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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1917
Page
10
Uruguay sides with the United States against Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare. A note to Berlin asserts neutrality cannot recognize such policy and reserves rights to act against violations of international usage. Uruguay also responds to Wilson by recognizing his just and noble utterances.
Mrs Henry Hofmeister wife of a local island farmer was attacked while doing housework in the kitchen. A posse of farmers searched the island on Thursday but the assailant escaped or is in hiding and could not be identified by officers who brought a man to the island for questioning.
Brazil will sever diplomatic ties with Germany unless Berlin guarantees no harm to Brazilian ships or interests. A Rio dispatch reports strong German submarine blockade criticism and sightings of German vessels near Parana, with Brazil forwarding the note to Austro-Hungary and Germany protesting Teutonic submarine policy.
Police believe excessive enthusiasm for obtaining a small farm led to the death of BE H Cutts age 63 janitor at the Chalmers Apartments 606 19th Ave N. The incident is under investigation.
London reacts to Berlin delaying passports for Gerard with anger over what is seen as a deliberate insult to the United States. British papers cite sinking of California and Turbey as overt acts, with Americans aboard, fueling calls for war and harsher submarine measures.
Sweden on February 9 sent a note to Washington explaining its refusal to join any break with Germany. The note says the US plan to force neutrals into action shortens the war but violates Sweden's long standing neutrality policy. It notes government and public support for neutrality toward all belligerents now and in the future.
London February 9. George Washington a negro fireman on the steamship Turino was killed in a German submarine attack yesterday. The Liverpool consul reports Washington was likely not an American citizen, residing in Liverpool, never registered as an alien, and possibly born in Alberta.
The Planzaley quartet led by E. J. de Coppet delivered a warm Seattle audience performance at the Moore theatre. Next in line are composer Charles Wakefield Gadman and the Indian Princess Tejanina, presented by the Ladies' Musical club on March 10.
A water shut off is planned for all of South Park west of the Duwamish waterway on Saturday February 10 from 9 a.m. to noon.
The Utah legislature refused to modify its hone dry bill and Gov. Bamberger signed the measure, setting an effective date of August 1 for the new law.
Mrs. S. D. McAbee of Spartanburg North Carolina says nine years of backache weakness and irregularities ended after using Lydia E and Lydia B Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports renewed strength and ability to work and urges others to seek relief from the remedy.
Mes Day is the daughter-in-law of U S Supreme Court Justice Day and a widely admired Washington hostess. She has two children.
Police probe an explosion on the roof of the Water Front Employers' association offices at Western avenue and Union street. Fifty longshoremen were inside when a two inch diameter gun cotton bomb detonated, causing roof damage but no injuries. The blast may have been tossed from an alley or dropped from Rainier Grand hotel window.
Franklin, once a ghost town after the last mine closed during the depression, is slated for revival as the Cannon mine reopens under Pacific Coast Coal Co. This will employ 250 to 300 workers and follows a record January with over 77,000 tons produced and shipped, including Briquetville’s briquetting plant surpassing 14,000 tons.
A musical entertainment will be given by the Holy Name society of the Church of Immaculate Conception on 18th Ave and Marion Pt Friday evening.
The article showcases spring dresses in chambray gingham and linen, featuring plait colors, striped effects, and youthful designs. It highlights a green gingham dress with white collar, a German blue tan linen dress with yellow chain accents, and a blue chambray dress with gold smocking and madras yoke, with sizes and prices noted.
New Orleans readers submitted 22 761 responses to What Is Love a column prize nine winners named love as passage from selfishness to service as a chisel that carves reality and as a bank that bears interest across poems and proverbs from Mrs Anderson Haley Mrs W P O Toole Mrs Albert Godchaux H C Delcourt Ella Bently Arthur George Gowland Mrs V L Crawford Mildred Blincoe and Jennie N Wireless each offering vivid images of love in life work and faith across locations Mobile Houma New Orleans Arabi Meridian Vicksburg Travers City and beyond.
Six or eight new Crepe de Chine Blouses in flesh white added last week at MacDougall Southwick. Feature new pointed collars praised by shoppers. Sizes 36 to 42 priced at $5.95.
The article notes secret peace moves among neutrals with Secretary Lansing present at sessions. US hopes for neutral support persist as several neutrals still align with Germany. Officials cite protecting small nations and upholding international law as motives for potential action and discuss the Gerard detention and the risk of a Lusitania case.
London reports that Gerald Lloyd Verney aged 17 has lost his page of honor post to a younger candidate, Richard Dawney aged 13, son of John Dawney. The retiring page remains spirited and hopes to serve his country further.
A note mentions a figure retiring to his country estate to spend his declining days, sharing the fate of Hon. T. H. Brand whose later years forced him from public life at seventeen.
A distant grassy expanse lies just a few miles from Buenos Aires, the pampas spanning about two million square miles. The plain forms a vast territory roughly nine times the size of England and twice Mexico’s extent.
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