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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1918
Page
3
Capt John F Evans heads Seattle Marine Corps recruiting station as San Francisco district orders a May drive to recruit 1700 men. Seattle will open two branch stations and dispatch a traveling party to enlist candidates.
Arthur B. McGlone of Natick Massachusetts writing from the trenches thanks the Seattle Star readers for a tobacco parcel sent to him. He says it arrived safe and is a great morale boost for service in France. H. Wacker of the American Engineers adds a playful verse praising the gift and Seattle Star’s support from Seattle, Washington.
Mayor Hanson, the board of public works and city officials will leave Wednesday morning to investigate a power site offered to the city at Stillaguamish. The same group that visited the Skagit site last week will form the party, traveling by machine about 40 miles.
United Press War Expert argues that any German attack causing equal or greater American casualties counts as a defeat for Germany due to depleted manpower. He predicts continued German assaults to probe American trenches as Pershing’s forces train, implying American victory despite shifting fronts.
Anna Louise Strong, former member of the Seattle public school board, bought $300 public utility bonds for the municipal fish market at the last general election. About $9,500 of the $16,000 issue has been taken up. The bonds bear 6 percent interest.
Wm PrP Munter, managing editor of the Minneapolis Tribune, died at his home in Minneapolis on April 23 after reporting slight indigestion. He was well known in the Midwest newspaper field and was last at his desk the previous day.
The French war office said artillery was active along the Somme and east of Rheims with German raids between Lasagny and Noyon northwest of Rheims and in the Vosges repulsed and prisoners taken.
Judge G W Kyser of Austin Texas testifies Tanlac restored his health after years of constipation rheumatic pain and sleepless nights. He says two bottles made him feel energetic again and he recommends the medicine to friends as the best he has found to rebuild a rundown system. Tanlac is sold in Seattle by Bartell Drug Stores under a Tanlac representative.
An examining physician for a major life insurance company states that kidney disease is common in Americans and many applicants are denied without realizing they may have it. The ad promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root, claiming herbal healing and quick effects, available in two bottle sizes and sample requests via Dr Kilmer Co. Seattle readers are urged to mention The Seattle Star.
A 1910s style ad warns soaps and shampoos have too much alkali drying the scalp and making hair brittle. It promotes using ordinary emulsified coconut oil as a gentle cleaner that lathers richly and rinses easily for all hair types. The product is cheap and available at pharmacies.
Nine persons were arrested for speeding Monday in Seattle. Those who paid $250 bail and had their cars confiscated temporarily included H. Rose, Anna Wilson, L. H. Bennett, B. M. McQuester, F. M. Babcock, W. Gwin, and B. M. Garberg, while W. Keyes and H. Doty could not raise the funds. A larger wave of auto ordinance violators followed as Officer G Reynolds aided by other squads. No speeders were jailed by Tuesday night.
Coroner began an inquiry into the death of Joe Downes near Patterson McDonald shipyards after being struck by a car driven by Miss Mary Louise Hoge daughter of J D Hoge president of Union Savings and Trust Co Seattle. Downes darted across the road as Hoge sounded the horn. he died at the city hospital. Downes worked for the Great Northern railway.
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