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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1919
Page
8
Liberty motor, built during the war, gains international prominence, and is shown in Se by the North Motor Car company. The motor was designed for airplane use with Packard involvement. Anita Stewart appears next in Virtuous Wives.
Twenty discharged soldiers and sailors left Alaska for home aboard the Admiral line steamer City of Seattle, receiving discharges at Camp Lowta from different divisions. The ship carried a full cannery cargo and 129 passengers. Five captains and three lieutenants from the French expeditionary forces departed to join Allied troops in Siberia aboard the Kashima Maru of Nippon Yusen Kaisha yesterday.
A health piece urges workers to protect kidneys during influenza and grippe. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s An uric tablets, Pleasant Pellets, frantic iron tonics, and Golden Medical Dis to bolster health after illness. It advises hot lemonade and water to flush kidneys.
A year in review shows 502 welfare cases in King county including poor families destitute widows with children and divorced and abandoned wives. The financials show a budget drop from 1918 to 1917 with present salaries 775 per month and travel costs 680. An almshouse costing 4466.79 was built and 500 donated to the juvenile court.
All foreign consuls of friendly nations are invited to the 1st annual Washington's birthday ceremonies at the Washington statue on the University of Washington campus Saturday morning. Wreaths will be placed on the monument. Edmond Meany Jr. will place his 11th wreath. he is 12, son of Prof. Raymond Meany, who will MC. Hlangon may give the main address if illness allows. Mayor Hanson and Dr. Henry Suscallo are to speak.
Four longshoremen named F. Andrews J. Brunick M. McLeod and A. W Gard are held in the city jail on Wednesday charged with stealing general merchandise from steamers as they docked. Arresting officers were Customs Officers M. H. McLean and FE. P. Lemage.
Mexican consul to Seattle Saya I. G. Gueman says offices will be opened soon in Alaska and Montana to serve the territory. He will also assume Montana duties while moving to Alaska to pick a site. Idaho location is undecided.
The advertisement touts Peptiron as a powerful iron blood and nerve tonic. It claims relief after influenza and grip, and benefits for anemia fatigue nerves in men women and children, restoring red blood cells and strength.
Col C C Dalton who heads the domestic relations bureau of the prosecuting attorney’s office is described as having just twelve birthdays due to being born in 1864 and on February 29. The memo recounts his Civil War era family background, career in law, and long service in the Washington National Guard.
Fred Arndt and Ernest Emil Heitmiller, unnaturalized Germans, charged as enemy aliens by Clarence L. Reames. They will be detained until peace is declared, subject to deportation. Heitmiller arrested Monday. Arndt taken last Friday for alleged I. W. W. agitation in lumber camps statewide.
Matilda EB Southmayd, descendant of Vicksburg founder, died at home 627 30th Ave. suffering bronchitis and age related decline. Widow of Col. Frederick R. Southmayd, she was 82 and survived by three daughters Miss Emily A. Southmayd Mrs J W Maclachlan Mrs George E Guedry and Cr G Southmayd. Service will be held at the family residence with announced date. Body lies at Bonney Watson parlors and will be shipped to Chicago for interment.
Islanders denounced the Mercer Island ferry service at a county commissioners meeting. Captain J. L. Anderson proposed the county take over the steamers Atlanta Dawn and Fortuna and run them paying $2,200 monthly to the Anderson Steamship Co. The board took the plan under advisement.
Northwest Towboat Owners association meeting condemned House Bill 138 taxing all state watercraft. Delegation to Olympia planned to block the measure as rushed through the House. Vessels already face county taxes and small pleasure boats would lose use of the sound. Tacoma Feb 19. Federal officers found over 400 quarts of whisky aboard the ship Justin with a Chinese crew.
Corporal Logan L. Ryan son of Police Sergeant Al Ryan died in a base hospital in France from wounds received in action. He was a longtime member of the Washington coast artillery and the Second Washington infantry before transferring into active duty when war commenced.
An old advertisement promotes Hamburg Breast Tea as a remedy for colds and grip. It instructs to steep a tablespoonful in boiling water, strain, and drink a tea cupful to relieve congestion and loosen bowels. The text emphasizes safety, vegetable ingredients, and low cost.
The Three Jack o' Lanterns, a trio of pretty young women, will sing in harmony whistle instrument and dance with a surprise novelty stunt as the Palace Hip opens Thursday. Alvins and Alving perform an athletic display of strength while Irving White and Marie sing parodies. Regabh plays the xylophone with six hammers and the sextet from Lucia. Dervin the ventriloquist and singer headlines with Charles King and Virginia Thornton in Persuasion.
A Cincinnati barber with forty years in the business advertises a simple home formula. Mix water with bay rum glycerine and Barro Compound, apply twice weekly, and achieve a soft glossy darkening without coloring or staining the scalp. The result is a younger appearance without a dyed look.
An advertisement claims four ounces of liquid argon dissolves dandruff overnight. It says regular nightly application moisturizes the scalp, stops scratching, and leaves hair looking healthier. The remedy, sold at drug stores, is inexpensive and universally effective.
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