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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1916
Page
2
Ten months ago Mr. Olson and family moved to Suquamish and found steady work daily. He took charge of the water system in September laying mains tapping pipes connecting homes and now runs a general plumbing business. He provides baths sinks and related work.
Norman Abrams, representing the Chamber and Seattle Automobile Club, reported from Omaha that Savannah, Georgia will be the starting point for a transcontinental highway. Seattle is designated as the northwest terminus, with construction to cross the nation from coast to coast.
Washington April 26 Henry Ford's Nebraska ballot drew national attention as a political sensation amid pacifist sentiment in the Midwest. Ford campaigned despite denying candidacy while supporters explore a possible peace party with Ford and others. observers note potential shifts from major parties toward pacifist candidates if unrest grows.
Chorus men and women fill the dim theatre at the University of Washington studying chemistry and law while the principals sing and the orchestra performs. Rehearsals of The Red Mill proceed as students balance academics with nightly practice. Moore Theatre audience seats go on sale April 27 for the May 3 performance.
Walter C. Shields serves as superintendent of native schools in Alaska's Northwestern district, overseeing 21 schools over 100000 square miles. Each winter he visits all but two island schools, a 3200 mile, five and a half month journey from Nome. he travels with an Eskimo guide and reindeer sled, tents on snow, and relies on reindeer to reach moss beneath the snow for food.
An advertisement touts mercorized wax as a simple nightly skin treatment to remove freckles pimples liver spots moth patches blotches and other surface eruptions. It claims gradual absorption of the damaged cuticle to reveal clear youthful skin and notes a wash lotion with saxolite provides wrinkle relief.
Logan Billingsley of the Stewart Street pharmacy refused to promise leaving the business. Police chief proposed round‑the‑clock patrols and rotating officers. Billingsley pledged not to sell liquor, and the chief later said he trusted his word. John Murray, one of four jail detainees tasked with transporting confiscated liquor, disappeared with five days left to serve.
Detectives found an electric flat iron an $8 skirt and several aprons hidden on Mary Alberti at Bon Marche and Rhodes Bros. She pleaded guilty before Judge Brinker and was fined $25. She blamed a troubled head with a shrug and admitted the act.
Portland dispatch reports Lieut Swartskopensky a long time military attache to Czar Nicholas predicts a Russian revolt after the current war. He has served 18 years on the czar’s personal staff and made the forecast today.
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