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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1918
Page
4
A young married couple rents a run down New England cottage and turns it into a cheerful paradise. They repaint with cretonne, craft small furniture, and fill the home with laughter and simple joys, finding happiness in a modest life built on love.
The piece urges control of temper at home, arguing that losing family respect is harsher than losing a job. It frames rage toward husband wife or children as cowardly and damaging to one’s character and morale. It stresses self restraint over external authority.
A Chicago Tribune editorial praises sending cigarettes and pipes to soldiers abroad. It argues against critics and highlights the rapid public contributions to the Tobacco Fund, started to aid weary servicemen, including one veteran who lost his legs while bombing a German dugout.
An unsigned public statement extols The Star as independent and truthful, claims no influence from parties or special interests, and vows to uphold open views while criticizing United Press for a misreported cable. The piece urges readers to support the United War Work Campaign and cautions about European wartime politics and Hungarian state developments.
A fragment from a Sunday page features satire and questions from Mr C Grey style Q A, the Dry Squad room scene, and a poem about the police and a vanished whisky era. It includes humorous exchanges with readers and a valley of songs and portents.
Private John Crage, former Bon Marche employee now in France, writes his mother Fannie L. Cumminga that he was wounded Oct 4 when a bowie machine gun bullet pierced his helmet, cutting a two inch deep, three inch long forearm gash, and that he is writing with his left hand as he recovers in hospital.
The 13 year old Sadie Dellon mortally harmed herself after stones were thrown at her during a Zionist display in a New York tenement. Rev Charles Stelzle argues for Jewish rights in Palestine and urges liberty and equal social status for Jews in America.
A citizen submits a short verse honoring early dead from war. The poem reflects on memory, honor, and gratitude for those who sacrificed liberty, noting there was no funeral and no family present but a wish for lasting national remembrance.
A wartime train encounter reveals two young women in the same Lorimer chemical message mission. One seeks democracy while the other serves treason as their Pullman journeys toward New York. The narrator notes Mary Thomas's conspicuous knitting bag and hints at hidden duties to Kremer and the Lorimer company. The suspense ends with a cliffhanger as both try to complete their tasks first.
Accounts praise multiple service members including Thomas A. Carroll of Cincinnati who held a shell hole and repelled a German patrol, Harold K. Crawford of Cleveland who delivered messages despite wounds, and surgeon Lieut. H. H. Davis who amputated a wounded soldier’s leg under fire. Also noted are Lieut. C. F. P. Bongardt of Omaha repairing lines under bombardment, Corp. Pat McKenna of St. Paul charging enemy positions, and Capt. J. W. Kane visiting family after Mesopotamia service.
A reader argues for stricter quarantine of early influenza cases and criticizes public measures that allow spread. Another letter urges protest against German made toys now in U S stock, citing potential contamination and wartime sentiment. The editor notes the Holland cart toys were prewar and released by the government.
A taxpayer urges The Star to fix Fifth Ave N at Taylor Ave which becomes very slippery in rain. He cites frequent accidents and asks the city to build a new unsurfaced concrete or brick road on this hill to prevent future crashes.
A Bremerton Navy yard reader attacks women as outside workers, claiming riveters slow, bolts misfire, truck helpers idle, and timekeepers nap in the rest room. He labels the shop a "hell hole" and would not permit a sister to work there.
A reader asks about late bond registration with banks, another queries the Irish meaning of Me and Mac prefixes, and a third questions kinship after a widow remarries. The column notes registerability, name origins, and stepfamily relations.
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