Garden of the Brave Vision Honors Allies in Wartime
The speaker imagines a global garden where poppies bloom over torn villages and fallen soldiers from France Belgium Italy Canada Britain England and Ireland rest. He invokes shared sacrifice and friendship between America and Britain and warns that Germany threatens peace despite assurances.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Miles
Belgium
Italy
Canada
Australia
Lancaster
York
Florentine
Ameri
Two Ships Bring Aid to Poland and Near East
A letter extols two ships funded by Jewish relief efforts the Westward Ho loaded with grain condensed milk and other provisions destined for Danzig to aid Poland and the Pensacola bound for Constantinople Beirut to aid Palestine Syria and Armenia funded by the American Jewish Relief Funds and the Joint Distribution Committee. The writer urges charitable donations and denounces sectarian divisions while praising Jewish contributions.
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Westward Ho
Poland
Danzig
Pensacola
Near East
Palestine
Syria
Armenia
Constantinople
Beirut
Joint Distribution Committee
American Jewish Relief Funds
American Committee For Relief In
Graves a Furrows May 30 1919 and the cost of freedom
A reflective verse excerpt by Edmund Vance Cooke on memorials for fallen fighters in 1919. It laments those who died for liberty and warns against self deception and shrinking from the shared human bond. The poem urges honoring the dead with continued resolve so freedom may bloom.
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Brotherhood of Man
God
Edmund Vance Cooke
Keeping Seattle Street Cars Clean and Safe
The piece argues street cars must be kept sanitary as owners share in the system. It cites municipal crews cleaning over 30 cars daily at $1.50 each, totaling more than $16,000 yearly, urging enforcement of rules to curb filth and health hazards. The note laments spitting and trashing cars and calls for action, referencing pride of ownership and patriotic duty.
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Seattle
Railway Department
Murphine Fares and municipal traction policy debated
Councilman Thomson pushes a six cent fare as Murphine argues a five cent municipal street railway fare is feasible with no need to raise prices. Murphine cites Seattle as a potential model and notes higher fares can reduce patronage. The discussion also touches on broader national issues and political reflections.
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Murphine
Municipal Traction
Thomson
Public Service Commission
Seattle
Korea
Variety of oddities and quips fill column remarks
A collage of quips and anecdotes touches on price rises tied to wet weather, a humorous prediction about General Coxey leading a 150000 strong wet march, a birth announcement in Memphis in 1919, garden gripes, President Wilson in Paris, and light witticisms from readers about roofs, umbrellas, and manners.
May 31 Historical Figures and Events Noted
May 31 marks the deaths of Ladislaus IV of Poland at 80 and Frederick the Great of Prussia, noted scholars and rulers. Walt Whitman, born 1819 on Long Island, influenced American poetry with Leaves of Grass and vers libre. Civil War battles at Fair Oaks in 1862 and the Johnstown flood of 1889 are cited, plus the 17th Amendment adoption in 1913 changing U S Senate elections to popular vote.
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Ladislaus IV
Poland
Frederick William
Prussia
Frederick the Great
Frederick
Walt Whitman
Weet Hille
Long Island
Whitman
Battle of
Fair Oaks
Army of the Potomac
Richmond
Johnstown
Conemaugh
United States
Rainier Special Quenches Thirst With Exclusive Process
The advertisement touts Rainier Special as the only soft drink that truly satisfies. It claims a patented exclusive production process, unique to the maker, and promotes its purity and digestibility. A case can be ordered for home use.
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Rainier
Some Common Facts On Sin By The Rev Charles Stelzle
A sermon lists common sins of seven biblical figures showing sin originates in covetousness and harms others. Pharaoh Achan Balaam Saul David Prodigal Son Judas all suffer worldly penalties and family distress, raising the question SIN-DOES IT PAY.
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Charles Stelzle
Pharoah
Achan
Baalam
Balak
Saul
David
Uriah
Judas
Egypt
Beme
Femua
Good Mister Knight Poem Remains Till Night
A humorous wartime era verse depicts Day and Knight as intrusive figures. Day leaves at dusk while Knight lingers, boring the speaker and friends, who reluctantly praise him as a tiresome presence. The speaker longs for work and play but Knight forces him to bed.
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Mr. Day
Mr. Knight
Day
Knight
Altho
Germany Plans Export of 2,000,000 Citizens
A Berlin report says Germany, with government approval, will form an emigration program at Essen to move miners and farmers to Argentina and Brazil. The plan contemplates reducing Germany's population by 20,000,000 through state fostered emigration and ties to the fatherland.
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Berlin
Germany
Essen
Argentina
Brazil
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