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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1917
Page
7
A reader letter argues against Prussianism in wartime policy noting five features silence of dissent conscription press censorship assembly arrest for quitting work and food bill penalties. It contends democracy can strengthen through temporary wartime measures and emphasizes equality and public interest over private interests.
A letter asserts the tie-up arose from employee layoffs tied to union organizing. The writer argues workers have a democratic right to organize and calls for a swift, at home demonstration of democratic principles to resolve the dispute.
A historic note recalls President Wilson’s motorcade when his limousine sank into a mire after a turn. A Baltimore truck driver offered to assist, refused payment, and said helping the president was reward enough. The tale echoes a spirit worth emulation for the country.
A Popular Science poster proposes using about a thousand inexpensive cars loaded with L pound torpedoes to breach barbed wire. The plan would unleash the payloads via wire control as drivers advance, arguing autos’ dispose and cost far below sea torpedoes, while boosting rear-area survivability. claim notes German veterans fear British tanks.
A prosaic call to habitual savings as a national duty. Emphasizes disciplined money saving, self control, and personal character as wartime virtues. Includes line about silk socks costing 1.10 in Stockholm and a nature themed reflection on assets from gardens.
A home remedy suggests using lemon juice mixed with three ounces of orchard white to create a facial lotion. Strain, bottle, and apply daily to face neck arms and hands to soften rough skin and remove tan freckles sallowness and blemishes.
Britain's first unwritten law acquittal follows Lieut. Douglas Malcolm after he killed a man who seduced his wife. The coroner's papers and letters reveal a personal drama amid war, leading jurors to find justifiable homicide in self defense.
A collage of classroom ditto chatter and Q and A snippets. The piece blends language drills with jokes about letters and orchestral timing. Readers joke about sending scrapbooks to soldiers and the challenges of mailroom phrasing.
Editor letters criticize Seattle Lighting Co for asking the public service commission to add 25 cents to monthly bills under the pretext of ready to serve amid wartime costs. The writer questions who the commission serves and proposes a postal card pressure campaign on the commission members.
Rosetta Owens asks why city residents must dispose of their pigs amid food-saving efforts and suggests permits to keep pigs in suburbs to consume waste fruit and produce food for households.
The Star prints a statement by Judge King Dykeman on behalf of the Boy Scout movement that misleads readers. The writer argues churches deserve credit for shaping boys through Scouting and should foster both church membership and adherence to the scout oath and law.
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