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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1918
Page
2
Vancouver, B. C., Feb. 9. The outcome of the proposed conference between shipyard workers and the imperial munitions board is expected to change conditions at the local yards. A decision is expected to be reached at Victoria next Monday.
Fragmentary note suggests a claim that Grove’s signature on a bottle labels a tonic promising grip disease prevention. The text references a time bound use of tablets and links the claim to a medical remedy, though specifics are unclear.
A reflective verse fragment notes how leftovers grow from daily life and how restaurants may reuse them. It suggests people survive by combining every kind of resource through life, pairing money with knowledge, in a domestic setting addressed to a wife.
Lee Hammond announces the Broadway high school boy will speak on The Kind of Men We Expect Our Fathers to Be at the father and son dinner Monday evening. Speakers include H. Lewis for the fathers and Gov of the University of Washington. W. A. Petera as toastmaster. Tickets deplete fast with 1700 dinners. tickets on sale at multiple local venues.
Officials of the department of Justice notify Chief of Police that alien enemy registration will continue Monday Tuesday and Wednesday next week. The plan was to close registration Saturday but is nationwide and not confined to Seattle. About 1 000 aliens registered in Seattle versus an estimated 2 000.
Cumberland Foresters of America lodge in King county raises funds for the Seattle Red Cross with a $100 donation. The Cumberland miners, assisted by the Cumberland Boys' club, hosted the dance and entertainment to support relief efforts. The 50 member lodge is led by George E Stonebridge.
Vancouver Washington plans a campaign for a 39 foot ship channel to military post landing. The port secured E G Hopson to estimate dredging costs from the Portland channel. Shipbuilding, spruce processing, and heavy grain shipments justify the expenditure.
Francisco Van der Heiden was charged with first degree murder in superior court by Deputy Prosecutor 8 M Brackett for killing his former wife Mrs J A Collinson and her husband August 16 1916 near Providence hospital.
Reni Vertongen, the most famous aviator in the Belgian army, has been missing for five days and is believed drowned in the North Sea after last seen vanishing in a cloud bank over the sea. The Belgian legation reports received patches confirming the disappearance.
Col R C Washburn president of the Rogue River Fruit and Produce association will address the Young Men's Republican club at the Lincoln day banquet in the Masonic temple. Washburn, longtime Washington state newspaper man and former state legislator, now resides in Oregon.
District Attorney Clay Allen announced that French Alsatian Lorainers must register and may strike the words alien enemy from blanks, substituting french Alsatian Lorainer in their place.
Staff Correspondent reports at Camp Lewis Tacoma that young recruits compare themselves to Daniel Boone Thomas Jefferson Juke Wellington and Socrates Jopes as part of a playful mix of famous figures in the camp’s everyday life.
An alleged German spy among 40 first and second class passengers on the Dutch steamer Nieuw Armenterdam was arrested after authorities found twelve sheets of paper covered with letters and figures. He confessed to being in the pay of Germany and to delivering a new code to agents in the country. Police detained 77 men and three women for questioning while others went ashore.
Miss Mary Loomis director of the bureau of nursing in the Northwest division of the American Red Cross received an urgent call from Washington requesting 16 more graduate nurses for ecantonment work on Friday night.
An advertisement touts Hamburg Dreast Tea as an effective vegetable remedy for colds and grip. It instructs to steep a tablespoonful in boiling water, strain, and drink a tea cupful. Claims include opening pores relieving congestion loosening bowels and rapid relief.
The government promotes purchasing War Savings Stamps via a 2S-cent U. 8. Thrift Stamp and an installment plan. Post offices, banks, or stores provide information and selling the stamps.
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