Australia and US ties in event of war
Melbourne Review notes Australians would join the United States if a conflict erupts with Japan. It argues neutral stance is impossible and compares population densities of Germany and Nippon to explain potential expansion. Two Seattle burglars found with nitro glycerine bottle add a grim aside.
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Australia
United States
Melbourne Review
America
Japan
Europe
Far East
Germany
Nippon
Asia
East Indies
Seattle
How to Make $50 000 A Year Advice From MP Higham
British MP C F Higham urges aspiring workers to act boldly and pursue opportunity. He says a healthy man can earn $50 000 annually by taking pains, taking risks, and getting others to work out ideas while remaining confident and courteous. The piece notes a boxing carnival for ex service men honoring Gen ing and hints at a jarring interruption from a humorist.
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C. F. Higham
Higham
Gening
Arrival of Maurice Maeterlinck Sparks Fashion and Thought
The piece notes Maurice Maeterlinck’s arrival in America stirring fashion and society, with blue bird motifs predicted to influence trends. It recalls his Normandy villa and the impact of his works Pelleas and Melisande and The Blue Bird, aided by Georgette LeBlanc, and contrasts intellectual dinners with humble dreams.
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America
Maurice Maeter
Maurice Maeterlinck
Normandy
Pelleas
Melisande
Georgette LeBlanc
Maurice
Pher
Bit o Good Nature and a Moment of Hope
A narrator notes how a simple smile and good nature can calm tears and lift spirits as a mother reassures her child after a candy spill. The piece then pivots to wartime gloom and future forecasts, mentioning rising prices, Kaiser losses, a serum against yellow fever, and expectations of a Soviet presence in Washington in 1920.
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Edwin J. Brown
D. D
Columbia ST
Seattle
Stanwood to Everett Admits Laughter Amid Pranks
A breezy column recounts a humorous road trip from Stanwood to Everett, a traffic stop for 45 mph, and lighthearted quips about Haig, Ukrainians, and bandit chatter. It touches on Prohibition era woes, political banter, and local gossip with a wink.
What the Immigrant Ought to Know by Dr Frank Crane
An outline of U S laws foreigners should understand noting marriage consent for under 18, bigamy, alimony, child desertion, licensing for peddling, gambling bans, bribery, animal cruelty, weapon possession, mailing insults, streetcar tickets, public cleanliness, fire escapes, desecration of the flag, library tampering and nuisance laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Crane
Domestic pets linked to child disease in public health report
A report submitted to the surgeon general highlights how household pets may spread virulent diseases to children. It cites a fatal infant case of smallpox-like illness and notes dogs and cats implicated in transmitting infections to neighboring homes.
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Public Health Service
Seto
Arma
Altho
Information Bureau answers general hygiene questions
The Uncle Sam column states that the M. I.0 will answer in this column or by mail questions of general interest relating to hygiene sanitation and the use of disease prevention. Address Information Editor Washington D C for queries.
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Sam
Maii
Information Feditor
Washington
I. G
Providence and Doctor Debt in a Witty Exchange
A very ill man tells a plain friend that Dr Jones brought him through illness. The friend replies that Providence did the healing, not the doctor. The man concedes but notes the doctor will charge for it. This quip appears in the Doctor's Leisure Hour.
Notable January Passages From History and Literature
The record notes events on January 16 across centuries including Charles V resigning Spain to Philip II in 1556, Spenser’s death in 1599, Gibbon’s death in 1794, and the National Academy of Design's founding in 1826. It also cites a 1918 U S fuel order restricting plant fuel use during wartime and related milk price battles.
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Charles V
Germany
Don Carlos I
Spain
Philip
Edmund Spenser
Spenser
London
Ireland
England
Edward Gibbon
Gibbon
Putney
Rome
Roman Empire
National Academy of Design
New York
United States Fuel Commission
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U. S. of A
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McAdoo
Mac
New York Telephone Company
Junkers
E. P
Everett True
Uncle Sam MD
United Painless
Third Ave
Cor. James St
Elliott
Butler Drug CO
J. . Chase
A ‘ James
Tom O'Shanter
Seattle Symphony
Wellia
John Spargur
Symphony Concerta
Meany Hall
First National
James 3
S‘eattle
Fisherman’s Market
First Avenue
Union and
Pike
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