Has Father a Bond
A World War II era report recounts German troops in Heure-le-Romain Belgium killing multiple villagers including Antoine Leonand Jean Verjus the priest M Janssen Anne Brune Marie Elizabeth Poncelet and others. It notes a village family fleeing to a barn loft and being shot and burned. Public notice urges buy liberty bonds.
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Belgium
Heure-le-Romain
Antoine Leonand
Jean Verjus
M. Janssen
Anne Brune
Marie Elizabeth Poncelet
Marie Elizabeth
County Budget Debate Sparks Watchdog Proposal
Citizens' advisory committee urges a watchdog to ensure 1919 county budget funds are not misused. They note past overages and debt, urging department heads to set prudent estimates with detailed analyses prepared by Committeemen Colman Booth Lamping Condon Powell Terrace and Mullen.
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Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Lawrence Colman
Lawrence Booth
George B. Lamping
John T. Condon
John H. Powell
Frank Terrace
Frank Mullen
War Labor Policies Board to Target High Cost of Living
Washington reports the War Labor Policies Board will attack high living costs. It notes cooperation with food administration, war industries, agriculture, and fuel sectors while urging Garfield Baruch and Hoover to craft a consumer protection plan. Citizens have long sought relief from profiteering.
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War Labor Policies Board
Washington
Gilson Gardner
Food Administration
War Industries Board
Department of Agriculture
The
Fuel Administration
Policies Board
Garfield
Baruch
Mr. Hoover
Harry
Barney
Herbert
One Day's Receipts in Bonds Urges Seattle Firms
Seattle business firms are urged to convert a single day’s receipts into Liberty Bonds. Friday is suggested as the day, with half a dozen firms already pledging. Hazen J. Titus champions the plan, noting the need for substantial contributions from merchants.
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Seattle
Uncle Sam
Hazen J. Titus
Gasless Sunday Rule Limited to East of Mississippi
Officials Garfield and Requa explained the gasoliner-free Sunday applies only east of the Mississippi due to acute shortage on the Eastern seaboard. East reserves could be steadied faster by curtailment there, while West stocks would be augmented from the mid-continent field without restricting automobile use for now.
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Garfield
Requa
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Mid-Continent
Daniels Aid Typifies Democracy of the Navy
Special to The Star details Commander Joseph Daniels, an aide to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, as a living example of advancement from apprentice to commander. The piece traces his career from 1891 through 1917 and notes no family relation to the secretary. He served in Europe during World War I and carried out a mission for Admiral Sims in 1917.
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Washington
United States Navy
Secretary Daniels
Uncle Sam
Josephus Daniels
Joseph Daniels
Navy
Daniels
Daniela
Germany
Europe
Admiral Sims
Hiremer
Hie
Tony
Hamilton Certeia
Certeia
Tob
Certels
Certeis
Certela
Miss Anxious scolds immoral affair in Miss Grey column
A long reader letter to Miss Grey rebukes a "married man" involved with another woman and urges the other woman to leave him. The note emphasizes womanly responsibility and cites harmed wives and children, urging for moral behavior.
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Miss Grey
Althou
Mies
Miss 20
Albania
Turkey
Adriatic Sea
Greece
Macedonia
Montenegro
Illyria
Spirus
Laughing snippets and puns from a 1910s page
A collage of short quips and jokes about daily life and public figures. A professor missteps into a gutter while walking and comments on a limp. A punning exchange on pseudonyms and car parts. A mock council of leaders and a jab at the Kaiser amid wartime humor.
Wild Catters Applauded as Oil Boom Drivers
The Star discusses the wild catter as a legitimate oil and mining pioneer, arguing they fund ventures across fields and move on when needed, contrasting them with stock jobbers and promoters. A reader notes landladies profiting from rooming houses by buying cheap and raising rents, blaming rooming house sharks, not owners, for exploitation.
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the Star
Andere
United States
John T. Anderson
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Pierre Gathy
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Constantine Pet
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