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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1915
Page
3
Children fourteen and under may enter by 6 pm Thursday for a chance at cash prizes from 10 to 2.50 dollars and circus tickets. Contest uses only letters from Barnes Wild Animal Circus Prine Contest. winners announced Thursday in the Star and prizes mailed.
Washington reports three British communications rejecting the U S demand for freedom of the seas. England insists on continuing the blockade measures with minimal disruption to lawful commerce and defends them as a adaptation of the blockade principle. Sir Edward Grey writes in a cordial businesslike tone, aiming to persuade the administration of Germanys violations of international law.
In a diary fragment Margie narrates Aunt Mary’s forthcoming operation and a tangled evening of social plans. Margie worries Dick’s loyalty while inviting friends to a theater and supper as Kitty visits, amid Mrs. Selwin’s insistence on hospitality. The entry ends with anticipation of tomorrow.
The King County game warden asks for information on a man driving a middle aged vehicle who struck and killed a deer on July 31 near Lake Forest Park and loaded it into his car. A $25 reward is offered for positive identification. Four fires of unknown origin Tuesday caused $2,000 in losses.
Colonial opens with Bessie Barriscale in The Cup of Life as Helen Fiske, a worldling’s downward spiral. Alaska runs The Scarlet Sin starring Hobart Bosworth and Jane Novak, with a minister hero. Clemmer features The Face in the Moonlight with Robert Warwick double role and a murder twist. Scandal, with Lois Weber, debuts at the Smythe house, plus Clariasa at Alhambra and The Fighting Hope at Liberty with Laura Hope Crews. Melbourne presents The Caprices of Kitty with Elsie Jania, Temper with Henry Walthall, and Love's Way at the Victoria program through Saturday.
A physician endorses Bargol tablets as a natural method to treat malnutrition by converting sugars and starches into tissue nourishment. Advertisers claim weight gains of 10 to 25 pounds in a month, with a money back guarantee from druggists like Bartell and Swift's Pharmacy.
The Alhambra shows two night programs this week ending Wednesday with Clarissa (Hazel Dawn) and The Rev Salamander Unattached, plus Saturday’s Temper with Henry Walthall and Ruth Stonehouse along with Love’s Way and The Hypnotic Monkey.
John and Andrew Crashul were committed by the Pierce County juvenile court to the Washington Children's Home Society due to risk of an idle and immoral life. They gained proper care, nutrition, and glasses for Andrew, while their mother was denied further access. The article quotes Rev. L. J. Covington on child welfare prioritizing the state's duty to protect and educate the child over parental wishes.
The listing notes Saturday night show Melbourne with The Caprices of Kitty featuring Elsie Janis. It also lists home ending Thursday for The Black Box No 14 two part drama The Circus Girl's Romance two part drama The Lover's Lucky Predicament comedy Mary Fuller in A Daughter of the Nile three part drama Fan con the Cricket drama The Woman Hater's Baby comedy.
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