War era urges higher production and modern industry push
The piece argues war taught efficiency and mass production, urging society to cut waste, mobilize labor, and boost productivity. It cites allied lessons, women’s industrial roles, and plans for roads, schools, irrigation, and anti poverty efforts, ending with a note on an aero club stockade vote.
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America
Englland
France
Great Britain
England
Italy
Hun
Bolshev
Prohibition Referendum Debate Sparks Mixed Reactions
A heated debate questions whether ratification of the prohibition amendment should be by referendum or initiative. Distillers and wine makers advocate direct public input, while critics note inconsistency and fear expanded direct democracy could alter constitutional processes.
Secret Peace Conference On Open Diplomacy Debate
The piece critiques a French proposal for a peace conference seen as a star chamber session. It hopes open diplomacy becomes real and peoples are sometimes consulted. A surgeon treats the ex-kaiser while wartime petitions and railroad suits spark public chatter.
A Little More Co Operation in This Cooking Game
A humorous look at home cooking stresses and fair sharing in meal prep. It contrasts ready made cafeteria dishes with food cooked to order and urges husbands to consider their role and timing before blaming wives for culinary flaws.
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Hub
Wife
Vision for a Democratic Path to Russia’s Soviets
The New Republic argues that Bolshevism thrived on hunger fear and despair and warns Western powers against starving Central Russia to empower emigre monarchists. It proposes aiding Soviet Russia through co operatives while probationing soviet governance and conditioning recognition on democracy and renunciation of revolutionary propaganda to separate Soviets from the proletarian dictatorship.
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Russia
Kolchak
Denikine
Soviet Russia
New Republic
Theodore Roosevelt Believed In Himself Always
The piece praises Theodore Roosevelt as a model of self belief and relentless effort. It traces how his faith in himself drove his rise to leadership and his lasting impact on American politics and progress, noting his life from youth to death as a constant striving to live up to his ideals.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
Europe
Roosevelt
Theodore Roose
Y. Knott
Lina Mupp
R. R. Carr
Tenants face rent hikes amid paying capacity concerns
A letter from tenants in an apartment building near West Royal describes repeated rent increases after a previous pledge of no further rises. They cite hardship, illegal housing costs, and fear of displacement, urging fair treatment and affordable living. A second reader condemns prohibition enforcement as creating lawbreakers and hypocrisy in society.
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the Star
Weat Royal
Public sentiment on profiteers and petty shirkers noted
The Star letters criticize picture show fellows and others who avoid war tax costs. The writer argues theater charges and freight bills shift the burden to consumers, urging accountability for profiteers and shirkers in wartime pricing.
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the Star
Co. FP
Christenson
Clean Street Cars and Crime Fight Call to Action
A letter to The Star urges the health department to force the traction company to wash streetcar windows with hot water and carbolic acid, claiming dirty cars spread germs and flu. Another letter criticizes police focus on bootleg liquor, urging equal vigor against all crime and noting the writer votes dry.
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the Star
Traction Company
Health Department
Warns on influenza as critics urge streetcar cleanliness
A reader blames Dr Me Bride and Mayor Hanson for hygiene lapses and calls for thorough cleaning of streetcars. The writer describes long-standing dirt under seats, discarded materials, and dust rising with wind, asking for water washing and better sanitation.
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the Star
Bride
Mayor Hanson
F. B. Burke Ave
British Columbia Forms Moderation Party For Beer Access
Vancouver telegram reports a new moderation party forming as a rival to the prohibition movement in British Columbia. Backed by wealthy citizens, the group aims to push beer and Hecht wine legislation at the province's assembly next month while insisting bars be abolished forever.
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Vancouver
FR. C
People's Moderation Party
People's Prohibition Party
W. C. Findlay
Moderation
Lsts
British Columbia Assembly
Hecht
Returned Toilers Tell Of Miseries In Alaska Cannery
California Washington and Oregon labor investigators reveal brutal conditions at Alaska salmon canneries. Reports describe malnutrition deaths, overwork sixteen hour days, foremen led gambling orgies, and contracts with Chinese laborers. Details cite foul diet, unsanitary utensils, and paid deductions masking starvation.
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Alaska
Pernest J. Hopkins
N. Ki. A
San Francisco
Dan
Labor Commissioners
California
Washington
Oregon
Mexico
San Diego
Los Angeles
Seattle
Arsenio Fernandez
L. H. Saxon
Fornia
Quirky Items and Jokes From a Turbulent Era
A collage of humorous Q and A snippets, mispunctuated quips, and brief notes from Marshall County, Tennessee, and London. Mentions of Mrs. Vernon Castle, Lloyd George, Wilson, and a national restaurant profiteering jab reflect a loose era tone with oddball jokes and social trivia.
Michigan May Become Only Half-Wet State
Lansing January 16 The state with Detroit as its dry hub may vote in April on a halfwet measure. A proposed constitutional amendment would legalize sale of beer and light wines if approved, with sales to run May 7 to July when national prohibition takes effect. The effort, petitioned by hotel men and the Michigan Hotel Men's Association backs it, faces opposition from Anti-Saloon League lawyers. The amendment would permit import, manufacture, sale and possession of cider wines beers ale and porter with local option to prohibit within cities or townships.
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N. BE A
Lansing
Michigan
America
Detroit
Supreme Court
Michigan Hotel Men's Association
Opening Concert of Amphions At Plymouth Church
About 1500 attendees filled Plymouth church for the Amphion society opening concert. Conductor Claude Madden led the choral portions with soloist Mrs. Mary H. King and organist Judson W. Mather. the program closed with a choral setting of a Cyril Arthur Player poem.
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Amphion Society
Plymouth
Claude Madden
Mary H. King
Judson W. Mather
Cyril Arthur
Attorneys Must Register With County Clerk By February 1
Seattle attorneys are required to register with the county clerk before February 1 under the 1917 statute or risk losing the right to practice. County Clerk Thomas notes many local lawyers have not yet filed. Registrants must provide their names firm connections and business addresses to the clerk of the county where they reside.
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Seatte
Thomas
Hindenburg to Lead German March Against Poles
Copenhagen reports that Field Marshal Von Hindenburg will command a German army marching against the Poles in the peasant district (January 16).
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Copenhagen
Bromberg
von Hindenburg
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Seattle Star
Seventh Ave
Union St
Barn OF Scripts
Northwest League OF Newsravens
Pelegraph News Service of the
United Preas Association
Beattie
Wash
Reth
Thestar Publishing Co
Legis
Department of the Interior
Aero Club
Beacon Hills
McAdoo
Kaiser
John
John Barleycorn
Yanks
Elmer
Herb
Charles Stelzle
Stelzle
T.R
Himself
Editor's Mail
Kent
Joan J. Heinen
Galer At
Fedlctor of the Star
K. D. Gardner
West
Elmerove St
British Columbia
Union Street
Fernandez
A. H. Warner
James Hennessey
Montana
Willam Wilcox
Berkeley
Warner
T Foreman
James V. Marchese
Chicago
Pomer
Darwin
Buffalo
Vernon Castle
Foote
MR. C. Grey
A. Corr Dean
Grover Woods
Thorely
M. T. Gunn
Ima Booth
Solon Vamp
Grey
Varna
Arthur Lindstrom
Marshall County
Democrat
National Restaurant
London
Germany
Lloyd George
Wales
Wilson
Antil Saloon League
Hindenburg
Poles
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