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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1918
Page
5
Seattle gas rate increases spark protests as the Public Service Commission approves higher charges. The Seattle Lighting Co. gains an estimated revenue rise around $295,000 annually, while customers face varied increases from 10 to 40 cents per month across consumption brackets, with thousands affected. data includes figures for different usage tiers and monthly totals.
Attorney H. R. Clise for the gas company objects to the decision. He says the rate on consumers using less than 5,000 feet is inequitable and would shift a larger burden to them. He adds Wagen increases total $240,000 and questions how the rates would raise company revenue by over $200,000.
Soldiers from every unit at Camp Lewis filled the Liberty theatre on opening night February 2. The Se attle Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orpheus Male Chorus of Tacoma performed as Brig Gen Foltz praised the new government operated venue. Manager Edoward A. Brandon explained low rates and emileage benefits of high class entertainment.
A woman describes twelve years of suffering with nervous headaches and a heavy brain pressure. After physicians gave little relief she began taking Peruna and reports renewed strength after four bottles.
A May Le fevre couple graces the Palace Hip stage with novelty dances. George Lefevre designed and built May’s headgear and also designs and sews her dresses. The caption notes the spiffy headgear as a highlight of the act.
In a narrative set at an orphanage Donna dreams of adopting a girl with brown eyes and golden curls while the narrator yearns to help all motherless babies. A sister guides them to a baby boy in a go cart, his plain appearance contrasting the hoped-for child. The scene ends with a promise of continuation.
Seaman Ek. Ruys of the Chilean bark Quaytecas was asphyxiated Thursday night after building a charcoal fire in his cabin without adequate ventilation. Captain J. A. Mullen reported he arrived here with the incident details.
Bruce C. Beck, U.S. food administrator for Seattle, outlines flour purchase limits by location. Sales capped at varying barrel amounts with required substitutes, and a Victory bread mix of 5 percent wheat substitutes now, rising to 20 percent by February 24. Distributors must secure substitutes immediately to ease the transition.
Minneapolis report notes concern that higher prices for substitutes will deter wheat planting this spring. Milling authorities join the effort to reduce substitute prices. Standard flour at $10.50 a barrel, rice flour $11.10, barley flour $19.50 a barrel.
A vintage remedy claims to aid liver bowel stomach headache and cold symptoms. The ad promotes overall relief from biliousness constipation and sour stomach with a simple daily dose.
The ad promotes Cascareta as a mild cleansing remedy that clears the head and stomach, improves breath and energy, and avoids the harsh effects of salts or calomel. It claims benefits for adults and even sick children without harming bowels.
Orpheum Third and Madison presents Western drama A Fight to the Finish. The Great Westin Company leads vaudeville with impersonations of Napoleon McKinley Roosevelt and others. Dixie Boyd offers songs and comedy. Arville and Knight perform Bumping the Bumps a comedy acrobatic turn. Van Slyke and Genung present Fifty Fifty a comedy sketch. Musical Irving plays violin and cello. Willie Hall Trio delivers comedy singing dancing and talking with two children. Armstrong Folly troupe debuts The Hugrher-Ups at the Gaiety with Will Armstrong as mayor. Henry Sherr joins in a district attorney spoof. Billie Bingham and Perqueta sing with 20 chorus girls.
A two feature Orpheum vaudeville comes to the Moore for a week with Creasy and Dayne in The Wyoming Whoop, Morton and Giness in 1918 1960 a comedy musical, and The Ziegler System leading Broadway dances. Seattle adds Luana in The Bird of Paradise at the Metropolitan and a Palace Hip bill featuring The Bride musical comedy and other acts.
A reader letters page debates womens trousers citing Deuteronomy and biblical norms. Contributors mock the hobble skirt era and discuss modesty, design, and cultural dress customs, with remarks on Chinese attire and modern fashion elements.
A fragment shows a woman named Miss Grey and a reply to a remark about clothing. The line mentions an idea about trousers and a reaction to a woman’s comment. The context remains fragmentary and tonal without a clear event or outcome.
A reader argues women should dress modestly when entering work on machines and taking up traditionally male roles. She contends clothing should not hinder dignity and that modesty lies in the work, not the attire.
The military law does not differ from civil law in this respect. In a court martial trial the prisoner is deemed innocent until proved guilty.
Alfred Charles De Rothschild aged 76 and son of Baron Lionel De Rothschild died in Washington last night. He was a partner in N M Rothschild & Sons and once a director of the Bank of England. Born in 1842 he studied at Trinity College and received the Victoria Cross in 1902.
A bee’s tireless work yields only a teaspoonful of honey in a full season, highlighting the limits of tiny creatures against vast labor.
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