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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1917
Page
9
The Food Controller urges Americans to cut waste and supply France and England with food while they hold the lines. He argues America must share its supplies at home and abroad to prevent starvation among Allied troops and civilians as war pressures intensify.
The New York City victory for woman suffrage signals progress for the national movement. Despite opponents like Root clinging to old theories, New York voters affirm 20th century voting rights. The Star praises the result as gratifying and urges continued work by suffragists.
A column argues that regulars need four to nine months to season for front duty and questions how long raw recruits will take. It notes American entry would extend conflict, contrasts peace with pieces in China policy, critiques mayoral influence, and urges saving food and buying bonds.
Washington announces shipyards are expanding rapidly as the United States gears up for a vast wartime build. By 1918 American yards aim to reach ten million tons annually, with 403 vessels already commandeered and production accelerating nationwide amid labor and housing incentives.
A collage of reflections and short notices from a 1910s newspaper page. The piece asks what patriotism means beyond money and place, weaving excerpts on duty, blood, and glory with varied items. It mentions a Second Ave restaurant serving veal on beefless days, an English scientist dead, and war-time chatter about Pershing and chancellors.
The University Extension School of Business will continue in 1917 18 with advanced accounting instruction in the Henry Building. The second year class, led by J M McConahey, has 12 students and can take eight more. Eight months tuition is twenty dollars, covering text materials. Classes meet every Thursday.
In Salt Lake City George Williams alias Abbott was taken to a hospital in a comatose state after telling the jailer he would kill himself. Doctors recovered from his stomach four coat buttons a five inch indelible lead pencil a cloth tobacco bag cigarette papers cuff buttons and a shoe string.
A Cowen Park car passenger recalls a kitchen drama where a husband, blamed for late suppers, is confronted by his wife who hurls pots and a frying pan in retaliation. The anecdote ends with the reporter urging wives to react similarly to toughen meals.
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