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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1919
Page
16
The notice lists subscription prices for Seattle Star outside city limits and in Washington state, with monthly and longer term options. It notes per week carrier sale in-city and various durations including 3 months 6 months and yearly rates.
A column argues that high prices and wages persist postwar, with shortages and costs in cotton wool and fertilizer, while builders hesitate. It uses a farmer and lumber boss as voices and urges steadfast American business to push through the mud toward prosperity.
A fragmented patriotic and romantic exhortation urges a young woman to pursue happiness and life’s gifts while a separate note mentions Virginia challenging Burleson telephone rates at the supreme court, questioning the court’s reach. The text blends personal motivation with a legal dispute.
The piece contrasts a neighbor dispute with France and Germany, arguing that Germany should pay damages to the Saar valley coal district as a form of reparations. It frames the Saar transfer as righting an injury, notes Allied war weariness, and imagines the Kaiser facing trial, urging action and industrious resolve.
A jumble of social items from a winter season lists parties at the Plaza Hotel and homes, with guests including George Dupont Prass, Al and family, Archibald SmithJones, and the Sinkenson White family. Engagement announced for Teabelle Kidwell to A Littlecash as they plan to save for rent and furniture.
A poetic sequence tracks a man’s evolving view of love through the seasons. From ideal admiration in spring to fatigue in summer, shared praise and fault in autumn, and reconciling loss in winter, the speaker mourns past sacrifices and recognizes the beloved’s true worth.
A compact recount of events tied to May 2: Leonardo da Vinci’s death in 1519, Mary Queen of Scots escape in 1668, Napoleon’s second term in 1802, May 2 embargo in 1808, Stonewall Jackson’s death after the Chancellorsville battle, and the Billy Wilson Zouaves marching through Washington in 1861. Noted battles and figures anchor the date in 16th to 19th century history.
The Old Gardener advises that all pea vines benefit from support, with tall varieties like telephone needing sturdy structures. Use brush, strings, or chicken wire as ideal supports. Start early as vines need something to climb when small. plant tall brush in earth for firm anchoring.
A collection of aphoristic lines on guns charity housework and race plus remarks on shoes hats humor and engagement rings. The tone imitates moral reflections with contrasting views and social commentary framed as short maxims.
Leicester medical officer Dr Cr Killick Millard told the National Birth Rate Commission that birth control is preferable to emigration when a nation faces overcrowding. He urged C3 classes to follow A1 examples and said most doctors responding to his survey do not view birth control as harmful.
The 1919 column urges calm about Bolshevism and labor capital tensions. It argues liberty comes from law and order, denies revolutionary danger, and encourages unity under democratic ideals while praising American resilience and destiny.
Griffiths criticizes Mayor and waterfront employers for aggravating labor tensions. He urges cooperation, warns against blame and calls for broad adoption of cooperative management and open bargaining between labor and capital to prevent future strikes and promote industrial peace.
Waukegan, May 1 Corporal William Palm home from overseas recalls a narrow escape in the Argonne woods. A green Bible carried in his vest deflected a shell’s bullet, sparing him as he hunted for a shell hole and found a fatal stop instead. The Bible, given by his mother Mrs. Enoch, surrounded him in danger.
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