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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1918
Page
7
A wartime column praises American wartime progress by July 1, 1918, noting U S submarine warfare gains and ship production. It contrasts land forces with air power, arguing aviation remains the weakest link and could determine the war’s outcome, while lauding American soldier fighting spirit.
Letters to The Star reveal bewilderment over sugar policy as residents question candy production amid shortages. The State Food Administrator Hebberd urges 50 percent cuts to 25 percent, defending candy allowances while households push for war needs and home canning. The piece notes public focus on profits versus consumable sugar, and hints at broader wartime tensions in policy.
The Alien Property Custodian seizes Amer-Metal Co. of New York amid federal probe into tax evasion via inflated salaries to mock German interests. Officials include Hochschild, Loeb, and Sussman with high payouts. dispatches suggest stronger action is needed and call for punishment of traitors.
The piece recalls Paint Creek days when West was a feudal barony and Mother Jones faced jail as miners were guarded by mine owners. It notes a recent revival as Mother Jones rides with the mayor and sheriff at a long union miners procession. The question asks who Gen March is, hinting his first name may be Forward.
Uncle Sam sent 281,335,000 pounds of pork products to Europe in May. England received most of the pork, hams, shoulders and much lard and canned pork. The text notes England’s beef appetite fading as it grows fond of American pork and urges readers to plant pigs among crops.
Seattle houses one of two U S Navy Flying Reserve embryo aviator ground schools with about 75 men under Lieut James C Monfort at the University of Washington campus. The 12 officers run a 12 week academic course with seaplanes, aiming toward San Diego for preliminary flying after graduation. Civilians apply at naval stations and wait for Washington approval to begin training.
A narrator writes in a diary style about love longing for Dick and alternations between happiness and forgetting. She recalls a party exit, a late call from Mollie, and a playful yet poignant exchange about love, self indulgence, and living in the moment. The tone is intimate and reflective, capturing personal doubt and attachment.
A collage of quips and snippets from Cassell's Journal and local notes. Jokes about wartime costs and living, domestic tips from Holyoke ideas for tablecovers and repurposed suitcases, plus brief humorous exchanges and a nursery rhyme contrast. The piece mixes light humor with brief household advice and age old proverbs.
The text notes Bosnia and Herzegovina ranking only behind Galicia and Bukovina for war suffering. It describes depopulated districts, deportations and deaths in camps, massacres by Austrian troops, famine, and livestock destruction causing agricultural collapse with births far outpaced by deaths in 1915 and 1916.
Readers debate sugar use for jellies candies and luxury needs while multiple letters discuss why people marry or not. Lonesome Housewife argues sugar should be saved for essential uses. others mock or reflect on love and partnership.
A collection of reader letters on marriage and jealousy. Advises trusting women, warns that wives should stay quiet to protect health, and celebrates enduring devotion of husbands. Includes a veteran dad's reply praising marriage and a critique of bachelor longing.
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