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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1916
Page
5
Yesterday morning a child named Margaret Ann visited and kissed the narrator on the hand as she lay in bed. The quiet moment is described with childlike wonder and secrecy.
A column promotes an Optona based eye remedy claiming glasses are unnecessary for many and urges readers to buy the product. It urges users to bathe eyes with a prepared solution, cites supposed benefits for astigmatism sore lids and other disorders, and ends with a magazine-style ad flourish. The text then shifts to a narrative with Nurse Alice and Margaret Ann, depicting family scenes and a child’s questions about death and heaven, in a reflective domestic vignette that contrasts with the earlier advertisement.
University freshman Lea Petersen drowns when a canoe carrying four students capsizes after a Sunday squall off Laurelhurst. Four occupants were in the boat. two survivors pulled from the water after an hour. Petersen was from Norway and had joined the university in February.
The dining cars on the Northern Pacific railway are tastefully decorated with potted plants and palms for the Easter season.
Col. L. A. Hepburn, United States Army dancing instructor, will open a dancing school for sailors and marines in Bremerton soon. He will use the deck of the old cruiser Philadelphia as the floor for classes and instruction.
Levy Road Show opens a three day engagement at the Hippodrome headlined by Eugene Levy’s troupe with 20 performers featuring nine act numbers including Sammy Wren and Meg Foster. Orpheum bills Fritzi Scheff Joe Laurie and Aleen Bronson deliver laughs. Metropolitan presents Wilkes Stock company comedy Baby Mine. Alhambra features Doc Holland Belle Barchus Marion and Willard. Pan American shows Alf Goulding company with Cain’s dogs and Tom Brantford.
Six persons were injured in automobile accidents Saturday and Sunday. The victims include P Banderas with a skull fracture after a collision with J Cappello, Ira Parker age 10 with a leg fracture struck by Will Blair, George Radford with internal injuries in a motorcycle collision with W S Newton, Ruth Anderson age 4 with a scalp wound from a delivery wagon, Formia Sehornick age 10 bruised when thrown from a bicycle by C D Stimson, and Lester Hall age 4 bruised after being struck by Kirby Speyer.
Partus April 17 French aviator dropped 16 bombs from 100 yards on a German warship in the North Sea. The attack was announced and is believed to have good effect. Aviators were active around Verdun and east of the citadel despite dense fog, bombing railway stations at Conflans Pagnym Arneville and Rompach.
Police suspect an arson attempt at the Seattle docks after a fire was found burning under planks south of Pier D around 7 45 p m. O G Shelly of 1214 60th Ave W reported the incident.
The Alaska engineering commission reports Captain M Mr Jensen of the steamer Admiral Watson says tugs Crosby and Anna W with barges in tow from Seattle entered Yakutat Bay during last week’s Gulf of Alaska storm. Fears for the tugs’ safety were voiced.
Albany detectives search for the murderer of eight year old Billy Clark whose body was found in the pine bush wilderness after he disappeared three weeks earlier. Police and detectives mobilize to pursue leads and bring the killer to justice.
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