Free Trade Bugaboo in Republican Washington Debate
Republican partisans in Washington critique British and American aims on trade policy. They note England presses a 50 year boycott against Germany and Austria Hungary, arguing free trade stirs strong political currents. They predict a protectionist issue in the country’s postwar campaign and call for removal of barriers to trade. Last day for candidacy filings concludes as observers scout potential dark horses.
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Washington
England
Germany
Man in Nebraska Digging Own Grave Killed
An elderly man from Rising Sun Nebraska reportedly finished digging his own grave when a fall into the excavated hole proved fatal. A newspaper correspondent notes the broader idea that people often "dig their graves" through intemperance疲, overwork, and insanitary living conditions, urging readers to draw their own conclusions.
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Favetean
Honolulu City Board Plans Daylight Hawaii Phase
Honolulu officials consider adopting a daylight scheme in Hawaii. Sugar districts have long advanced clocks during grinding season. The piece notes wider trends, political jabs, and wartime morale shifts, including coal trade, voting, taxes, and thrift stamps.
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Waikiki
Honolulu
Hawaii
Seattle
Without You Life Will Seem Wrong and Lonely
Poetic verse laments life without a beloved person, imagining dull routine, lost zest, and gray existence. A stray editorial note mocks a misprint about the Pearce Connolly club, calling out a typographical error confusing loyal with Irieh. The piece ends with a newsy blurb about a cow attack on Alva Mallory in a box stall.
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Old Pipe
Joseph McNulty
Pearce- Connolly Club
Pearce-Connolly
McNulty
Pearce Connolly
Loyel
Daily Bugle Report Mixed With Local Gossip
Pete Nacon argues with photographer Reb Derman over photos he posed for and wants Derman to remove them. Poet Ed Hicks notes fewer postcard visitors due to a cent tax. Clare Jones and others discuss Willow’s fashion and the public square flag pole repaint with a fall return planned.
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Pete Nacon
Reb Derman
Seeme
Pete
Derman
Derma
Becaus
Reindeer Meat Boom Suggested for U S from Alaska Herds
Nome citizens buy 4,000 reindeer from Lapland herders as preparations begin to ship meat in quantity. Alaska’s vast grazing lands could support 20 million animals, offsetting beef shortages, if laws allow wider ownership and imports while protecting native herds.
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America
Alaska
Far
North
United States
Nome
Siberia
J. L. Met*herson
Seature Chamber of Commerce
Lapland
Don't worry about your Liberty bonds
Washington January 19. Market quotes show Liberty bonds at 98 percent and 4 per cent bonds around 97. Analysts explain the drop reflects a rising bond market and reduced purchasing power rather than danger. They urge holders to view bonds as long term investments and not cash substitutes with temporary fluctuations.
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Washington
Jan
Uncle Sam
Cascarets promise fast cold relief and cleansing
A vintage ad touts Cascarets as a nightly laxative to relieve colds by cleansing the stomach and bowels. It claims the product purges undigested food and poisons, reduces bile, and freshens the head by morning. Children are encouraged to use the candy cathartic as needed.
Now I lay me down to sleep soldier prayer echoes in war
Major Guthrie recalls a dying Scot who refused to be prayed for yet uttered the childhood prayer before dying. He notes soldiers fear death little and prize devout, mother taught piety, preferring devotional music and uplifting speeches over sermons. Mothers’ lessons shape many men in trenches.
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Doren
Elthe
Mother
Registered Dentists Offer Guaranteed Work at Low Prices
Seattle residents urged to visit Dr J Brown in the Orpheum Theatre Building for painless operations. Open evenings, located at Third Ave and Madison St for extensive dental services with guaranteed work at the lowest prices.
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Seattle
J. Brown
Orpheum Theatre
Third Ave
Madison St
Slippery Gulch War Fund Bazaar Set at Masonic Temple
A frontier log town re-creation titled Slippery Gulch will host a Masonic soldiers war fund bazaar at the Pine and Harvard Masonic Temple the last three nights in January. Angora grotto plans a varied program with old-time games and fun money supplied for attendees. A Buffalo paper ad fragment notes a fishing outfit for sale and two setter dogs, intriguing anglers who target Puget Sound dogfish.
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Masonic Soldiers’ War Fund
Angora Grotto
Masonic Temple
Pine
Harvard
Buffalo
Puget Sound
Better Than Calomel Liver Tonic Promises Relief
An advertising claim touts BETTER THAN CALOMEL as a liver tonic from Dr Edwards. The copy suggests it cures lazy feelings and improves liver function with a quick, mild remedy.
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Coset
Edwards
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