Two Centuries Behind The Times In The Morning Grouch
The Morning Grouch attacks The Star and its coverage of Senator Humphrey. It mocks the paper as antiquated, calls Cagliostro a figure, and accuses Humphrey of hypocrisy over the Alaska railroad bill and past votes. The exchange includes references to prohibition, woman suffrage, and travel expense questions.
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The
Star
Cagliostro
Cag
Doctor Cook
Umphrey
Humphrey
Alaska
Congress
Amphrey
Free road to Germany and Austria for cotton debated in Congress
A strong in Congress pushes for a free cotton road to Germany and Austria or an arms embargo. The author warns such moves could drag the nation into war with Japan France Russia Italy and the British Empire, noting Germany’s sea power and its 1000 tons of cotton daily in explosive shells and the allies likely blocking cotton flow.
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Congress
Germany
Austria
Japan
France
Russia
Italy
British Empire
Styles Come And Go Yet Right Arm Remains Popular
A breezy fashion note asserts that timeless style for a lady’s waistline centers on the security of a man’s supportive arm. The line playfully underscores social trends and etiquette reflected in the era.
Fortune and disasters mix in a busy notes page
The page records Canada planning a $50 million war loan, a powder factory in Emporium Pennsylvania with 400 to 500 workers afraid to work after an explosion, injuries to Arthur B. Willie and John Anderson in Shelton, and the Seattle schooner Theokla stranded by a heavy gale in Nichola Bay Alaska. It also mentions local political moves, a bear killed near Centralia, a courtroom fracas in Tacoma, and unrelated humor and editorials reflecting community concerns and wartime tensions.
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Emporium
Arthur B. Willie
John Anderson
Shelton
Seattle
Theokla
Nichola Bay
Alaska
Hairpin Shortage Sparks National Saving Campaign
A humorous feature notes 25 million U S women use hairpins and lose 456 million daily. With European supplies strained by war, the article calls for thrift to avert a hairpin famine while citing an annual $41 million global hairpin market and $18 million spent by U S women.
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U. S
United States
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Everett True
Soy
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TLC
Seattle Star
Fourth Avenue
By Allman
Tom
Minnesota
Gopher State
Blosser
Stella Sorghum
Canada
Jon
Conrad Rose
Wenatchee Reclamation District
North Yakima
Willie
Elmewhere
Jesse Rector
Centralia
J. B. Brooka
Aldrich
Brown's Bay
Burton
Orpheum Theatre
Shakespeare
Graham
Tacoma
N. Y
Slayton
John Gallach
Gallact
Westbridge
Aberdeen
Fowler
Emma Lucile Mason
Bingtown
Bingtown Bugle
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Ladies’ Home Journal
Girle
Chariie
Charley
Sterling Gum
Himelhoch Bros
Kline & Rosenberg
First Ave
Cooper
Mediicott
Richmond Crotch Union
Nova Scotia Union
Norfolk
Selz
Otice Up
Eagle and
Boston
Garters
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