Registration Day for All Americans and World Civilization
Franklin K. Lane urges total national effort as millions of Americans register for Selective Service. He frames the war as self defense against German aggression and calls for loyalty, bonds, food production, and extra war effort to support the United States in a pivotal wartime moment.
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America
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
Washington
Lane
Germany
Belgium
United States
Mexico
Liege
Bernstorffs
Zimmermans
Japan
Russia
Hohenzollerns
Wilson
Lincoln
We Want No Race Prejudice in War Effort
The Star rejects xenophobia sparked by wartime tensions and defends fair treatment of Germans in America. It stresses that the war is against autocracy, not people, and commends loyalty among German-born citizens who share American ideals.
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America
Germany
Wilson
Star
the Star
England
A Maggot in Democracy Weighs Tax Burdens
The piece denounces Senate maneuvers to cut the war tax bill on the rich and shift more cost to the poor and their descendants. It argues democracy is compromised as wealth defenders oppose sharing war costs, while the poor bear the burden.
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Wilson
Senate of the
United States
America
Senate
Freezone Ether Drug Promises Quick Corn Relief
Advertisement hails a Cincinnati inventor and a new ether drug named freezone. Small bottles sell at a few cents and promise painless relief from hard and soft corn and calluses with a few drops on the affected area. Each bottle comes in a round wooden case.
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Cincinnati
Cynthia Greys Good Form and Advice Columns
A newspaper style advice column discusses social etiquette and personal troubles. It offers guidance to a young divorced woman facing gossip and to two adventurers planning farm life and marriage timing. The piece closes with a question about due mortgages.
Notable Chatter Mixed With Holiday Musings
A collage of remarks spans a Do not be dirty shower, a Hard Times party for a bride, and musings on a legal holiday. The piece mentions Hilly Sunday and a New York Sun note about owning a pool room, plus brief notes on figures like Sir Roger Pine-Coffin, M. P. Cashion, William H. Moreland, and a Spokane encounter with Bill Hart.
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The
Toronto Star
New York Sun Sport
Hilly Sunday
Roger Pine-Coffin
India
Hion. M. P. Cashion
Newfoundland
Wm. H. Moreland
United Provinces
Foreclosure timing under law and draft guidance
Mortgage foreclosures may be started as soon as a note is due. A National Guard enlistment does not grant draft exemption. registration required and exemptions pending final instructions. No first drawings date has been set.
What Billy Sunday Says on Cures and Herbs
In Boston the evangelist claims every disease can be cured by herbs if discovered. He recalls medicinal herbs for women's ailments found over forty years ago and notes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a convenient, affordable remedy available in drug stores.
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Boston
Lydia E. Pinkham
Oppressed Nations Thank Young Americans for Rescue Effort
The Seattle Star reports Belgium Serbia Poland and Armenia praise Americas entry into World War I. Registration Day marks ten million young Americans enrolled to form a national army to aid liberation of overrun nations and to help make the world safe for democracy.
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The
Seattle Star
Belgium
Serbia
Poland
Armenia
America
Belgium and America Unite for Belgium's Vindication
Rev J F Stil lemans notes that U S entry into the war means much more than aid for Belgium. The Belgian heart overflows with gratitude as Henry Van Dyke quips how Americans are warmly received. Belgium feels its cause now judged by the American people and civilization.
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United States of America
Belgium
Henry van Dyke
America
Helgium
Dairy pricing blamed on herd laws and land limits
A reader from Kirkland to The Star argues herd laws in rural towns curb cattle grazing on uncultivated land. The writer claims restrictions force families to butcher cows and reduces home milk production, benefiting dairymen and driving up prices.
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the Star
Kirkland
Juanita
Bond Drive Urges Support to Fuel War Effort
Citizens are urged to buy war bonds as a crucial means to fund military operations and sustain national victory. Officials highlight bond purchases as a direct sacrifice supporting troops and essential wartime needs.
Serbia by Pupin frames world war in 1776 spirit
The essay by Rev M J Pupin asserts the U S entry to World War I as the third major manifestation of the Spirit of 1776 after the American Revolution and the Civil War. He argues the war expresses the nation's fight for global freedom and predicts the world will be Americanized.
Armenia Sings Hope as American Soldiers Join Allied Armies
Vahan Keukjian, general secretary of the Armenian General Benevolent Union, proclaims liberation for Armenians with American soldiers joining Allied forces. He accuses Germany of atrocities and praises democracy as the rescue from Turkish oppression. He predicts massive massacres and starvation, and welcomes U.S. troops.
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Armenian General Benevolent Union
Germany
United States
Polish Liberty Fund secretary welcomes America’s entry to war
W O Gorski, secretary of the Polish Victim Relief Fund, declares that America joining the war creates an Army of Liberation and fulfills allied promises. He says thousands of Poles have come to America and America’s entry will bring liberty to Poles and all Europeans.
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W. O. Gorski
Victimg Relief Fund
America
Europe
The Skull on Parchment and the Treasure Riddle
A narrator details a fiery experiment revealing a death skull and a kid figure on parchment. Heat exposes hidden marks, suggesting a seal and punning signature linked to Captain Kidd, with luck and coincidences driving the quest for buried treasure. The scene ends with anticipation for next issue.
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Wolf
Legrand
Captain Kidd
Pioneers Association of Washington Holds Reunion
The 34th reunion of the Pioneers association of Washington met at Madison Park Association building on Monday. Tuesday the annual luncheon was planned with 686 current members in the state, comprising men and women who have lived in Washington for over 49 years.
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the Pioneers Association of Washington
Madison Park
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