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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1917
Page
7
A Seattle motorcycle rider struck six year old Cora Middleton on Phinney Avenue and fled scene. The girl's funeral is implied and local sentiment condemns reckless riding as police and authorities are urged to act. The piece targets riders who ignore ordinances and endanger pedestrians.
The author condemns nations keeping German ambassadors, calls autocracy ruthless and alien to humane law, and argues that arresting such elements is a civilizational duty, not negotiable policy.
The text mocks the latest German peace terms as reported in Ington, suggesting France and Northern France would be restored and paid via sales of colonies to Great Britain. It notes Britain already holds many colonies and jokes about the investment value, urging wakefulness and humor against autocratic actions.
In Carolyn Wells's tale, the narrator and Helen debate Marybelle's murder, suspected pearls, and a gas turn on. Hypnosis theories involve Cissy and seances while an umbrella with a crook handle figures in searches and a suspect list, as clues accumulate.
Quote heavy item by ".E. D. IK.'s." and COLYUM orators lamenting dishonor and war. The speaker asserts fighting on until the Prussian beast is abated, Belgium and France recover, and true freedom returns before any talk of honorable peace.
A humorous montage notes changing value of a dollar across eras and social shifts, contrasting single and married life with how a dollar once bought more. A brief stagecoach vignette ends with the line never but once, then a fragmented Telegraphers dream insert appears amid garbled text and numbers.
In a fog of suspicion at a country house, Holmes by proxy weighs a moonstone ring found on the gas burner. Marybelle’s circle and servants dispute ownership as the narrator seeks a rational explanation, while Vida invokes a spectral explanation for the ring’s placement.
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