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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1917
Page
9
The piece rebukes opponents who label higher tax on big incomes as killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. It argues the metaphor misreads economic fallacies and that war needs finance from capital and savings, not abandoning enterprise. The author notes historical irony and patriotism of investing in new ventures during wartime.
A York state committee studying high costs discusses idle lands and the potential to tax idle acres to fund wartime revenues. It urges immediate policy moves including state legislation constitutional amendments and federal action as crops and seeds remain scarce and winter threatens.
The item urges readers to write to congress against a plan for Chinese labor and Pacific coast immigration. It touts a Liberty loan bond at 3 percent versus banks offering 3 percent and hints at civic vigilance. A note on Seattle shaving prices and a quip about Carranza whiskers appears in the fragment.
In a dim city dawn Cigarette learns of Victor’s execution order after a carrier pigeon brings word. Berkeley Cecil claims his brother Bertie while Chateauroy confronts him and orders an arrest as Cigarette seeks to unravel a web of loyalty, deceit, and bloodlines.
A reader urges freeing ranch land near Seattle for war gardens and livestock, proposing affidavits and teacher led squads to boost food supply. The letter also cites crime and calls for Vigilance committees and police chief resignation, aligning with The Star on Seattle leadership changes.
A Seattle letter to The Star recounts crime and bank collapse impacts. The writer, a victim and former director's target, details poverty, shattered plans, and a daughter forced to work at 50. The piece accuses a legal director of looting and fleeing, ruining family security.
A reader asks for contact with the writer of an initial letter and urges another victim to come forward. The Star would swap addresses if one victim contacts the paper.
Neritis is an inflammation of a nerve caused by debility and local injury. Causes include exposure to cold gouty or rheumatic conditions alcohol lead and arsenic poisoning and similar issues. Cure depends on removing the cause and improving general health. Moderately practiced dancing can help a sound heart but a leaky heart requires cautious trial under medical supervision.
Arlotta, head of Italy's special commission and minister of maritime and railway transportation, arrived in Washington to participate in the war council. In MtwaguKe May 25 Admiral Capelle claimed Naval theorist Conan Doyle alone predicted submarine warfare, not German Admiral Galeter.
A 74 year old New York man marries a 60 year old woman he met 34 years ago. The couple plan to start their life together and get acquainted anew as they look toward the future.
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