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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1918
Page
9
The appeal stresses Seattle’s wartime earnings from contracts and argues the city’s loan to Uncle Sam should be fully met. It warns underfunding would be neither patriotic nor prudent and notes Seattle’s quota is nearly half of the state’s total.
The piece contrasts Belgian schools under German control with Belgian children in battleline areas sheltered and fed, gas masks at desks. It argues a future anti German education in the United States clashes with education commissioner Claxton who defends language study, urging removal of Marton.
A compact meditation on reserves and reverses as equalizers of solvency and risk. It contrasts allied offensives and German forces with the need to amass reserves amid vicissitudes, linking personal energy to prudent restraint and long term security.
The world linen shortage due to airplane production prompts Linen Shower Week. A drive seeks 1,250,000 bath towels 2,500,000 hand towels 1,750,000 handkerchiefs 125,000 napkins and 650,000 sheets to aid the Red Cross and wartime needs. Deliver to Red Cross at Fourth Ave and University St.
A 1919 pay plan and desertion warning urge support for the national program. The government promises to return war dead and honor soldiers while dismissing the Turk as a fallacy and German efficiency under Allied pressure is challenged.
Commentary argues against municipal ownership of street lighting, criticizing the city department's leadership and questioning efficiency. The piece urges residents to scrutinize sources and consider privatization versus public control.
A collage of humorous and patriotic snippets from Illinois papers. Items include dry goods campaigns dubbed Liberty Peach Bar, a Mrs Earle home cooking schedule, a Green Lake man vowing Sunday fuel-saving, a quip about tax bills taxing purses, and a spoof sheriff candidacy by A I Brady. Also references to Kaiser and global war context, and mentions of the International Free Trade League pushing free trade planks.
A Berlin newspaper argues that Germanys invasion of Belgium nullifies Belgian neutrality and asserts that Belgium now fights as an occupied state. It contends that occupying Belgian territory grants Germany conquering rights and that Belgium must accept its fate in conflict with Germany and other powers.
A reader from Woodland argues prices and taxes in Seattle have risen since 1904, deterring rental housing. He says wages attract workers yet many leave when work slows, and he claims rents are driven by labor costs rather than housing shortage, suggesting tent living as an alternative.
A collection of letters and responses from Dear Miss Grey. Readers seek guidance on loneliness marriage secrecy and moral choices. The column advises changing surroundings seeking social interaction and honest self‑assessment while warning against secret relationships and inadequate self‑worth.
A narrator bound and blindfolded recalls wartime upheaval and personal risks as captors steer toward an uncertain Atlantic escape. She contrasts others’ public acts of duty with her own sense of inaction amid a country-wide conflict and shifting loyalties.
The Hungarian premier, once hungry for power, seeks a new honor or title as he positions himself for leadership over Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina if allies fail to secure the region first.
A wartime exhortation to American workers in plants and shipyards calls for buying Liberty Bonds. The speaker praises the wage earner’s prosperity while stressing duty to soldiers overseas, urging thrift and investment to back Allied efforts and defeat German outrages.
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