Our Friends First Fuel Shipping Across the Channel
The piece urges rapid shipbuilding to move coal to France and Italy via England. It argues America must provide ships to transport fuel across the English Channel as Britain lacks cargo vessels and France and Italy face winter shortages. It weighs steel versus wooden ships and notes neutrals rely on American ships to avoid harming their own fleets.
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Fly
France
Italy
England
America
Jack Frost
Presilson
Schumann-Heink Sings Amid War Fears and Welcome Crowds
The German born star, a beloved public figure, travels amid wartime fears. She speaks of motherhood and homeland while a sword of danger haunts her. Her sons serve in both German and U S navies, and a message may arrive of loss. A San Diego homecoming ends with a stirring performance of The Star Spangled Banner.
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Germany
America
United States Navy
San Diego
Schumann-Heink
Editorialettes Mr Hoover Potatoes and U-Boat Risks
Editorial notes 72 carloads of potatoes shipped from San Diego this season vs none last season. Mentions Gen Goethals awarding 19 steel cargo carrier contracts and ships due June 1918. Suggests U-boat threats raise food prices and praises potential aviator deployment. Mentions Japan launching a 10300 ton freighter at Kobe and German crown moments as crowds cheer.
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MR. Hoover
San Diego
Goethals
Editor’s Mail: North Yakima Stands Against Employment Sharks
C K Kennedy Desmond of North Yakima urges The Star to back the city’s stand against “employment sharks.” He argues labor peace depends on restraining exploitative agencies and calls on Seattle to follow North Yakima’s example, appealing to readers to support decency and workers’ pride.
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the Star
North Yakima
Seattle
C. Kennedy Desmond
Debate Over German Press Goes On In War Time
The Star reports a German American press conflict with accusations of anti Americanism. The editor calls for restraint, while critiquing pacifist stance and urging loyalty to allied aims as tensions flare over editorial tone and wartime loyalties.
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the Star
Seattle
America
Europe
Germany
B. F. Marg
Escape and Clothing From Ship Return After 28 Years
The narrator recalls being rescued and clothed by the captain who provided a full wardrobe as he prepared to leave the island on December 19 1686. He sails with Friday to England arriving June 11 1687 after a 35 year absence, ending with a resigned farewell to a long voyage.
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England
War Atrocities: Distinguishing Ethics of War From Peace
A but with critique of focusing on Belgium atrocities. The writer urges weighing wartime horrors against other battlefronts and stresses separating ethics of war from peacetime conduct while noting collective pity for all who suffer.
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the Star
Belgium
Sherman
Puget Sound Society to Meet at Elks Club
The Puget Sound section of the American Chemical Society will hold its July meeting on Saturday at 7 30 p m at the Elks club A paper by Charles A Newhall on suggested uses for low grade Washington coals pulverized fuel and distillation will be read The public is invited.
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Puget Sound
American Chemical Society
Elks’ Club
Charles A. Newhall
Washington
Towns, trade and transit echoed in a 1910s Electrogram notice
A fragment from the Electrogram held by the Traction Company publication questions town image and progress. It includes light quips about education, paint, counterfeit concerns, and a sharp defense of the company’s role in city development.
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Traction Company
E Publication
The
Electrogram
Q&A Couples Questions From Readers
Mrs Little asks if a flute can mimic a skirt with a piccolo. Mrs Lott inquires if the conductor will ring up the fare. Mrs Moore wonders how often to feed a clothes horse. Miss Anne Thrope seeks a supplier for green tan bark.
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Mrs. Little
Mrs. Lott
Mrs. Moore
Anne Thrope
In the Wrong Cafeteria Drummer’s Corny Dining Joke
A drummer with a big fondness for corn on the cob eats many ears in a cafeteria. After the 14th or 15th ear, a pretty waitress remarks that he could save about half a dollar daily if he boarded at a livery stable.
Lessons in French No 15: Phrases and Pronunciation
The article lists sample phrases with English lines followed by French equivalents and a pronunciation guide. It notes phrases about running away having played The Daughter of the Airy and mentions food and captured items, then explains the pronunciation key and instructions to paste the lessons into a notebook.
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dUde
Excesses and Sunday habits affect Monday mood
The piece notes that overindulgent Sunday routines lead to grogginess on Monday. It cites overeating, lingering in bed, and no exercise as sources of ill temper. It suggests a single Saturday night sleep pattern without strict rules and mentions a reader question on when to wean a baby.
The Slick Town and the Quiet Little Place
The narrator contrasts Berton Praley with a small town seen as dull and backward. People from the slick big town sneer at the quiet hometown, calling it Jay town and dead as a doorstop.
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Berton Praley
Jay
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