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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1915
Page
11
Dr L Jacquet has developed a fatigue cure used in trenches. An exhausted soldier removes boots, lies down with head on a sack, legs raised against a tree or trench wall, then wiggles toes vigorously for instant relief.
A 1915 fashion snapshot notes American styles outpacing Paris, with military touches in shoes and brass buttons braiding. Full, circular skirts, raised waists, and semi-tailored waists dominate. Hats include smart sailors and tricorne shapes with floral braids, while colors range from dull streetwear tones to white and black accents.
Police seek arrest after tacks punctured tires along the Eastlake jitney route. Private cars and jitney busses suffered, with losses in the hundreds of dollars. Detectives pursue the culprits as owners report multiple flats and damage to vehicles.
M. Antoine, former Odeon theatre director, spoke in Paris about Gerhart Hauptmann and said both Hauptmann and his son are at the front. He joked that if his own son meets Hauptmann he would kill him without pity.
Frederick Mors, who confessed to killing eight residents of the Odd Fellows home in Yonkers New York, told officers a woman altered him from a normal medical student to a calculating killer. An interpreter noted Mors claimed a Vienna girl wrecked his hopes and influenced his turn to murder through a name meaning death and an interest in poisons.
Prominent flour millers argue Seattle master bakers' price rise and smaller loaf sizes are unwarranted. They claim most large bakers stocked flour at lower season prices, leaving the higher costs to be borne by others. Baker and grocer James F. Branigan concedes some are affected.
The report from Antwerp dated February 12 notes a German man found the body of Corporal Chas Signol aged 17 and honored him by wrapping a tattered French flag around him beneath his overcoat.
The Famous Players Co announces Mary Pickford films will debut at city theatres with minimum 25 to 50 cents, after which they move to Paramount service. The increase supports Pickford’s reported 150,000 salary and applies to other prestige titles. Multiple theatres list current programs including Hearts Adrift, The Rose of the Rancho, The New Janitor, Neptune's Daughter, and related shorts.
The Residence Theatres Greenwood runs a slate until Sunday including two parts The Master Key and Fatty Again, a drama The Environment, Liz zie's Escape, and The Girl and the Smuggler. At Home Theatres a four part drama The Opened Shutters and Animated Weekly No 161 join Billy's Charge. Pleasant Hour offers A Law Unto Himself, A Girl of the People, and Their First Anniversary.
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