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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1917
Page
7
The National Board of Review arranged a private screening of the picture to demonstrate its ideal photoplay form. The event attracted notable writers, photo play executives, sociologists and other guests to study the film’s conception and potential impact.
In Olympia the House speaker ruled that a majority can invite anyone to the floor and do as the body pleases with the guest. George Gleason answered questions after Anti-Saloon League figure George Conger declined to attend, leaving the chamber briefly exposed to popular influence.
Bremerton, population about 6000 near Seattle, shifts from quiet navy yard town to wartime focus after Congress funds, plants and ships. Payroll nears $2 million annually in 1917 with 1750 workers, while city builds housing, streets, and a publicity push as Marines and sailors fill the yard and locals rally behind athletics and industry.
County officials warn the new tax exemption cuts the relief for small homeowners. A $200 exemption now applies to actual value rather than reducing assessed value, leaving some with taxable amounts despite prior relief. Supreme Court ruling favors the state, reducing relief for those with modest property.
Alhambra Theatre presents Marion Morgan's Art Dancers in a Romanesque ballet and a strong bill with Zeda and Hoot, Benny, Woods, and emotional acts. Orpheum features Wilkes players in The Spendthrift. Palace Hip offers dog act and vaudeville. Oak showcases Too Much Married with Izzy and avant garde costumes.
Stage people rely on Marmola Prescription Tablets to shed fat and stay slim. An actress claims she loses two to four pounds weekly using Marmola and uses the tablets periodically to maintain weight. Available from druggists for 75 cents a large case or by mail from Marmola Co. Detroit.
Four states Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas have bank deposit guaranty laws funded by bank assessments and administered by state banking boards. The laws aim to protect depositors, prevent panics, and boost deposit volume, with varied implementations and court upholding as a valid police power.
A 50 cent Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound offers a ready made remedy for gray hair. Apply with sponge to hair strand by strand. by morning gray shows less, after a few applications hair becomes dark and glossy. Not a disease cure.
Miss Milholland, sister of the late suffragist Mrs Ines Milholland Boissevain, begins reform work by entering the national campaign against capital punishment. Pennsylvania will be her first target in the effort.
Bremerton Washington February 5 Eleven hour workdays begin to speed repair of Pacific reserve fleet. Workers start 7 30 a m 30 minute noon break and stay until 7 p m. It will take 60 days at this rate to fit the fleet for war duty with shortages of toolmakers machinists and shipfitters. A runway for guard patrol is being built atop the fence a photo ID pass is required for all workers and no deliveries are allowed inside the gates.
President Wilson travels from the White House to the state war and navy department building to confer with officials of the war and navy departments.
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