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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1918
Page
6
Judge Richard Winsor of the Seattle school board attacked the board at a King County Democratic club gathering. He said approving women to perform the same services as men on a different basis was wrong and called for a complete reorganization of Seattle’s school system.
A coroner inquest was to be held to determine responsibility for a train street car collision that killed five people in Chicago. Twenty were injured when a freight train struck a street car at a right angle on the belt line. the crew said they tried to beat the crossing. Three of the deceased were babies. Separately, Conrad Wolfe of the United Copper Mine Co. arrived in Chicago stating shipyard wages are drawing workers from mines, making labor hard to obtain.
Lieutenant Eddie Rickenbacker, famed American ace, explains gimper talk used by the first American air fighter unit in France. He notes the gimper squadron’s courage and loyalty as they faced German forces, with Rickenbacker describing the term gimper and their aviation dialect.
A crowded Alki pavilion set a yearly swimming record with 1800 bathers. Funeral services for Seattle pioneer John McFate, 85, will be held at Henney Watson chapel. Various war related notes include pilot inspections, ship launches, and a gymnastic of gimpers in aviation, plus local crime and transport items.
Advert says blood purification cures eczema tetter eruptions and acne by Swift's 8, S. S. S. blood purifier. Claims it cleanses the blood center and delivers a clear ruddy complexion, with free medical advice from Swift Laboratory in Atlanta.
Justice Lush fined Thomas Wren $1,250 after he called a Russian named Steinberg a German. He warned that after Germany’s crimes such a slur was a vile insult.
In Chicago nine defendants in the national conspiracy case were released on their personal recognizance and will remain free for the trial. Among them are C. R. Griffin and John M. Foss of Seattle. William M. Pease, a Washington produce merchant since 1878, seeks the legislature seat in the 47th district and campaigns for reclamation of Washington waste lands to aid veterans.
A California man, John Smith of Michmond, claims twenty years of stomach liver and kidney trouble improved after taking Tanlac. He says his weight rose from 148 to 166 pounds in thirty days, with better sleep a strong appetite and renewed health. Bartell Drug Stores in Seattle sell Tanlac under a special representative.
The Metropolitan hosts Alexander the man of mystery with multilingual questions and slate tests while Palace Hip features Days of Long Ago and a lineup including Knight and Jackman Comedy Flirtalogue Lew Huff The Nutty Hatte and Wrinkle Erasers Oak theatre presents Nevile and Mars sing and dance with Shaw and comedic acts Receipts for Red Cross salvage department in July total $4110.08.
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