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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1918
Page
5
Cle Elum residents organize a stock company to manage relief from the recent conflagration. The civic body aims to rehabilitate the city center and aid residents affected by the ash and fire aftermath. Local leaders statement underscores collective action and municipal rebuilding efforts.
Gov. J A Burnquist warned he would dismiss Minneapolis Mayor Thomas Van Lear and Police Chief Louis Harhill unless actions were taken to quell rioting tied to the newsboys strike. The strike arose after a 25 cent per 100 papers raise from one dollar.
Two boys George Wade age 10 and Louis Jacobson age 11 were found in a swamp near Georgetown by Patrolman D M Baer after setting out with food and a blanket to work in spruce lumber camps. They were returned home.
A letter from a reader in Vermont recounts heartbreak from parental interference and social pressure. The writer blames failed romances on mothers who push for wealth and status and on inability to meet a wealthier standard. A final note claims the 20th century maid seeks a millionaire and ends with the writer doubting his own education to win a wife.
An unidentified writer explains refusing marriage, arguing life is governed by heredity and environment. He cites the four pillars of success and vows to avoid parenthood under constraints that would hinder mental moral physical and economic perfection.
Margaret Anglin and her company perform the English comedy Billeted at the Metropolitan on July 8 9 and 10. She plays the heroine arguing extravagance is economical during wartime and cites her collection of frocks as help to tide over hard times. The production travels from New York and Chicago.
A working woman laments endless loneliness after wartime shifts and dances prove no match. She worries suitors seek only pretty faces, longs for a cozy home with a husband and baby, and fears men will remain scarce after the war. A. J. signs off.
A reader named Maid o Summer asks about extreme sweating that wets clothes despite light dress. The reply urges seeing a top physician for evaluation and possible prescription.
Former New York mayor John Purroy Mitchel, 34 when elected in 1913, died in a plane crash after a transfer from San Diego to Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La. He served as mayor 1914 to 1917 and was a reform figure who supported military preparedness and civic projects.
The Oak opens with Lazy's Wedding Day led by Monte Carter and George White. At the Pantages Dixie's big tabloid Quakertown to Broadway headlines with Wohlman Emily Darrell and Marion Munson in new acts plus Lincoln screen feature. The Palace hosts Willie Zimmerman in impersonations of war heroes and a trio of vaudeville acts including Keeffer Alberta and Down on the Farm. Lyric presents Rats the musical comedy by Walter Owena company with a chorus and vaudeville lineup.
A narrator reflects on aging, love, and the mismatch between aging bodies and youthful desires. She recalls Annie’s caution that men’s eyes and women’s hearts stay young, then muses on manuscripts, hopes, and the enduring meaning found in favorite writers.
In London on July 6, traveling kitchens become a new solution for munition workers who lack time to cook. A trolley car kitchen, led by Alderman C. F. Spencer, delivers hot meals to women in war industries, with mobile kitchens planned to extend beyond streetcar routes.
The Automobile Association protests proposed taxation of motor vehicles as luxuries. They say luxury motoring has ceased on the Isles for four years due to gasoline shortages and government policy.
Berne reports that a recent economic pact between Germany and Austria Hungary calls for the mark to be the currency unit of the dual monarchy. The proposed change would align monetary systems across the alliance and affect trade and pricing within both territories.
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