Your Fifty Dollars Leave No Room for Excuses
A civic plea urges every American to invest in the Second Liberty Bond drive. It argues big corporate subscriptions show wealth, but true support comes from common people buying bonds to prove the war effort is a shared duty, not a rich man's enterprise. Each person should buy what they can, from fifty dollars upward, to greatly oversubscribe the loan.
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Anick
Seattle
New York
Sam
Ferom
Seattle Boys Report Safe in France From 18th Engineers
Letter from Morgan Van Wickle, a junior in the College of Forestry, says the 18th engineers are in France and that all Seattle boys with the unit are well. The message, sent to Seattle friends, notes no further details were allowed by censor.
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Seattle
Morgan van Wickle
College of Forestry
18Th Engineers
France
King County establishes Three Tree highway district
County commissioners on Monday formed a new highway district at Tree Point in line with tax supporters who favored action in a recent special election. The move reflects local planning for road improvements and governance under the new district framework.
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Three Tree
King County
Tree Point
Manly Praised For Clear War Tax Reporting
Basil Manly of The Star staff in Washington is praised by The Literary Digest for lucid and comprehensive articles on the new war tax bill. His piece appeared in The Star on Monday October 8.
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Literary Digest
Basil Manly
Manly
The
Star
Washington, D. C
Cleveland Woman Seeks 40000 Damages Over Injury Claim
A Cleveland woman asks 40000 dollars in damages for an injury that allegedly kept her from opening her mouth fully. The probe notes the irony as crisis reports from Petrograd mimic a monotonous roulette of crises.
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Cleveland
War Objectors Face Compulsory Service Policy
Washington reports the army plans to handle conscientious objectors in WWI with options for non combatant or engineering work within the United States. Those refusing may be punished, including imprisonment in military camps with hard labor, while the possibility of execution for deserters is noted but not planned.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of War
Adjutant General
United States
Wilson
Sam
Kaiser
Europe
Apple Season Ballad and Wartime Snippets Collide
A verse by Berton Braley extols apple season with volleys of seasonal fruit imagery. The page also carries tastily satirical quips about lumber firms, Tacoma and Seattle pride, Liberty bonds, and worldly consumer foibles, mixed with brief notes on wartime morale and local opinions.
Fashion Talk of the Elite in Gold Bathing Suits
A fragment discusses sartorial tastes among the patrician class, contrasting disdain for common wear with references to cloth of gold bathing suits, silver sashes, diamond buttons, and the hauton, highlighting fashion's arbiter circles and exclusive shops.
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Hauton
Make Your Own Cough Syrup and Save Money
An advertisement extols home preparation of Pinex based cough syrup costing about 65 cents for a full pint. It claims quick throat and chest relief, notes Vinex and pine extract, and urges asking a druggist for 2% ounces of Pinex with directions and a money-back guarantee. Also references fashion items and aristocratic lifestyle lore amid shifting social norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinex Co
Ft Wayne
Ind
Three Generations of Women Endorse Lydia E. Pinkham’s Compound
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ills. It claims no narcotics or habit forming drugs and cites experience of mothers and grandmothers proving its effectiveness for various female ailments.
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Spartanburg
Lydia E. Pinkham
G. D. McApges
Dewey Ave
8. C
Ill
Lydia E
Beran
Newport Ave
Chicago
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Editor's Maul FAlter The Star
A reader blasts the Senate for impeachment talk against La Follette Stone and Gronna and lashes out against Germans. He advocates deportation, calls for harsh action, and claims service to the United States in 1917. A second letter praises Richard Maneafield White for school board tips on the Vaterland issue and condemns German influence.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
la Follette
Stone
United States
Maurice Salmon
Columbia St
the Star
Richard Maneafield
Vaterland
Germany
F. Greene
Pacific Coast
The Kodak Dream and a One-Legged Partner’s Deal
A reminiscence recalls a small town man who tried to start a Kodak factory with little capital. He arranged a pact with a one legged worker and two boys, funding the venture by charging 10 percent interest on laid out capital and crediting stock to wages. The story hints at early business risk and unusual financing.
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the Star
Altho
Old Man’s Co Partnership Plan and Labor Fight
The article notes a plant continuing under the old founder’s plan with his son and another manager, while labor and capital wage a war over net profits. It discusses co partnership as mutual preservation when competition grows fierce and includes letters urging civic effort and support for Liberty bonds.
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Altho
E. M. Farmer
Burke
Why should our shipyards be idle
The Star laments workers marching to war and shipyards idle. It notes widespread questions from workers asking why production is paused and urges reconsideration of labor and wartime need. The piece reflects home-front discontent and calls for clarity on national effort.
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the Star
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Meattie
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Close Matter
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Elity
Matty
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Petrograd
Russia
Pinkham
Washington
Uncle Sam
Gilson Gardner
Colyum
Berton Braley
Nat'l Recog
Tum Tum Lumber Co
Walla Walla, Wash
Wishkah Boom Co
Wishkah, Wash
Chicago Tribune
Liberty Bond
Tacoma
Mr. Faber
White Sox
Baker
Lowell Ind. Tribune
London
Paria
America
Pete
J. Kh. Rinyon
Northwest
First Avenue
Binyon Optical CO
Seneca St. Hone
Peoples Savings Bank
Second Ave
Pikd ST
Dougall
Southwick
Second Avenue and
Pike Stre
O. K
Onyx
MacDougall-Southwick
Deer
MarcDougall
DR. F. T. Gabekas
Eilers Building
Fk. D. K
Modernizz Reside
Standard Oil
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