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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1918
Page
2
President Wilson designates Thursday November 28 as Thanksgiving and prayer day nationwide. He praises victory in war, urges gratitude to God, and calls Americans to pause from work, worship, and reflect on peace and mutual respect.
Police nabbed a taxi carrying 68 quarts of whisky after a chase of over a mile along North Hank Road. The driver and a companion escaped into brush. Ernest Poth and Harry H. Johnson are detained on suspicion though not believed to have been in the taxi. Johnson says the vehicle was stolen near the Waldorf hotel. The pursuit began near Woodland Park Ave and 84th Street with shots fired and officers in pursuit by car and motorcycle.
Zurich reports Herr Renner a socialist named president of Austria's provisional government as advices arrive.
War correspondence details American advance into Germany with engineers painting signs and units shifting positions. Doughboys discuss homecoming while sanitary work renovates Stenay and residents propose renaming German streets after Wilson or Pershing. Crown Prince’s chateau becomes an American headquarters as French caretakers recall Verdun fighting.
London dispatch reports British columnists misread President Wilson’s use of ohek for ok. The phrase presently equates to now in seventeenth century English, proving Wilson right again after critics doubted him. A London note adds Germans seek to buy trade marks in neutral countries and, similarly, in America.
Ad touts Peptiron as a tonic combining pepsin nux iron and celery. Claims it improves blood anemia and nerve weakness after influenza and grip, aiding worn out men women students and convalescents by delivering iron to the blood.
An old advertisement promotes a headache remedy sold in 30c and 60c jars and a hospital size for 2.50. The copy notes it can prevent headaches and is presented in a period commercial style.
Advertisements claim Dr Edwards Olive Tablets purify the blood and cleanse the bowels and liver to remove bad breath. The tablet is described as a pure olive oil compound, available in 0c and 25c boxes, taken nightly for a week with broad consumer use.
Bertha Krupp, heir to the Krupp armaments works, is reported imprisoned by the new German regime along with her family. The Krupp family wealth and Kaiser’s ambitions tied to the nation's ascent to war are referenced.
A Bulgarian protest reports German troops seized Bulgarian provisions and army material during retreat. The claim includes the taking of Red Cross supplies and forcing wounded Bulgarians to surrender clothing and shoes leaving them half-naked on roads to hospitals.
Camp Lewis lost to the Vancouver Bar Racks team 146 to an unknown Vancouver lead. The soldiers scored first but Gerlough missed the extra point, costing Camp Lewis the game.
Terre Haute Indiana high school students spent their summer in a large plant making steel helmets for American soldiers. The labor department notes 150 boys contributed to the war effort by producing equipment used at the front.
Mrs Anna Wagner of Statesbury Missouri endorses Adler-i-ka claiming it cured constipation and bowel trouble and expelled gas and sourness instantly. The advertisement states it cleanses the entire alimentary canal and prevents appendicitis, listing ingredients and noting swift drug co and other druggists sell it.
London reports that many British officials think antiaircraft defense will remain part of national defenses on the British Isles. The view holds that fast and powerful aircraft make permanent defenses necessary until war risk is minimized.
United Press reports war planners considered a 100 mile range long range gun as a psychological weapon. The proposed weapon would resemble a gun within a gun with a larger explosive shell but smaller tube. Navy ordnance engineers also advanced depth charges rocket flares and aircraft guns as part of wartime innovations.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt strongly protest plans to move Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt’s body from France to the United States. They will visit the grave where he fell after his aircraft was shot down. The Roosevelts urge respecting the spot and note their intent to stay at the grave.
New York dated dispatch says Col. Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt will sail for France to visit the grave of their son Quentin within weeks if possible. Miss Josephine Stryker quotes Roosevelt as eager to go to the site where Quentin fell in battle and buried by the foe. They plan a small stone by them after the war ends, while honoring friends' existing memorials.
French conscripts of the class of 1919 are nicknamed Little Tigers in honor of Tiger Clemenceau, reflecting wartime morale and leadership.
Motion pictures are shown regularly in every YMCA hut in France depicting activities of every branch of the AEF.
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