This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
9
The Seattle school board again rejects equal pay for women teachers, citing supply and demand and wartime labor trends. The Fresno Morning Republican notes a national debate as women protest a gender biased salary structure, arguing for equal increases to all educators.
Fragmentary text cites a conflict with references to Hindenburg Ludendorff and the crown prince. It rails against profiteers and calls for crushing enemies with force while praising a supposed universal unification through war. The prose mixes ideological extremism with violent imagery and slogans.
Charles M Schwab calls for broad mindedness and unity, arguing that old prejudices should not hinder national service. He insists if Jawab or unions oppose him in his government role, the country would suffer and urges continued support for Schwabs efforts in government work.
In wartime, merchants curb waste in deliveries returns and sales pressure to save time money and labor. The message urges Americans to reduce purchases returns and excess staff to support war effort, noting waste harms national progress and lives.
The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger calls for a bold new national anthem to express patriotism and unity. It critiques current German culture as insufficient and urges a rapid composition titled The King Gott to boost national spirit.
A child imagines growing up as a doctor who cures with cakes and ice cream instead of pills. He envisions a cheerful practice with raisin cakes, spice cookies, lemon pie, and fountain sodas, earning pennies and driving an auto. A playful, nostalgic rhyme from 1918 imagines kinder healing.
A young woman offers Tuesday entertainment for soldiers at a camp with cake and hot chocolate and singing though a sergeant questions the plan. A discussion notes a new tax on gasoline shifting costs along the supply chain to the consumer.
A string of quirky clippings mixes jokes about heaven and hellish labor in the afterlife with regional humor. The piece includes dialect sketches about Rastus and Sam, a punny remark on spoons at the Cleveland Museum, and quips on soldiers and farm life.
An article from Berlin Deutsche Zeitung declares a single German sea basin from Reval to Calais as essential for a global fleet. It stresses coastal expansion and urges internal peace to complete the plan for a new German house.
Readers respond with economic critique of wartime meat packing profits and a note on a Sunrise club fundraising scheme. Noel Sargent argues profits rose from price levels not volume, while a local reader questions a Sunset Reading club subscription tied to a tobacco fund for soldiers.
A Tokyo report argues the future of democracy hinges on Americas stance toward Japan and Germany. It examines how a Japanese German alliance could threaten Western liberty, the need for a frank U S friendship, and how Japan weighs security, trade, and independence amid postwar power shifts.
A home washing guide extols Lux soap for woolen items including sweaters blankets and babies clothes and notes that washing yields soft fluffy fabrics without shrinking. It recommends salt pre soak rinse steps and a final Lux rinse to keep fibers woolly while avoiding wringing.
The federal board for vocational education has allocated a total of 2 307 460 44 for the fiscal year under the Smith Hughes act, a decline of 651 873 72 from last year. States must duplicate the amount and the allotments include Washington 27 614 44 Oregon 16 142 18 Idaho 15 000 California 58 021 64.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.