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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1914
Page
4
A political editorial condemns an election law requiring voters to declare party affiliation before voting in primaries. It argues independents are disenfranchised and urges voters to pressure legislators to end party registration or adopt non partisan primaries. The piece calls for legislature action to cure the “election evil.”
The piece presents Villa noting the European conflict as a revelation while recounting his own actions in Terrazas lands and against traitor soldiers. It argues he acted plainly without excuses, contrasting his conduct with warfare’s perceived horror, and rejects romanticized views of war.
A playful exchange implies a family death, noting Uncle Eben confirms it by saying they buried old Grandpa Wobble in the family dress suit. The dialogue centers on the Wobble family’s absence from social events and a mysterious burial detail.
A chaotic school scene centers on a boy named Gorgie who misses the meaning of the word recooperate. He avoids answering in class after borrowing a nickel for the movies, leaving the teacher and parents perplexed and the home tense.
St Die a picturesque city on the Meurthe connected by railroad, with a 14th century cathedral drawing tourists. Arras a fortified center of grain and once famed for tapestries, pop 24,921. Roubaix a major manufactory city near Lille with a university and canal link. Ou en midway Paris Havre on the Channel with large cotton trade and La Salle’s birthplace. Allenstein key East Prussia rail junction reportedly occupied by Russians.
Strongly fortified town on the Vistula river serves as army corps headquarters with a population around 33 000. A larger fortified settlement nearby on the direct Berlin to Warsaw railroad axis houses about 47 000 residents.
Berlin Vorwaerts warns that Germany’s greatest danger is economic. Even if defeated, the war will last, and the English fleet could block imports of cotton silk lead oil leather and other raw materials, forcing German factories to close.
In Limoges France on September 12 Corporal Albert Palaphy of the Tenth Dragoons earned the Legion of Honor for valor on the field. He carried his wounded colonel to safety under heavy fire and despite a bullet to the abdomen led a successful charge against the Baden Guards capturing their standard.
At British request the German chargé d affaires and the Austrian diplomatic agent left Egypt. The move reflects diplomatic pressure amid regional tensions and signals a shift in allied representation in Cairo.
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