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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1917
Page
7
In a Popular Science Monthly piece P A Vaile warns American legs may degenerate due to car use while Gladys Loftus of Ziegfeld Follies rejects the claim, arguing exercise does not affect beauty and citing cultural binding and natural selection in mate choice.
President Wilson will appoint a coal dictator within 24 hours to fix prices from mine to consumer and regulate distribution. Support comes from coal operators and United Mine Workers officials seeking relief for Northwest and New England coal shortages, with prices expected to drop for American homes. Robert Lovett is favored by operators, while Commissioner W B Colver is favored by miners. The navy pays $2.32 per ton for bituminous coal, far above the $0.90 to $3 range cited in FTC investigations.
In Portland on August 20 doctors said Rev Alphonsus Joseph Glorieux bishop of Idaho aged 73 is gravely ill with Brights disease and recovery is not expected despite slight recent improvement.
In a Westlake Avenue storefront, the Seattle Over-Seas club supports British subjects at the front. They provide socks and sweaters, care packages, and comfort bags for Tommies, raise funds through wool drives and a future jumble sale, and host wounded Canadian soldiers visiting Seattle.
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