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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1915
Page
4
A night in a department store turns into a toy battlefield as General Kitchener and allied dolls join a pretend siege. Dolls play out battles, recruit new troops, and bomb toy fortifications, with civilians and fragile displays sustaining the imagined wreckage.
A vintage drug ad touts Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a powerful blood purifier to clear pimples boils and skin blemishes. It claims pure blood yields a queenly complexion with rapid results and offers a 50 cent box with a coupon for a sample package.
Fragmentary wartime note recalls Red Cross dolls and ambulances, a family longing for miniature war machines, and troops maneuvering near fortified Helgoland as adults seek escape from conflict and children dream of ships.
Vivid wartime page shows a sailor’s glee at submarine destruction and a fatal torpedo strike on a civilian liner. The account contrasts ruthless acts with public outrage and includes a long list of marriage licenses and deaths from regional records.
A hazy excerpt depicts Gen Kitchener, Joffre, and Henry Ford being shuffled away by an aide as war talk erupts in a toy department. A night watchman dismisses the scene as a dream while a list of names and divorces appears, suggesting a chaotic local notice page.
A historic cable span reportedly extends from Lisbon to Pernambuco, over 3,300 miles, claiming a record distance for transatlantic telegraph links.
Prize cups, cash and other awards will be given for exhibits at the Seattle poultry and pet stock show in the White Market building at Pine Street and Fifth Avenue Saturday evening. Morning hours free admission for children with parents, show open all day Friday drawing large crowds. Ribbon winners were selected Thursday night and San Francisco’s canal trade gains are noted with Europe up 100 percent in three months and New York and Atlantic ports up 260 percent.
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