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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1917
Page
5
The message urges backing the army via a congressional bond issue with bonds available at banks in 50 dollar denominations or on an installment plan. Applications due by June 15 with staged payments beginning 2 percent and ending 30 percent on August 30. Bonds are marketed as secure, marketable investments earning 3.5 percent interest, aiding national defense.
In wartime America debates trade with neutrals and the Allies. The text argues the United States should not sell foods that could reach Germany and resell by neutrals, insisting the U.S. may trade with neutrals but not with its enemies and must not sell its own products to Germany.
A columnist lambasts the Chicago grain pit gamblers who drive up wheat prices. The writer says farmers, railroads, and mills sustain the system, while pit speculators profit and fix national and world prices, urging an end to the gambling influence on food costs. Suggested remedy is removing the pit from Chicago.
A special writer Basil Manly asserts meat prices will not return to former levels. He notes scarce farm supply and feeding yard stock while demand from buyers willing to pay high prices persists. War needs push Europe to meat days and America may adopt similar rationing.
A collage of short lines satirically lampoons wartime life and social norms, noting landlords strict about lawns, questions about Kaiser fodder, U-boat stigma, and marriage duties. The piece blends domestic life with global conflict, all in a quippy period voice.
A collage of quips and streetcar chatter spans jokes about Lloyd George Ireland and humor, a remark on protozoans like cystoflagellata, and a quip on Liberty bonds amid a playful exchange about a $2,000,000 loan to the alleys and a vast miscount of three hundred billion.
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Carl Vrooman declares every dollar of the 1917 Liberty Bond issue will stay in the United States. He says funds raise wartime needs, support armies, feed populations, and spur American prosperity through farm and wage earners, stressing farmer patriotism and national unity.
J B Webster proposes placing German prisoners aboard merchant ships to deter submarine attacks and cut guarding needs. He argues the method would avoid cruelty, align with law, and could force a quick end to the submarine threat or relieve captive feeding struggles, asking readers to consider the idea.
A letter complains of market stalls showing fine fruit and vegetables while inferior stock is sold, with refusals to sell what is displayed. The writer accuses persistent graft and calls for regulation, criticizing editors, corporations, and labor mismanagement, and suggesting reforms for labor and transport. The author signs Jesse T Kennedy.
A wartime appeal urges citizens to buy Liberty Bonds to support defense efforts. The message frames bond purchases as a duty of democracy and asks readers to participate today.
In Charleston Jupiter reports Legrand is gravely ill though not bedridden as a strange gold scarab and bug rumors swirl. A note from Legrand urges a private expedition into the hills with Jupiter to pursue a mysterious fortune tied to the beetle.
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