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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1917
Page
4
A columnist weighs how World War I reshapes views on wealth labor and patriotism. The piece contrasts capitalists supporting the war with organized labor and argues both sides show genuine sacrifice under government wartime policies led by Samuel Gompers of the AFL.
City opens bonds for a 6 percent car line extension to Ballard funded by Liberty bonds. Citizens may subscribe in $50 increments with 10 percent down, 45 percent due December 1 and January 1. Bond proceeds will back the project and a court review must satisfy bond sale.
Mrs. O. D. Robinson of Brooklyn reports major health gains from Peruna after two years of doctor supervised care. She cites relief from swollen feet and limbs, abdominal bloating, shortness of breath, and stiff joints, saying the treatment prolonged life and improved her condition. She praises the medical department and notes availability of Peruna Tablets for those who object to liquid medicine.
A patchwork page features a mock wartime ballad HUNKA TIN about a truck or vehicle and its crew with heavy slang and combat imagery, followed by a note about an American ambulance driver and a contrast about Russia and resources. It closes with a candid family vignette from a younger writer about a baby and sibling mischief.
A fragmented notice notes a telephone operator from Local No 44 seeking guidance on how to call a circus. The garbled text mentions a man who ate luncheon in a meadows restaurant and bellowed after claiming three years in Belgium. A hat seller at 1800 Westlake Ave named Charles J Hats appears in the fragment.
Scottish singer Harry Lauder appeals from New York that Americans bear the fate of the world in their hands. He cites his son Jack Lauder killed in France and urges total national effort, sacrifice, and unity to hasten victory and bring home the wounded.
A Ballard resident complains that the canal bridge opens too quickly for boats, delaying workers and cars. He urges the bridge tender to wait for boats to signal before opening and questions prioritizing vessels over traffic. He adds a broader critique of vice and commercialized decadence affecting the city.
The real center of Seattle's vice issue is profits not vice itself. Opposition to cleanup comes from those who view vice as revenue and power, with protected venues and tipped raids. Vice is described as business that funds influential friends and local power structures.
Masom-FilSiuldreese argues Russia’s Maximalists seek an immediate peace possibly with a democratic Germany. A separate peace under prewar frontiers could ruin Teutonic aims, while German acceptance risks revolution spreading to Germany. The Cologne Gazette cautions against overoptimism about Maximalist success in Petrograd.
Mrs Amanda Gordon of the Pacific Coast Rescue and Protective Society argues that vice cannot be stopped by law alone. Seattle must render commerce in vice intolerable by targeting the beneficiaries and busting the system. The focus is on breaking up the vice business rather than reforming habits.
Secretary Daniels commends three American navy enlisted men for gallantry aboard a British merchant vessel laid to a torpedo hit. Signal men Alfred Allard of New Bedford Massachusetts Stephen Downey of Utica New York and F Kenneth Gunlash of New York City were cited for beaching the ship after attack.
Washington announces Secretary Baker is considering organizing coal miners already in the national army into regiments for service in France. Informal negotiations are underway to determine acceptability given France's coal and mining shortages.
A fragmentary tale shows a guest returning an umbrella after a rainless day and facing idle stares. A side note mentions officials and the French high commission in a tense exchange. The piece ends with a jibe about small waists and tight lacing.
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