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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
9
A stern autocrat seeks food and wealth, crushing nations and exploiting power. He deploys troops and proxies to seize resources from a fat, rich land while the people starve. Washington voices debate as writers argue over the tale’s breadth. The moral: the fatter they are, the sounder they sleep.
In stark prose the piece honors Manus Duggan a Montana miner who saved 25 men in a mine disaster and died. It contrasts Duggan's humility with public fame noting his sacrifice without weapons posters or triumph. It also mentions Deputy Sheriff Jack Madden's home fire and Freeman Coburn of Seattle who perished saving another.
A father and son debate the meaning of position and securing work. The son argues a job is only a step toward ownership and risk, while the father cites Webster and urges steadiness and doing work well. The piece reflects advice on ambition, career progress, and personal meaning in labor.
Study of 1600 men aged military years registered in New York institutions on June 5 shows under 5 percent fit for army duty. At Blackwell's Island prison not one was fit. Observers suggest poor physical condition drives crime, while war may improve health and reduce prison populations.
A Britain House of Commons vote restricts women’s suffrage to those over thirty. The piece mocks the move as disenfranchising and questions demands for broader wealth and civic parity. It weaves in satirical asides about bounties for wild animals and references to Goethes lines.
A chaotic scene at Celia hall in Willeyburg ends when a guest Memuel Petrick from Manhattan is restrained after a drum throw injures a woman. Special officer Samuel Laban is knocked down as Petrick is arrested. Other items report Ella B. Briter of Cincinnati jailed for jaywalking and Frank Leganek injured in a Cleveland runaway.
Jane Eyre recalls the Thornfield summer when Mr Rochester plans marriage with Miss Ingram but confesses his love for Jane. He urges her to marry him, and she agrees after demanding sincerity. The wedding day approaches as preparations begin and a Madeira uncle is notified.
Agottstein Furniture Co offers reduced payments and extended terms through the season to ease the high cost of living. The store invites reputable home furnishers to open or maintain accounts and preserves its added-to-account policy with options to adjust or reject items such as gas ranges refrigerators or lawn equipment without the first payment.
Joe Merlino, 27, and Louise Forte, 15, eloped Monday prompting concern from Louise's father Forte who says she is too young. Merlino works at Washington Iron Works and had long asked for Louise's hand but Forte refused. Louise left her job at Black Overalls to join him, and the couple fled from 1152 Sturgis.
James Lund of Redondo Wash argues arrest for circulating a petition to Congress would suppress constitutional rights and endorses international socialism. The Star notes no arrests for petition circulation exist. arrests cited involve resisting the select service law and prompt a distinction between free speech and unlawful acts.
Joe Mason, a lieutenant, attracted visitors near the police station when a Ford car dressed in Circasian walnut finished attire was mistaken for a grand plane. The scene unfolded Thursday morning as onlookers and Joe Springs Novelty Friends observed the humorous display.
King County awarded 96 000 for a 5.02 mile concrete paving job on the Houghton Medina Bellevue road and 65 842 for 3.76 miles on the Duwamish Renton Junction road with no maintenance guarantees. The letter argues concrete lacks long term guarantees vs Vitrified Brick and urges voters to require warranties and cost comparisons for future 12 mile Auburn Enumclaw paving.
The piece argues for guarantees on road maintenance costs, citing Multnomah County Oregon where cement roads carried a ten year maintenance pledge. It urges King County to obtain a similar guarantee, noting cement makers spend little locally while King County bears labor and material costs. It asserts concrete roads cost more to maintain over time than to build.
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