Public Ads Urge Co Operation To Curb Influenza
The Bon Marche and Standard Furniture urged civic duty in combating influenza. The Bon Marche asked shoppers to buy only essentials, keep children at home, shop quickly, and support keeping stores open with safe practices. The Standard Furniture ad urged avoiding downtown trips, buying only essentials, shopping by telephone, and reducing crowds to stop the epidemic spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bon Marche
Standard Furniture Company
Hanson
Dr. McBride
Stay Home Save Health in influenza curb plan
City authorities call partial closures after a merchant and street car official meeting. Crowding in stores and on street cars during rush hours fuels influenza spread. Traffic officials note peak loads before 9 am and after 3 pm. Citizens urged to stay downtown less, buy weekly supplies, shop only for essentials, and cooperate to halt the epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anson
Richardson
the Traction Company
Crushing Germany and the looming harsh terms
A World War I era riff portrays Germany as powerful yet warned by a feisty devil figure. It recalls Germany’s 1917 siege of Romania and Berlin’s boastful talk of harsher terms for Western powers once they dictate peace.
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Samuel
Romania
Rumania
Berlin
Confessions Of A War Bride And The Cheer Club
In a wartime scene Martha Palmer Mother Lorimer and Jane discuss the ideal wife and mother, the strain on war mothers, and a self-started Cheer Club. Members comfort lonely veterans’ families, organize errands, track regimental details and support finances, avoiding mere talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Palmer
Lorimer
Evan
Lorimér
Martha
Soldier's Mall
Jane
Senator Lewis Outlines Wilsons 14 Peace Terms
Senator Lewis argues for Wilsons 14 peace terms, urging open seas and removal of trade barriers to form a league of peace. He defends freedom of navigation, condemns sea closures, and calls for proportional armament reduction to lessen war costs and align with public consent.
Wilsons Fourteen Peace Terms Highlight Global Self Rule
The article reproduces President Wilson’s fourteen peace terms calling for open covenants, free seas, removal of trade barriers, disarmament, and self determination. It outlines proposed frontiers and freedoms for Belgium France Italy Austria Hungary Poland and the Ottoman territories, plus a league of nations concept for mutual protection. J Hamilton Lewis signs.
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Italy
Austria
Tlungary
Rumania
Serbian
Montenegro
Serbia
Nea
Balkan
Ottoman Empire
Dardanelles
Nusasia
Kusala
Edmund Burke
Russia
Belgium
France
Alsnce-Lorraine
Wilson
Hungary
Germany
America
United States
Turkey
Poland
Association of Nations
J. Hamilton Lewis
The Way to Lasting Happiness Dear Miss Grey
A reader seeks guidance between two former lovers. The adviser urges choosing current husband over rekindling the past, warning it could ruin the present home and trust. The letter also asks about recommended books on nature. A second reader asks about mail service to Syria. response notes no service established yet.
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Miss Grey
Navy
Syria
Dear Miss Grey A plea for guidance from a farm girl
A 15 year old farm resident writes seeking advice on managing loneliness with weak eyes. She cannot join neighbors for games or knit read or sew by day or lamp light. She has no siblings and asks Miss Grey for quick guidance. The writer suggests spending leisure time outdoors exploring the living woods and speaks of school work and music lessons.
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Miss Grey
Halloween oddities and wartime quips in verse and prose
A collage of quirky lines and poems includes a Halloween cat sing song, a critical wartime piece about a sinner and the Christ in hearts, plus light exchanges about masks, embroidery, and a Spanish influenza sugar notice, all reflecting era mood and social chatter.
Adjustments of colonial claims by popular consent
The piece argues that colonial governance should mirror US practice in the Philippines and Puerto Rico, granting colonial peoples the right to determine their own popular rights by ballot. It urges decision by the governed through a central colonial government acting with consent, in an intelligent, practical manner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hamilton Lewis
United States
Illinois
Senate
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Wilson
Phillippines
Porto Rico
Secretary to Sultan in Seattle Rumor Divulged on Wharf
Seattle waterfront chatter centers on a supposed secretary to the Sultan of Turkey visiting Seattle aboard the Mexico Maru. Reportedly Italian born and a doctor of philosophy, the man spoke through an interpreter and had served the Turkish ruler for 25 years, though his identity remains unknown.
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Sultan
Turkey
Seattle
Orient
Uncle Sam to Make Officers Uniforms in France
Paris October 21 Uncle Sam plans a new tailoring system for officers in France to cut costs. Each quartermaster depot will supply cloth and arrange on the spot fittings and outfitting, reducing the high price of commissioned finery that has driven some officers to desire not to serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esmeralda
Uncle Sam
France
United States Army
Christmas shoppers flock to town with gifts on hand
Shops are ready with stock from diamond rings to toys as Christmas buyers arrive by train, autos, and suburban cars. Shoppers urged to show spirit and start early to finish sooner, with cash down.
Lights at the touch of a match
A concise pitch extols convenience and cleanliness of a modern lighting method avoiding fires dust dirt and ashes, emphasizing instant illumination with no traditional hazards or cleanup needed.
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Newsstarkens
Telegraph News Service of
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Poat
Wash
Bbc
Washington
Star Publishing Co
Senator Lewis
Spain
Nome
England
Asia
Europe
Canada
Taft
League of Nations
Congress
Ita
Kanaan
Prussia
Alsace Lorraine
Nelson Doubleday
Oyster Bay
L. L. New York
Marble
Walla
Flanderfielda
Christ
Leo HH. Lassen
E. A
Food Administration
N. EB. A
Paris
Perfection Oil Heater
Perfection Oil
Standard Company
California
Union Street
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