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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
9
The text lists subscription and carrier pricing for The Seattle Star including monthly and multi month rates, state and out of state pricing, and private exchange contact. It references The Star Publishing Co and an urban distribution setup with daily editions.
The German admiralty denies torpedoing and sinking the hospital ship Llandovery Castle, despite survivors aboard the submarine and conversations with its crew. The piece condemns such falsification, calling it brutality and arguing it harms both German and world opinion.
The piece honors noncombat workers in munitions plants like Split Rock New York and the Midland factory, noting their daily sacrifices rival battlefield dangers. It argues no martial music honors these workers yet their losses are real, equating home front deaths to those in combat and urging recognition of their wartime heroism.
Poem lines echoing tolling deaths and unborn souls, invoking living voices. A 1918 copyright fragment from N. FE piece.
Burton Knisely surveys Japan in 1918, noting weather, footwear called geta, wooden rickshas, and the shift to cars and trains. He contrasts traditional street layout with rapid modernization, praising Yokohama to Tokyo lines and Japan's evolving urban life.
An observer describes Tokyo streets crowded with horse and human powered carts, wind swept sidewalks, and crowded night life. He notes clothing shifts between European work wear and traditional robes, bamboo umbrellas, abundant bicycles, and busy street vendors. Public safety features include fire patrols and police style traffic control. The piece highlights daily life, transport, fashion, commerce, and urban rhythm in Japan’s capital.
A letters page item recounts a Sunsets Reading club door solicitation, wife not signing, then monthly bills. The couple disputed charges, sent letters to the company and post office, and later received a collection letter claiming attorney involvement. They accuse the firm of backing its agent.
A letter titled Somewhere in France discusses future postings and a hypothetical Irish question resolution by annexation to the United States. Gen Pershing sends Capt Lush home to train tank corps while reports claim German battlehips carry guns with twice the range of typical naval guns.
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