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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1919
Page
9
The Star invites boys to draw the best Victory loan poster with a German helmet as the prize. Posters should urge bond purchases and remind readers the winner will be chosen from entries submitted to the paper. Readiness to improve and try again is encouraged.
A local notice proclaims how Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has helped women nationwide. It urges readers to ask neighbors about their experiences and to try the remedy for female troubles, noting many have regained health and recommended it locally.
J H Cunningham of the H L Hudson Co reports that new export rates authorized by the United States Railroad Administration are down about 25 percent. The schedule, issued by W C Wilkes, export committee chairman, was received in Seattle and approved by District Director L C Gilman.
In Los Angeles on April 10 G C Michael of Oakland won a $200 judgment against Chief of Police Butler and three officers after claiming he was dumped in a foul city jail cell. He testified he was bitten by cooties and forced to associate 24 hours with drunken and diseased inmates following his arrest for draft evasion.
A brief note invites readers to consider The Star as the central channel for effective advertising. It underscores reach, reliability, and local impact for campaigns and notices.
Publisher C F Colman arrives from Manila praising the Philippines postwar upturn. He notes expanding export trade for hemp copra coconut oil coffee and cotton and says Seattle firms should seize direct steamship routes and markets. Colman cites rising Filipino independence sentiment and U S protection of interests under Wilson.
Paris reports Louise Thuilies, likened to Edith Cavell, awarded Croix de Guerre with palms and the Legion of Honor for aiding French soldiers. She faced death sentences, later commuted, and endured three years hard labor after German verdicts during the war. Clemenceau pinned the decorations.
A man carrying a feed sack of pennies entered a Seymour bank. In line he laughed off his 1800 pennies claim and began to empty the sack at the teller window. He operates a chain of weighing machines and had just made a collecting trip.
Fremont district businessmen urge the Seattle port commission to start construction of the proposed public dock at Stoneway foot. The dock’s promise was made two years ago and $20,000 has been set aside for the project.
San Diego mayor Louis J. Wilde, re-elected on Tuesday, seeks to bring Francis J. Heney to the city to open an investigation into alleged gambling and vice conditions. Wilde has guaranteed a $10,000 fund for the effort.
Edward Doney of Elliott Manor New York has invented a device using a bicycle pump and a 20 foot hose to blow cold air into rabbit burrows. The method drives rabbits from their holes allowing him to shoot them. he claims 13 rabbits shot in one day and reports other hunters using the invention with success.
Reno and Sparks union representatives adopted resolutions denouncing the I. W. W. and the Metal Mine Workers' association. Governor Boyle presided over the joint meeting held in Reno on April 10.
Paris April 10 More than half of the French army had been restored to civilian life and demobilization proceeding faster than in any other country according to the latest notices from Paris.
Orville Wright envisions a helicopter powered by vertical screws to lift a plane straight up and place it atop urban structures. The design relies on revolving screws on vertical axes to rise and descend with precision, foreseeing flights without the need for large fields.
Lieut John E Neely a Seattle native and son of Mr and Mrs Robert Neely was killed in a Langley Field Virginia air crash. He was 24 and believed to have been on a training flight with mechanic Sergt J S Michardson who was injured. Neely had recently resigned from teaching to join the air service and had been in training at California fields.
The 6800 ton steamer Regulus in government service between New York and France will be released in June and transferred to the Seattle South American trade per RE McConalogue local representative of the South American Pacific line.
A Chicago man named Jamesa Kae sankee allegedly lost 10 000 in a handkerchief scam. Authorities cited a dubious bonds cash in hand totaling 370 and the incident involved two Spaniards while police noted a reference to the handkerchief game.
London April 10. England's birth rate fell below the death rate for the first time since civil registry began. For the last quarter there were 161,776 births and 241,218 deaths, a natural decrease of 79,443. The birth rate is the lowest recorded.
A medicine package proclaims that Colds Cause Grip and Influence LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets remove the cause. The box bears only one Bromo Quinine and the signature KK W. Groves.
April 10 report from San Juan states Porto Rico will be the aviation hub for the American government mapping routes to Central America Mexico the United States and even trans Atlantic paths. The WU. 8 naval station at Santo Domingo and the San Juan station host seaplanes observers and related facilities.
Advertisement notes a watch repair service near Liberty theatre offering Haynes repair options in the vicinity.
Capt. Thomas K. Markley about to sail for Europe fell in love with a photograph of Mina Marguerite Parrar of Portland society. At San Francisco city hall he returned the photo objecting to its ownership, then married and registered at the Hotel St. Francis.
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