Wilsons Note Dominates World News On Russia and US Policy
Petrograd coverage shows Russia avoiding separate peace while peasant and soldier delegates push unity. US opinion splits liberals and conservatives over expanded presidential powers, with Pacific and Midwestern papers backing strong control amid wartime needs. Washington debates food and autocratic authority as critics warn of Prussianization.
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Ruseta
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England
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Reflecting on Independence Day Then and Now
Seattle editorial urges sober celebration of July 4, linking 1776 resolve with wartime duty in 1917. It warns against noise and calls Americans to serious prayerful thought, renew their resolve, and defend government by the people.
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Seattle
Paid-for Patriotism and War Profits Debate
The piece critiques Senate debates on war profit taxation and hints at a progressive versus flat rate. It accuses lawmakers of pandering to high earners while urging maximum production and warns against conscription or commandeering.
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Senate
England
United States Senate
We’re In It The Kaiser’s Alarm Proves U S In War
The article argues that American forces will meet German threats, notes Canada’s large European manpower, cautions on submarine and Zeppelin attacks, and predicts danger to England while warning about war committees starting with banquets amid impending food shortages.
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Canada
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Idon
The Lilt of Song and War News from Switzerland and Britain
An editorial poem laments wartime grief and urges song for morale. Snippets note three ex-kings in Switzerland reflecting neutrality, and a British officer suggests planes will gain postwar value, even as taxis and carriages are considered.
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Switzerland
Fragmented snippets from late 19th century papers
A collage of quirky lines and brief notices from various newspapers. The items include a Las Vegas optic remark on a silver hearse, a Chicago paper on chicken dinners, street car overheard chatter, family table thanks, President Wilson volunteer appeals, Roosevelt references, a job notice for Mary Hoffman, and a gun-related notice from Otsego township.
Next Novel Continues After Island Discovery
The narrator details steering a raft to a shore side cove then locating a steep hill. He climbs with a fowling piece and discovers an isolated barren island with two smaller isles three leagues west. He returns to the raft to unload cargo and plans habitation and food storage.
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Srep
Desperate survival on a desert island and FF shipwreck
The narrator details days spent salvaging gear from the wreck including tools, weapons, clothing, and a grindstone. He builds a tent and a reinforced earth cave, fences a rocky hollow, marks time with notches, shores a dog and two cats, and fashions basic furniture and a clay oil lamp as he endures until rescue.
Hayes Family Records Twelve Children In Eleven Years
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hayes of near Dalton Georgia raise twelve children in eleven years eight boys among them with a plan to train them as soldiers if needed The sequence includes marriages on August 6 1905 July 38 1907 and births beginning December 4 1908 with a string of children noted through March 24 1916 including several sets of twins
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J. M. Hayes
Dalton
Hayes
Wreck Salvage Notes and First Sea Tortoise Found
Daily progress on the wreck yields loose timbers and two chests floated by laboring crew. A hogshead with spoiled Brazil pork washed ashore, and on June 16 a large tortoise is sighted, the speaker noting its rarity on the island.
Flat Foot Causes and Home Remedies for the Condition
Flat foot is common and caused by improper shoes rapid weight gain prolonged illness or hard standing. Early symptoms include discomfort after standing and a collapsing arch with inward foot roll. Remedies include specific exercises arch supports proper fitting and, in severe cases, plaster or surgery. A separate note states a normal 12 month old needs about 15 hours of sleep.
Incubation period for meningitis after exposure
The expert notes that after exposure a child’s safe period is variable from a few days up to 25 days, with the incubation period differing by case and factors.
Death of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Stage Leader
London reports the death of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, famed British actor and head of the stage, successor to Henry Irving, who died Monday night.
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United Pres
London
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Henry Irving
Fete Week Opens with Rose Show in Everett
Everett July 3 The Kla How Yah week celebration opened with a rose show at which G. Sheldon won the prize ribbon for best rose.
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Tasted Press
Everett
G. Sheldon
Editor's Mail Loan on Farm Land
John C Rathbun urges readers in Western Washington to fund farm land improvement at 3.4 percent. Idle acreage near markets could gain $10 per acre rent after clearing, boosting statewide production. A few hundred contributors with modest loans could seed roughly 100000 dollars to cultivate thousands of acres next year.
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the Star
Washington
Liberty Bonds
John C. Rathbun
Gambling house and blind pig inquiry to editor
A reader asks whether it is lawful for Dr. Matthews and Sergi Putnam to operate a gambling house and a blind pig. The letter from John Smitheson seeks legal clarification on these activities.
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Dr. Matthews
Sergi. Putnam
John Smitheson
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