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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
3
President Wilson distributed twelve pound turkeys to White House employes and noted a family reunion at the executive offices. He limited native work and redirected Christmas observances to support war relief efforts abroad.
Floods across Southern Arizona worsened with property losses approaching one million dollars. Three people died including an American Cavalryman at Naco and another at Amado. Ranchers in the Santa Cruz valley were reached by a special train as tracks remained intact.
Syracuse man Mark H. Jackson declares a remedy cured his three year rheumatism and offers to send it free for trial to any sufferer who simply mails name and address. He promises payment only if fully satisfied, and asks readers to send no money before trying the cure. He lists his Syracuse address for those inquiring.
Sketched near Givet in Northern France as German invaders marched by. The scene captures German troops singing as they pass a solitary grave with observers nearby.
Sketch artist Baldridge, stationed with Co. L, produced war sketches showing German soldiers before, during, and after major battles. The Star prints his second sketch titled Between Battles and promises more to come.
A reporter in Berlin notes crowded cafes and lunch spots despite wartime strain. Germans share belief that the war serves national survival with widespread support, while a lone socialist group challenges official reasons and hints at dissent within the Reichstag.
At a Motion Picture Exhibitors ball in Grand Central Palace New York Mary Fuller Eastern Universal star donated a crayon portrait raffled for charity raising about 100 dollars for the New York school children's penny lunch fund. Hobart Henley Universal star survives a knife lunge during filming at Brantwood New Jersey with no serious injury. Film listings follow for the week ending Saturday at several houses.
A Seattle newspaper ad promotes a Christmas piano and player piano sale with prices for new and used instruments, terms as low as two dollars a week, and exchange guarantees. It invites immediate selection, offers home delivery, and notes extended payment starts after Christmas.
The Residence Theatres run a program through Friday featuring The Perils of Pauline part three and Whiffle's Double, plus Kashmir scenic and Uncle's Finish comedy. Also at Pleasant Hour Till Friday Trey o Hearts ten two part drama Who's Who Shadowed Lives and The Seat of the Trouble comedy are showing.
Dick reports Mother Waverly seeks Mary and Jack to live with her while Mollie’s out in the evening. Margie and Dick consider conditions for Mary and Jack to stay, including room and price, while Aunt Mary offers to stay elsewhere a month to help decide. Aunt Mary agrees to help.
A narrator recalls Uncle John’s death a year past and Sally’s unsettled state. Margie counsels patience while Dick grapples with remorse over a night gone awry, vowing silence about the father’s death. The scene ends with a caution on curiosity and looming continuation.
Lester W. David, noted Seattle lumberman and head of the Lester W. David Co., seeks a divorce from Allie N. David after 26 years of marriage. He accuses desertion and incompatibility, says their community property is small, and that he may pay $100 monthly in alimony. Their son, 18, lives with Mrs. David in Los Angeles.
British transports carrying gifts for troops in Belgium and France reached the coast as brisk fighting continued at the front. Sam Grant, accused of robbing a section house, was acquitted.
Seattle readers are urged to try Adler-i a buckthorn bark based remedy. A single spoonful is claimed to instantly relieve constipation and cleanse the bowels with rapid gas relief. The ad notes use in appendicitis and cites Swift's Pharmacies as distributors.
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