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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1916
Page
4
Berlin reports a German victory with the enemy retreating northeastward from the flooded Yalomita river in Romania. Rumanian forces were reinforced by Russian cavalry, and the official statement claims more than 4,000 prisoners taken on the road to Busen.
Citizens near Laurelhurst on Lake Washington form the Northeast Lake Improvement Club to create a park at Mud Lake. The plan requires lowering the lake and extending Lake Wael Maton Boulevard. County plans dock slips to connect Kirkland and Seattle. club officials include W. B. Stratton R. H. Denny and C. T Moore.
Civil war veteran George Hamilton of Port Orchard reunites with brothers William and Charles in Gresham Oregon after 50 years apart. A pension clerk’s vigilance uncovered the brothers, long believed dead since the war. The reunion brings renewed family ties and relief.
Berlin reports a note from Germany and its allies to the pope urging peace talks. The message says Germany ready to seek a world peace basis and asks for Holy See support, citing the two years of war devastation and human misery.
Hugh Emmet headlining previously on the Orpheum circuit returns to headline at Theatres Grand. The bill includes Great Western Four, Allen Strickfaden with Suspend ed Animation, Howard and Farden The Laugh-O Maniacs, Carl Lorraine, and Fox star William Farnum in Battle of the Arts.
The report estimates that if harnessed the Zambezi River would yield about 25 million horsepower. It implies the potential output surpasses current global coal and oil derived power production.
A collage of film notes from Clemmp h C Aubrey Smith to Dorothy Davenport and Emory Johnson. Listings include The Rink with Charlie Chaplin at the Strand, Miss Jackie of the Navy, Harriers of Society, The Sign of the Poppy at the Colonial, A Son of Erin with Dustin Farnum, and Jaffery with C Aubrey Smith.
A long readers’ exchange letters respond to Cynthia Grey on morality gender roles and social change. The debate centers on independence equality and the double standard in marriage. Q and A cover Paris Fontainebleu distance sage dressing recipe 1867 cent piece and theater ambitions.
Nonpartisan petitions available daily at Pike Place public market until campaign end. About a thousand signatures collected at the market Saturday. Headquarters open evenings this week at 3107 Arcade building. Signers urged to return filled petitions promptly. others may wait until week’s end.
A man named Bob Daigle is urgently alerted that his wife is dying at a Utah hotel in Ogden. A caller claims the Cooks' and Walters' union phone Elliott 1047 requests the man to contact if he is in Seattle.
An advertisement touts a home remedy to dissolve dandruff using plain plain arvon rubbed into the scalp after applying a stock solution. It claims complete removal after several applications and promises softer, shinier hair.
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