Editorial exposes anti Japanese bias and fear of alien influence
A Star editorial voices strong anti Japanese rhetoric arguing that Japanese workers profit from others, fear of assimilation, and urge Americans to resist rental or sale of land to Japs. It portrays Japs as industrious yet dangerous to American values and calls for "100% Americans" to defend the country's heritage.
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the Star
Japan
Nippon
Sumner
Wash
Real Hero Rudolph Brenck and Family Gain Peace Hero Status
In 1919 a New Britain Connecticut man Rudolph Brenck and his large family are celebrated for wartime to peacetime sacrifice. Brenck and wife Annie Newfield raise sixteen children amid rising costs and daily duties, earning the title of local peace-time heroes for their enduring resilience and family labor.
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Rudolph Brenck
New Britain
Conn
Annie Newfield
Brenck
Armistice Day, Peace Proclaimed, Yet Crosses Remain
The verse marks Armistice Day with ringing joy and world cheers but starkly notes white crosses in endless prayer. It honors those who paid with their lives, holding eternal armistice for the broken swords.
One Year of Peace Ends and Unfinished Work Remains
A commemorative oration notes one year since the armistice and critiques missed readjustment efforts. It warns that railroads, merchant marine, cost of living, and industrial cooperation lag, despite demobilization and returning soldiers. Calls for renewed peace-time teamwork among labor capital producers and consumers.
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Marshal Foch
Minneapolis
United States
American Legion
Shamrock the Sleuth Faces Beattie Black Diamond Heist
In a serialized mystery, Shamrock learns two priceless Polack diamonds from Lady Leevitort are stolen. A cab driver ally turns foe and the villainous Brotherhood votes a killer to pursue Shamrock. Captain Knox M Kuku is chosen to slay the detective and recover the gems.
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Shamrock
Beattie
Brotherhood
Knox M
Kuku
Leevitort
Too Big for Our Breeches by Frank Crane
Crane argues that the United States in 1913 is too big for its breeches. He critiques wage systems, inheritance, taxation, religion, and democracy, calling for functional craftsmen to translate lofty ideals into workable institutions.
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Prank Crane
Frank Crane
Youll Never Be an Angel Verse on Heavenly Beings
The essay argues angels are a distinct order not to be worshiped and that believers will be like God rather than angels. It notes angels are created, powerful, know much, not omniscient, and minister to believers, with a prophecy that at the end of age the wicked are separated.
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Angela
Heaven
Cii
Earth
God
Intrepid detective Shamrock uncovers masked thief in moonlight
In a moonlit alley the thief removes disguise and pockets genuine gems after escaping through a back door. Shamrock, the Intrepid detective, confronts the scene as an insane commission debates the author’s fate for Stellacoom or Sedro Woolley. Early seeds lead to a giant sunflower now measuring 18 inches in diameter and 113 inches tall.
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Shamrock
Stellacoom
Sedro Woolley
Victor Luke
Lash
Man Remembers First Love From Youthful Moment
A reflection on how a man’s initial romance, though brief, leaves a lasting impression that endures through the years. The piece notes the vivid memory of that early emotion and its enduring impact on later life.
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