Too Old to Work Too Poor to Quit
An 91 year old U S government employee, Tom Harrison, has spent 71 years in federal service earning $18 a week today after starting at 3 a day in 1848. The piece argues for McKellar Keating pension legislation to retire long serving workers and improve federal efficiency. It notes workers cannot save on government wages and urges pensioning of aging staff.
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Tom Harrison
United States
Washington
Tom
Navalory
Sam
Harrison
McKellar-Keating
Congress
Gether
Old Junk With Hidden Value Sparks Wartime Salvage Spirit
A reflective piece argues that discarded tin cans iron scraps and chains are not worthless. With imagination these items can be melted remade and used again just as wartime salvaging fed the war effort and helped defeat tyranny.
Watershed Victory Over Seattle Water Bill At Olympia
The House of Representatives at Olympia rejected Senator Taylor’s watershed bill affecting Seattle water systems. The Star credits Seattle physicians for unselfish opposition, noting lawmakers like Adamson and Locke opposed the measure. The piece mocks Senate diplomacy and ends with a light comment on alcohol.
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House of Representatives
Olympia
Taylor
House
Seattle
Walter Lunn
Adamson
Snohomish
Locke
Grays Harbor
The
Star
Washingtons Twenty-One Shame Anthem
A fervent antiwar poem laments the twenty one soldiers from Washington who died for France and condemns senators for pay refusals and political betrayal. It calls for justice, remembrance, and political accountability, urging the public to harshly judge those who betrayed the fallen.
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Washington
France
Judas
Abraham Lincoln play by John Drinkwater praised in London papers
A Washington Star excerpt notes John Drinkwater, an English writer, has penned a play with Abraham Lincoln as the central figure. London papers call it very interesting and a dry line is joked about by critics.
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John Drinkwater
Abraham Lincoln
London
Desire to Hedge Is Faced By Mission
Paris dispatch notes the American peace mission confronting demands to hedge on principles. Delegates emphasize unity and firm application of agreed terms despite fears of demanding compromises. Critics in Europe warn of possible future scrapes as specifics are tested against broad aims.
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Harold FE. Bechtol
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Paris
Wilson
Europe
Marshal Foch
Foch
France
Germany
America
League of Nations
Poiuta
Whieon
Editorial on labor conditions and proposed reforms
Letters discuss wage earners rebel against poverty and the need to readjust the economic system. Proposes laws regulating corporations, a federal board to audit profits, and balanced capital and labor relations. Includes writings by Joan J. Heinen and a soldier's grievance about treatment and supply.
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the Star
Coloa
Woodallam
Marshall
American Federation of
Devine
Joan J. Heinen
Galer
Bitro-Phosphate Promoted as Nerve Tonic for Thin People
Advertisements tout Bitro-Phosphate as a cheap organic phosphate tonic to thicken nerves and body cells. Claims cite weight gain of 23 and 27 pounds in two St. Catherine’s Hospital patients and broad physician endorsements, though caution warns use only if weight gain is desired.
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St. Catherine’s Hospital
Frederick Kolle
New York
Who's Who
Joseph Ob. Harrigan
North Eypensatory
Angel
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Tee Star
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League
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Josh
Aid
Rehoboth
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Bosa
Washington Star
Wion
Rock Mills
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Register-Republican
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Plymouth
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Ers
Charity
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Lieut. W. Victor
A. BF
Hosero
Eee Nae
Miby
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