Help the Allies Hold Hin The Hun Thrift Stamps
Propaganda urging thrift stamps to support wartime effort. Calls on readers to purchase stamps to back allied forces and sustain national defense during the conflict.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
7
The War and the Church’s Great Chance
The speaker argues religion faces a pivotal moment amid war, claiming blood sacrifice accompanies evolution. the church can rise through rehabilitation and charity, or suffer if war ends with tyranny. At article end, Missouri selects Xenophon Wilfley as U.S. senator after a long search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas, Stelzle
Jesus
Belgium
Serbia
Armenia
Teuton
Missouri
United States
Xenophon Wilfley
Champ Clark
Mary Lincoln Beckwith Enrolls at Cornell for Agriculture
Great granddaughter of Abra Lincoln Mary Lincoln Beckwith declines idle social life to study farming at Cornell for a short term course. She cites farm labor shortages in Vermont and plans to help with the work as a practical effort amid wartime debates on labor unions and national policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe
Mary Lincoln
Abra Lincoln
Miss Mary
Cornell
Vermont
Pim Gos
A Smiling Time and Local News Notes
A jumble of humorous vignettes and small town observations. The letter-writers praise local baseball practice and pledge a small donation, while a cinema anecdote recalls a crowded moviehouse and a Kaiser reference. A restaurant owner raises meat prices and a garden column offers quirky tips along with motley humor.
Life and Fate Debate Meander in Local Wit
A fragmentary essay muses on life’s value and the futility of human pretensions. It questions whether life is worth debating and notes philosophers joke over man’s grandiloquence before declaring life ongoing. A stray note recalls a burglary incident at Mrs. Frank Smith’s home during a Friday show nearby in Ithaca Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Smith
Ithaca
Mich
Herald
Tanlac testimonials hailed in Seattle area campaign
Miss Alice Wolford of 31603 Twelfth avenue praises Tanlac for curing rheumatic pain digestion and sleeplessness after three months of illness. She says her mother and brother now take Tanlac and report similar benefits. The ad notes overworked stomach kidneys and other symptoms and promotes Tanlac through Bartell Drug Stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
Seattle
Alice Wolford
Twelfth Avenue
Bartell Drug Company
Miss Wolford
Tania
Tantac
Bartell Drug Stores
Letters to the Editor Blames Money Lenders
The Star reprints a reader letter criticizing money lenders and bankers who refused to buy or collateralize Third Liberty Bonds. It argues bonds were used as money by some, then restricted, hurting sales and war financing. The writer calls lenders unpatriotic and harmful to the country during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
Liberty
Uncle Sam
American shipbuilding bill projected for 1912 19 fiscal year
Washington reports the shipping board headed by Chairman Hurley requested a total of 2,223,435,000 for the 1912 19 fiscal year. Hurley stated almost all funds would aid production of ships and related equipment, with 425,000 set aside for related needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
House Appropriations Committee
Get-Mich-Quick Scheme Takes Many Millions
A reader praises The Star for its bold expose on the oil stock crooks titled Get-Mich-Quick Scheme Takes Many Millions. He notes metropolitan papers risk stepping on advertisers toes and commends the paper for exposing the fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star 1
G. B. Morey
Three Laker
Lemon Juice For Freckles Thrifty Beauty Lotion
Squeeze two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to create a quarter pint complexion lotion. Uses on face neck arms and hands daily to fade freckles and blemishes. inexpensive and harmless. Buy that Thrift Stamp today.
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