Gas Consumer Costs Spark State Commission Testimony
The Seattle Light controversy over a 25 cent monthly ready to serve charge and a 15 cent per 1000 cubic feet gas rate led to expert witness testimony before the state service commission. Company officials argued profits justify higher charges while cross examination questioned fairness and tax allocation amid wartime costs and public impact.
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Seattle Light Company
State Service Commission
Com-P
Cross Nation
Henry J. Lee
Chicago
Ttted
Ian Biakin
Chairne
Blaine
Kance
Disarmament Key to Peace in World War I Outlook
The text argues disarmament as the sole path to end autocratic rule in Germany, citing Wilson and Lloyd George and invoking a peacetime program led by German dissidents. It touches on wartime austerity, Red Cross appeals, and various political and military notes as context.
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Liebknecht
Ledebour
Wilson
Middle Empire
Berlin-to-Bagdad
Prussia
Lloyd George
Daughter Found Remedy That Saved Her Mother
Mrs. Mary K. Peroutka of Milladore Wisconsin advocates Frustola and Traxo for gall stones and stomach trouble. She credits one Frustola dose with relief and notes her husband also benefited. The claim references purchase without prescription and a mail order to Pinus Laboratories Monticello Illinois.
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Mary K. Peroutka
Milladore
Wise
Pinus Laboratories
Monticello
Why pick on holidays for carpet pests
A humorous plea questions why a harmless home in any distant desert or icy glacier would be a good living space. The reader mocks common workers who hammer or move furniture on holidays and asks readers to write to Congress to make April 1 a holiday for these pests.
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Sahara Desert
North Pole
Florida
Maine
Alaska
California
Klee
the Star
Seattle
Green Lake
Duthte Shipyard
Nanny Nabbers and Oddities in a 1920s Column
A fragmentary column from a Nebraska Democrat page jokes about nannies and eggs, politics, and everyday curios. It references a Louisiana grower dyeing cotton, McAdoo, converting passenger coaches to freight cars, and nostalgia for government takeovers.
Flock of Hens Will Help Us Defeat Kaiser
Washington report on a WWI food plan urged farmers to withhold hens until after the laying season to boost egg output. W. F. Priebe of the Food Administration argued a hen’s egg yield plus its food value would help inflation. He noted high prices risk depleting flocks and urged delaying selling to support supplies.
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Kaiser
Washington
America
W. F. Priebe
Poultry Division
The
Food Administration
Priebie
Lessons from Mayor Church on wartime city planning
Toronto mayor Thomas J. Church outlines wartime governance ideas for American cities. Focus on trimming nonessential spending, avoiding new debt for revenue projects, employing returning soldiers, aiding dependents without overlap, and expanding civic work tenfold. He notes Toronto mobilized heavily and set up a Commission of Five to prepare for postwar conditions, with public positions reserved for veterans.
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Toronto
Thomas J. Church
Canada
Lere
United States
Church
Dominions
USA
Soldier Laments Loneliness While Convalescing in Camp Lewis Hospital
Private Tom Brotherton of the Second Washington Infantry, hospitalized since October after a bus collision that crushed both legs, voices a lonesome wait for France duty. He hails from Mount Vernon and expects a lengthy recovery before discharge.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Tom Crotherton
Brotherton
Ward 71
Camp Lewie Base Hospital
Camp
Mount Vernon
Tom Ttrotherton
Hane Hospital
Cano Lewis, Tacoum
Wanh
Letters to the Editor Highlight Civic Debate and Transport
Readers discuss interned women and relatives of servicemen, health costs, and moral judgments. They urge Seattle officials to allow access for relatives and propose transport and traffic fixes to ease shipyard and ferry congestion.
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Uncle Sam
Health Department of
Seattle
King County
Sam
Cascarets Card for the Elderly Bowel Health
An old advertisement extols Cascarets as a gentle natural tonic to keep bowels active for people of age. It emphasizes regular help for constipation, avoids harsh physic, and promotes a 10 cent box available at any drug store. It also compares age related sluggishness to the need for supportive remedies.
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Sauer
United States
Towne
Owl Drug Co
Bartell Drug Co
Swift's
Proper Baby Care From Bathing To Tooth Cleaning
Do not wash a healthy baby's mouth. Use a soft cloth or gauze and cooled boiled water once teeth emerge. Bathe baby daily with water 90 to 95 degrees, cooler by year end. Test temperature with elbow, protect from drafts, and dry gently with a soft towel. Best bath time is before the morning feeding.
A E Griffiths Jr Reaches French Base
Austin E Griffiths Jr announces his safe arrival in France with American expeditionary forces. Griffiths, a Seattle native and former member of the Second Washington regiment, arrives with the late contingent.
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Austin E. Griffiths
Austin 1. Griffiths, Jr
France
Griffiths
Seattle
Second Washington Regiment
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