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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
13
A brief civic reminder urges honoring the flag through good deeds and marks June 28 as War Savings day. The message encourages public spirit and patriotic participation.
City officials consider higher taxes on landlords with tenant families to deter children. Critics say evictions and “No Children Allowed” signs rise as war creates housing strain. Day nurseries emerge but wider regulation for landlords urged to protect working mothers. Seattle draft officials await Gen Crowder guidance as local boards prepare.
Amid berries ripening in the Puyallup valley, growers plead for pickers to meet a jam shipment bound for France. Hundreds of women and their children may go to the fields starting the first week of July with 50 cents per crate plus bonuses. Local notices call for volunteers and list W. H. Paulhamus and Gus of Puyallup as contacts, while other items touch on war labor and home front efforts.
An old advertisement touts Freezone as a painless treatment for corns and calluses. It claims a Cincinnati chemist invented a ether compound, and that applying a few drops stops pain and loosens the corn so it can be lifted off with no irritation. Women are urged to keep it on hand for aching corns.
A historical patriotic address recalls the Stars and Stripes as the oldest national flag born in freedom and justice. It honors allied wars, Beecher’s quote, and a vow to persevere against the Teuton and Turk until liberty prevails.
A compilation of miscellaneous notes and verses from a Groton Vermont Times page. Items reference a mistaken age for Ida N. Merritt, a China German deportation claim, quotes and jokes about thinking and heads, military officer nominations, editors and Peace Society figures, plus poems about woes such as spring, love, power, and effort.
Step Lively support ad extols Geta-It as painless corn remover that stops cutting, bleeds, and tape use. Claims two drops remove corns leaving smooth toes and allow dancing. Promotes money back guarantee and availability at drug stores. manufactured by J Lawrence & Co Chicago with Seattle Owl Drug listing.
Topeka reports 80 000 harvest hands recruited for Kansas crops with some already engaged. Government and city groups helped meet the quota, with women assigned to farm kitchens and men placed where needed. Pay averages 45 cents an hour.
The piece extols antityphoid vaccination noting injections given ten days apart with minimal side effects. It claims 2 to 3 years of protection, suitability for adults and children, and strong value for military and travelers avoiding typhoid from rural or summer outbreaks. It cites Wright's role in large scale inoculations from India to British troops.
A Vienna policeman on patrol found Baumicracki’s drapery windows broken and, after pursuing fleeing figures, recovered a crow bar. He halted three burglars who, in male disguises, were later identified as young women ages 18 to 22 part of a 20-member organized gang active in Vienna’s outskirts for three months.
Government appeals to citizens to participate in the June drive for War Savings Stamps. Officials urge prompt purchases to support national defense and boost wartime finance.
A 1918 poem by Edmund Vance Cooke proclaims America as a unifying light from cottage to courtly hall. It emphasizes the nation’s inclusive ideal and calls readers to vigilance to prevent America from falling.
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