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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1915
Page
3
A reader writes of a difficult choice between staying with an alcoholic fiancé and marrying a man she can trust. She grapples with responsibility to unborn children, family pressure, and self doubt, recalling advice to consider the future before love and to seek a trustworthy partner.
A reader laments foreign-born residents and hyphenated citizens, urging loyalty to the U.S. flag and laws while warning againstGerman-American insistent neutrality. Other letters discuss romance correspondence etiquette and a cautionary tale of an alcoholic father.
Roger Babson explains how nations fund the great European war by selling government bonds to pay manufacturers and suppliers. Bond sales face higher interest, with Britain offering about 5.45 percent to attract buyers as loans mount.
In a late night chat, Margie and Kitty debate happiness, motherhood, and honesty as Dick’s temper and a looming war strain family life. Kitty fears death and change while Margie consoles her and wonders how married life ends for some women.
A letter to the Carbondale postmaster argues that removing Mis Elizabeth Crashul's Austrian children is worse than historic slavery. It compares the case to Harriet Beecher Stowe's critique and depicts the mother’s mourning, asking attendees to the Judge Gillam hearing to share what they know.
A Sunday fire destroyed the J. A. Veness Lumber Co sawmill 1 1/2 miles south of Winlock, estimating a 175000 loss. Dynamite blew up a dock to save the rest of the plant, with planing shed dry kiln and power house saved, 9 000 000 feet of yard stock damaged. The mill carried 130000 insurance. About 200 workers affected by the blaze.
Poslam offers rapid relief from sunburn and skin irritations with overnight use reducing inflammation redness and eruptions. It eases mosquito bites itching soreness and claims to master various conditions including acne eczema and dermatitis. Samples available by mailing 4 cents to Emergency Laboratories New York City. sold by druggists.
Colonial opens Dr Rameau with Frederick Perry in his screen debut as a physician torn between science and faith. Dainty Mary Miles Minter stars in Always in the Way at the Clemmer. Don Caesar De Bazan and The Puppet Crown play at Mission and Liberty. Melbourne features The Goose Girl with Marguerite Clark. The Blindness of Virtue tops Alhambra. Hobart Bosworth in The Scarlet Sun headlines Class A. Macklin Arbuckle leads The County Chairman at Alaska.
A compiled schedule shows Liberty presents The Puppet Crown with Carlyle Blackwell and Ina Claire. Don Caesar De Bazan with W. Law son Butt and Alice Hollister. Dr. Rameau with Frederick Perry, Stuart Holmes, Dorothy Bernard and Jean Sothern. Also on stage are Always in the Way with Mary Miles Minter and The County Chairman with Macklin Arbuckle. The Goose Girl with Marguerite Clark. The Blindness of Virtue with Bryant Washburn and Edna Mayo. The Scarlet Sun with Hobart Bosworth and Jane Novak. The Lure of the Mask with Harold Lockwood. His College Wife and Old Jane of the Gayety as listed, along with War o dreams and A Safe Investment plus The Serpent's Tooth at Tilikum and other venues.
Washington report says the Wilson administration will pursue a Mexican policy with or without Latin American backing. Central and South American envoys split on key points, opposing or delaying U S intervention and opponents want the cientificos consulted. Gen Carranza expelled Guatemalan Minister Ortega, a setback seen as related to Guatemala’s stance in talks with Secretary Lansing. Conferees to resume at the Biltmore hotel in New York Wednesday at 2 PM.
Ruth B. Scott, despondent over ill health and loneliness after family deaths, drowned herself in Lake Washington Saturday morning. She requested cremation and sending ashes to Tuloraville Illinois. Services set for 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Bonney-Watson chapel with Dr. M. A. Matthews officiating. fellow cloak and salt department salesmen of Frederick & Nelson to attend.
Rotarians are recovering from a strenuous Sunday picnic at Fortuna Park as they conclude a community gathering.
Seattle voters may vote in March on amending the city charter to empower the board of public works to award contracts to local bidders when they bid within five percent of outsiders. The measure would give local contractors a preferred status in awarding city contracts.
Maxmiliani Harden, a German journalist, is on an enforced vacation in Scandinavia after publishing praise of Italy's policy. The article provoked official Germany, drawing official wrath and disciplinary action.
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