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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1918
Page
9
An essay argues America must keep faith in wealth as a means to human soul improvement, noting Germany as offender in materialism. It urges loosing the literal iron shackles from nations and souls at the postwar peace table, and leaving the furnace of trial to free American spirit.
In Seattle a civilian army of Protestants and Catholics, Gentiles and Jews unites to raise over 200 million dollars for the moral mental and physical welfare of soldiers. War breaks down religious and racial barriers as volunteers from Y M C A Y W C A Knights of Columbus Jewish Welfare Board Salvation Army aid fighters with food comfort letters and entertainment.
A narrator recounts tailing Mary Thomas during a victory hotel stay to thwart her plan. The pair drive to Bear Mountain, dine with Mary unable to pay, while the narrator slips away to secure victory and left Mary stranded without funds or means to return. The setup hints at a continuing drama.
A reader asks if exchanging keepsakes with a friend in the service is proper before engagement. Miss Grey calls such exchanges largely human and above criticism, noting no fixed rule and suggesting personal judgment.
Old soldiers note the November arrival of about 20 000 men aged 31 to 37 at Camp Lee and plan modified intensive training to suit their fitness levels.
A vintage advertisement promotes 8.8.8. blood remedy as the permanent cure for rheumatism, arguing temporary external treatments fail. It claims the medicine cleanses the blood and offers free expert guidance and a medical book, mail to Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
A collage of odd items includes a mock pirate line about stealing liquor, household hints for repurposing old items, and stray comments on World War I leaders. It notes Rosalie Jones’s wealth and socialist turn, a birth in Boulder, and a plug for funeral goods in Grand Rapids.
A plea for divorce law reform to help soldiers repair hasty marriages is circulated by Mrs. M. L. Beaton Tieddemann of the British Divorce Law Reform Union. The scheme supports Lord Sydenham’s reform bill and urges matrimonial committees in towns to aid returning soldiers seeking stable homes amid war.
Washington reports Brussels Belgium's capital as the likely site for the proposed peace conference to redraw the world. The choice awaits Allied agreement and possible Belgium requests to seat the tribunal in the famed Palais de Justice with its 340 foot dome and 27 court rooms and 245 offices.
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