Japanese naval buildup and Pacific coast views prompt editorials
A Honolulu cable reports Japan plans an eight hundred twenty four million dollar naval expansion including four 40000 ton battleships and 80 destroyers. The Star and Times comment on pacific policy, Nippon influence, and American reactions, warning against appeasement and noting growing Japanese colonies in the U S Pacific coast.
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the Star
Post-Intelligencer
Associated Press
Honolulu
T BH
Shinpo
Handkerchief shapes shifted by royal decree at Versailles
The text recalls a 1785 royal order by Louis XVI mandating right angle pocket handkerchiefs to standardize taste after Marie Antoinette’s remark. It notes future shapes like star or doughnut were abandoned, leaving we still use right angled designs, while contrasting with modern events such as aerial campaigns that distracted from politics.
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Marie Antoinette
Versailles
Louis XVI
Queen Marie
Shamrock the Sleuth serial opens with Lady Leevitoff theft
A bustling, character filled excerpt introduces Shamrock the Sleuth in a Capitol Hill setting. Lady Leevitoff seeks help after two black diamonds vanish as thieves circle the prized jewels amid narration and editor's asides. The tale blends detective bravado with playful meta remarks.
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Shamrock
Leevitoff
America
Nick Romanoff
Capitol Hill
Ames
Gemma
Lady Leeviterrr
de Talia
Shamlock
Lady Leevitoff
Notable November Events From Early American History
A reader timeline notes key November dates and births from 1620 to 1872. Highlights include Pilgrim arrival near Cape Cod, Quebec siege preparations by Arnold, Bonaparte’s rise in 1799, abolitionists Sewall Owen Lovejoy, Oberlin founder Mahan, architect Stanford White, soldier Funston, and Boston’s great fire of 1872 with substantial losses.
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Pilgrim Fathers
England
Cape Cod
Masachusetts
Arnold
Quebec
Frederick Funston
Boston
In Memory of Our Dead and the Jap Question
Letters urge light on policy for fallen soldiers buried at home rather than in France. A BORROWING PARENT appeals to back HM. FR. 10046 urging Washington to honor wishes of families and keep soldiers buried in homeland. A Thomas Wash citizen laments Japanese حضور and calls for stricter land laws to curb rentals to Japs.
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France
Congress
War Department
Washington
Star
Thomas
Wash
Letter condemns Japanese menace to Pacific coast
A Star reader echoes J T W asserting Japanese threat to loyal Americans across labor and merchant classes. The letter cites alleged deceit shown by Japanese in Siberia and asserts firm stance against the menace.
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the Star
Pacific
Siberian
J. T. Hi.” Estates
Real People and stage types in Crane critique
Dr. Frank Crane argues audiences prefer caricatured clergymen and class stereotypes over real individuals. He mocks the stage and film conventions that package society into two Europeanized extremes while praising the ordinary American worker.
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Frank Crane
California bosses and Japanese immigration influence
A. Tr. Eades argues that California leaders helped push Japanese immigration and that simply born in Seattle does not guarantee American-ness. He condemns preference for Japanese merchants and urges white buyers to support white merchants as a test of patriotism and national loyalty.
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Tachihiko Okada
Saitama Prefecture
Vancouver
Seattle
Okada
California
Japan
Eades
Wipe the mud off your shoes before kicking a gentleman
An admonition on proper conduct for conductors of trade. The proverb warns that the more business the suctioneer picks up the more he risks harming his reputation and undermining his character through aggressive tactics.
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