Seattle Schools Face Propaganda Book In German Vaterland Text
Readers in Seattle high schools confront a book bound in blue titled Im Vaterland advocating German Kaiserism. The piece cites German nationalism and Kultur as dangerous while urging students to study it critically. The school board met and did not remove the volume, prompting calls to examine the text before distribution.
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Seattle
America
United States
Cooper
Berlin
Seeing the unseen life behind daily reality at Dreamland
A reflective meditation on unseen life and reality, noting that true existence lies in the unseen self rather than visible tokens like electricity or books. The piece invites readership to the Dreamland dance and mentions proceeds to The Star's tobacco fund, while quoting Alcott on success through struggle.
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Layman
Star’s Tobacco Fund
HARK HARK GIRLS ARE MARCHING 4000 TOMMIETTES JOIN FRONT WAR WORK
The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps expands as 4000 Tommiettes join front line support roles behind the British and French lines. They rotate into motor transport, telegraph, airplane repair, cooking, and other essential tasks while four Tommies remain to fight. Pay ranges from 100 to 120 dollars annually with board and lodging.
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EM Tommiettes
Provence Nightingale
London General Hospital
Ministry of Munitions
London
Hyde Park
Leicester Square
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
France
Tommiette
Tommiettes
Britain
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Analysis of War Moves By J W T Masom
An article argues that Germany seeks to leverage Belgian independence to spread German influence. It says the Kaiser offers Belgian separation by language to promote Teutonic Kultur, undermining French literature, and warns Allies will not accept the plan.
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J. W. T. Masom
Tre
Gruch Press
America
Kaleer
Kaiser
Kateer
Belgium
Walloon
Lord Northcliffe Voice and Transmitter Talk
A Curio from Collier's reflects on speaking through transmitters amid noise. The piece notes Jack Bunny of Rabbit Hollow Jennings County Indiana and Hoover's stance that meat prices should follow supply and demand, contrasting past pricing by buyer wealth.
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Lord Northcliffe
Collier's
Jack Bunny
Rabbit Hollow
Jennings County
Ind
Hoover
Pape's Diapepsin Stomach Relief Ad
A vintage advertisement promises relief from indigestion gas sourness and heartburn within five minutes. It urges readers to buy a fifty cent case from a pharmacist and use as needed to neutralize stomach acidity and prevent sour belching headaches and dizziness.
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Pape
Editor's Mail Letter Describes Speeding Motorcyclist Killings
J W Hunt of List Ave Hanford writes of witnessing a deadly crash and laments reckless riders who harm children. He urges stronger action against speed fiends and criticizes riders who try to flee the scene. The letter expresses fear for his family and calls for accountability.
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the Star
J. W. Hunt
List Ave
Hanford
Adele Pankhurst Sentenced in Melbourne for Disturbance
Adele Pankhurst daughter of the suffrage leader was sentenced to one month in Melbourne for causing a disturbance near the Parliament building protesting conscription. She insisted on no conscription during the incident.
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Adele Pankhurst
London
Melbourne
Australia
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