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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1914
Page
9
On the East Side food costs spike with rationing fears. A grocer cites a family of four surviving on five dollars weekly as meat fades from tables and bread portions shrink. Milk costs rise while restaurants in the city hike prices amid wartime strain.
The Senate approved eighteen of twenty proposed peace treaties with foreign governments. The accords provide for a commission of inquiry before resorting to arms in international disputes and cover Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Persia, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Chile.
The narrator recalls a dawn departure to battle amid a cheering crowd. He sees Dora’s sorrow, contemplates family hardship, and reflects on duty as troops march to the train. The scene shifts from intimate worry to national pride as they travel toward war.
An old newspaper ad promotes Posront Boe Face Powder at ten cents and corsets priced at about $1.75, with “la Vorue” featured in the offer. The fragment suggests a general shopping round of cosmetic and undergarment items.
Weather expert Salisbury missed only two predictions in the past 30 days despite wartime skies. The Star tracked his record noting four or five expected showers led to only light drizzles. Last Sunday and Monday the forecast warned probable showers but persistent clouds brought no showers.
The report notes showers on Saturday July 26 with only a drizzle and sunshine afterward. It mentions a light rain on Thursday August 6 but overall fair weather. It states Salisbury is a marksman and that starting Sunday July 27 the weather bureau forecast 24 consecutive days accurately.
Mrs. Lloyd Bryce announced the engagement of her daughter Cornelia to Gifford Pinchot former U S forester. The wedding is set for Saturday morning at Roslyn.
In Cleveland a young mother, Mrs. Bertha Milka, pleaded guilty in police court to murdering her two week old baby to spare him a life of poverty. She buried the infant behind her home and said she could not support him after divorce. Judge Sanders bound her over to the grand jury.
Mrs Emily Risely, 65, seeks $100000 against Mary Hastings claiming her husband of 45 years left to live with Hastings as her partner. Risely says her spouse, aged about 70, moved in February 1912 after Hastings induced him to leave.
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