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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1919
Page
13
The Seattle Star records a Telegraph News Service note from the United Free Association. The item references cooperative press coverage and telegraph transmission services for news distribution.
Farmers note days grow longer as March brings lighter mornings and longer evenings. The piece recalls winter chores on a farm with cows, shoats, horses, and fires for warmth while critiquing urban indifference to rural life and politics.
A letter essays on a woman selling her long brown hair while pondering whether she is young or old and motives for selling. It contrasts hair markets with humanitarian motive and ends noting the league plan official claim that success rests on nations choosing not to fight.
A report from Berlin cites the Humpty Dump group and Wilhelm II's heirs stockpiling meat, provisions, eggs, lard, coffee, tea, and more worth about 20,000 dollars, while Germany faced hunger after the war. Roger E. Simmons warns of possible massacres in Russia if American troops withdraw.
A column argues acting Governor Hart should veto any move to reinstate the death penalty, warning it would be a backward step in civilization. It claims public sentiment favored abolition and cautions against renewed executions amid antiwar and antiwar sentiment, referencing Americanism and foreign policy.
Lighthearted vignettes from a bustling city include a hat shopper who keeps her husband waiting at a store, a dinner date where a woman rebuffs wealth talk, a Texas girl seeking her fiancé Robert, and a soldier’s romance with a kitchen helper. A sharp jab at Germany ends the page.
The piece attacks thirty seven incoming Republican senators for opposing a league of nations, led by figures like Lodge and Smoot, accusing them of discrediting Wilson and seeking an extra session of Congress to block peace efforts. It cites Borah and Kenyon, notes European imperialist opposition, and praises Wilson and Taft as leaders for a nonpartisan league to keep the world at peace.
In Washington on March 10 General Peyton C. March chief of staff for the army proves theatre access is not restricted to officials. He pays for box seats when box seats are the only available option, while a private from the ranks stands in line in the same democracy of the theatre.
Olympia March 12 Independents in the Washington House move to elect an independent speaker next session. Ringleaders plan James Davis as a challenger and have urged Gallerly of Chelan to join the race, opposing current Speaker Davis and Adams who back his leadership.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless solution to corns and calluses. It claims rapid relief with a tiny bottle purchasable at drug stores and credits Cincinnati for the product’s invention.
J Lewis condemns a congressman who urged innocence for Mooney and attacked Wilson for trial ruling and national issues. The letter praises Wilson for courage fair play and restraint amid congressional storms and calls for accountability for the critic when labeling Bolshevism and misusing public funds.
Letter from Townsend of Unit No 4 recalling service as a subchaser in the English Channel. He notes operations out of Plymouth, three boats per unit, and credit for destroying U-58 during war’s end. He describes Harwich witnessing the German fleet’s surrender and thanks readers for tobacco donations.
Dr. Frank Crane argues the war revenue bill is a poor compromise and that taxation should reflect fair payment for value received. He attacks inheritance and income taxes as unfair and warns current tax policy coddles the unearned while punishing productive citizens.
The article urges toxin removal after influenza noting weakened strength and kidney strain. It recommends castor oil or Dr Pierce's Purgative Pills to clear bowels and hints at Anuric to flush toxins, plus iron tonics or Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to rebuild blood and strength.
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