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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1914
Page
7
A light humor item accompanies war news noting sailors joking about ship assignments and a not chartered long voyage. The piece uses period tone to contrast serious events with comic relief amid wartime reporting.
A Spokane area road crash near Meadows roadhouse leaves multiple dead and injured. Police ambulance crews rescued eight victims as families face grief and a public inquiry. Reports note prior spill near Duwamish with one dead and a then invalid girl. The piece laments the mortal toll of joyriding and warns of shattered lives.
A long critique of the Clayton anti trust measure mocks a senate judiciary committee effort to create a trade commission review court, citing delays and fees. Other items note B and O railroad installing shower baths for stock cars, Bristow’s defeat in Kansas, Seattle winning the 1915 Knights of Columbus convention, a surge in war book demand, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson’s death, and government ordering candy and peanuts for naval fleets.
A Sunbury Pennsylvania item reports Bernard Jones bitten on the arm by a snake while bathing in the Susquehanna River. The snakebite swelled his arm twice its size, prompting local coverage in the Public Ledger.
Class A screens Second Sight a Vitagraph comedy with Ponsonby mishaps as distraction and a bear chase. War in the Clouds features aero plane battles with Karl Williams and Edith Storey headlining. Also listed are multiple short dramas comedies and two reel features from various studios.
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