
Messrs. Steinway & Sons
Nellie Melba
Sherman, Clay & Company
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