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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1917
Page
7
A call urges restraint during the traction strike in Seattle. It warns violence would aid the traction company and threaten public order, urging workers and supporters to stay calm, avoid clashes, and reject rioting or armed guards. The message emphasizes keeping peace to avoid martial law and protect the strikers' cause.
The display ads show the traction pany ready to arbitrate wages and hours with its men, who also favor arbitration. The dispute centers on whether workers may belong to a union, with the city franchise aiming to settle all matters related to labor, including organization.
The Star reports Mayor Gill plans to appoint 100 additional policemen to handle the strike, with 200 or 300 more if needed. Editorials argue police powers should rest with the department, not private companies, and call for accountability of all hired officers.
The passage compares two experiments with tin cans to show energy release. It urges people to open holes in their covers and express inner energy, warning that bottling up is unsafe while urging action and giving as a form of getting.
A collection of short items including Luther Burbank on knowledge, a San Francisco Red Cross donation and enlistment, a suggestion to translate a ballad into Chinese, Pershing naming the American soldier Sammy, Kaiser misfortunes in St. Lo, John’s remark at Forest Hill, a note about water as gasoline, and reflections on pride and patriotism with a line about enthusiasm.
A home remedy suggests mixing fresh lemon juice with three ounces of orchard white to create a fragrant lotion. Strain to remove pulp, then apply daily to face neck arms and hands to soften roughness lighten tan and freckles and whiten the skin.
Dispatches reflect relief at the end of major hostilities yet show renewed disputes among leaders and publics about postwar futures. Opinions split on arms, diplomacy, and the true costs of conflict as citizens seek durable peace. A mash of editorials, notices, and local items follows, touching agriculture, transportation, and community concerns.
John Wandrack nicknamed Lonerack, a Coast Artillery trooper from Company 17 Los Angeles, stands six feet six inches and longs to be the tallest in Uncle Sam's forces. He enlisted last September after failing regular enlistment only due to his height and now issues a public challenge.
In a Christmas Day scene from Dickens, the Pickwick crew join Wardle and guests for skating. Mr Winkle struggles on ice with improvised skates, aided by Sam Weller, leading to a clumsy crash that draws concern from Bob Sawyer and Benjamin Allen as Pickwick calls for help. The mishap ends with Winkle bruised but unbowed as the chapter continues.
Mrs. Joe Chicoine reported a burglary in Jefferson North Dakota. Deputy Marshal Limougee wore her husband’s overcoat and Marshal Thomas Conners wore her watch, having purchased the items from the burglar.
Mrs. Jennie Moyer of Lima Ohio writes that after displacement left her broken down she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Saniive Wash spending $5.00 and within two months was well. She served seven years as a midwife and recommends it to others bearing down pains and other symptoms.
The study shows over 5,000,000 US women earning their own living, 90 percent of widows without home comforts, 32 percent lacking life necessities, 5 percent of men who die leave nothing, and 95 percent of the rest leave almost nothing. More than 2,000,000 children under 16 earn a living.
A World War I style caption notes soldiers in French tanks using periscope like eyes to survey trenches. Separately it reports a demographic shift in Clay county Kentucky with three German Jews settling in Manchester to open a store, four months after none lived there.
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