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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
13
The piece reflects on war’s sorrow but finds solace in summer’s beauty. Mothers in gardens tending honeysuckle and roses, fathers harvesting vegetables, and soldiers’ families seeking healing amid green fields and soft skies. It urges steady daily work in a war garden to ease the year’s wounds.
An article discusses the historic bond between music and warfare and cites Montgomery Lynch urging use of musical instruments for trainees at Bremerton and Lake Washington camps. He argues music boosts morale, courage, and fighting spirit, with state support to aid soldiers against the Kaiser.
The piece mocks Esther Lovejoy for doubting American women’s wartime work. It argues women are more than homemakers and urges action at home to conserve resources while servicemen fight. The tone is satirical and accusatory about critics of patriotic duties.
A wartime plea urges readers to support the Our in France Tobacco Fund as hundreds of thousands of U S soldiers are sent to France. The text stresses tobacco as essential for morale and asks contributions to the Smoke Editor at The Star.
A fragmented wartime prose piece weighs in on German fortunes and U A trial, cites Senator Harding complaining about campaign costs, mocks limburger cheese jests, and threads through bravado and social gossip about a Brooklyn marriage to a fourteen year old millionaire.
A soldier writes from St Romain near St Aignan in the Loire et Cher region detailing visits to medieval castles and a dungeon tower, noting the roads, the castle grounds, and a Richard the Lionhearted prisoner site. He shares mood, souvenirs, and hopes for return.
A Seattle reader named James Gibson from the Hotel Southern denounces profiteering at a Pike Street restaurant. He cites a 35 cent pie and cake slice and warns wage demands are met with claims of hindering war work.
The Star reader asks if store proprietors or drafts fall under the work or fight order. The reply states store proprietors are not in unproductive occupations and aliens are not in the classes affected by the order.
Guidance on preventing heat illness in babies includes watching for early symptoms, cooling the child, reducing clothes, and avoiding excessive laxatives. If diarrhoea occurs stop nourishment, offer weak tea and water, and seek a physician promptly. Do not starve beyond 24 hours. After 3-4 months, one to two teaspoonfuls of orange juice may be given daily.
The article urges courage and self help for nervous complaints and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood and nerve booster. It encourages rest, outdoor exercise, and avoiding excesses while noting the pills are available by mail or from druggists at $2.50 for six boxes.
Article details President and War Labor Board defending labor rights amid war demands. It notes attacks from employers and defense councils aiming to weaken eight hour laws and unions, while quoting the Declaration of Principles and pressures on William B. Wilson. The piece cites Minnesota’s public safety proclamation and broad authority of the War Labor Board in wartime.
A monthly collection by city street department sweepers and box drops in cigar stores yielded 420 pounds of tin foil for the Red Cross. Chief Clerk M. B. Meenga organized the effort and plans to distribute 20 more boxes to Gear and other shops to collect foil wrapped with merchandise.
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