Old Bill Bailey Ukulele Star Faces Shifting Record Sales
Seattle music shops report Old Bill Bailey remains popular but loses shelf space to new ballads like M O T H E R and America I Love You. John McCormack I Hear You Calling Me and Tchaikowsky Nutcracker Suite gain collectors’ traction as Jolson’s When I Leave the World Behind wavers. A Little Bit of Heaven trims Jolson’s sales.
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Bill Bailey
Honolulu
Seattle
America
John McCormack
Tachaikowsky
al Jolson
Jolson
Pape's Diapepsin Promised Quick Digestive Relief
Time it to relief. Pape's Diapepsin digests any meal within five minutes and ends sour stomach gas heartburn indigestion and nausea. A fifty cent case claims to keep the family free from stomach disorders and belongs in every home.
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Pape
German Editors Indignant Over War Warfare Decree
Amsterdam Feb 21 reports say German editors denounce U S refusal to curb warfare against armed merchantmen. Cologne Gazette and other papers condemn defending neutral voyagers on belligerent vessels and praise or question Washington advices.
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Amsterdam
United States
Germany
Cologne
Washington
Aged cowbell kept as relic found in 1856
Conyers Georgia February 21 H C Penn shows a brass cow bell found in Ben Carr bottoms in 1856. The bell, made from one solid piece of metal, stands in contrast to modern small bells.
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Conyers, Ga
H. C. Penn
Ben Carr Bottoms
Grace De Graff Delivers Peace Ship Address in Portland Delegation
Miss Grace De Graff, Ford peace delegate from Portland, spoke on The Peace Ship at a College Women’s meeting held at the Washington Annex during a luncheon Saturday.
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Grace de Graff
Ford
Portland
College
Washington Annex
Deadlock in Germany US over submarine warfare
Senate race tightens as a clash over Germanys armed merchantman decree looms. Officials expect a sharp debate after Ackermans report on Ger manys stance and Berlin replies. Lansing and Bernstorff tensions heighten with diplomatic propaganda concerns.
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State Department
United States
Ackerman
Germany
Lusitania
von Bernstorff
Berlin
Gerard
America
Lansing
Hernstorffs
London Nervous Over Enemy Order
German aeroplanes bombarded two British tank steamers in yesterday's raid on England. Newspapers demand prompt steps against Germany's armed merchantman campaign and warn of another air raid on the east and southeast coasts with casualties reported.
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Berlin
England
Admiralty
London
Germany
Paria
Chicago
Chiecaco
Bay of Biscay
Women Publish New Local Publication In Seattle
The Legislative Federation of King County launches a monthly paper edited by L Ellen Day to promote law through home school and state cooperation. The first issue, by Dr Ira C Brown city school medical inspector, discusses Milk Stations for Seattle School Children.
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Legislative Federationiat
Seattle
lLagislative Federation
King County
L. Ellen Day
Ira C. Brown
Battles and comedies fill Rex and Coliseum billboards
The Rex presents Battle Cry of Peace amid preparedness debate, with scenes of aerial torpedoes and侵 reactions. At the Coliseum John Harry Morgan stars in Nearly a King, pairing romance and mistaken identity. Other venues show The Flying Torpedo, Hop the Devil's Brew, and Fighting Blood with Lem Hardy.
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Rex Theatre
J. Stuart Blackton
United States
Powder Trust
John Harrymore
the Coliseum
Coliseum Orchestra
Chinatown
Custom Service
San Francisco
Lem Hardy
William Farnum
Lem
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Rheumatism Relief
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless remedy for rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia and related pains. It claims instant relief from tender spots, no internal treatment needed, and urges readers to obtain a small bottle from a druggist. The copy emphasizes decades of use and broad applicability to joint stiffness and swelling.
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St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs OI
Police Plot Accused By Local Anarchists
Local anarchists charge Chicago police with engineering the poison soup banquet plot as an anarchist move. In a meeting here they scoffed at a nationwide anti clerical and anti social conspiracy.
Toledo Woman Says Poison Attempt Was For Exercise
Irene Lane, 20, told doctors she had no motive for taking poison and that she did so for exercise rather than to harm herself.
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Toledo, O
Irene Lane
Girls Threaten Strike Over Skirt Lengths in Sandusky
In Sandusky on Feb 21 a report states girls working in candy stores, restaurants, and postcard shops threaten to strike unless allowed to wear shorter skirts.
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Sandusky
Elephant Goes On A Joy Party In Millbrae
An unruly circus elephant named Texas rampaged through Millbrae on a Sabbath causing disruption. The animal blocked trolley tracks frightened residents charged into gardens and even assaulted motorists before returning to circus headquarters. Frank Adams Jr. and Frances Dubbleday were among those affected.
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Millbrae
Cal
Milbrae
Texas
Frank Adams, Jr
Frances Doubleday
George
Circus
Russians Split Turkish Front After Erzurum Victory
Petrograd reports a rapid Russian drive splitting the Turkish front into three corps. The left wing corps moves toward Trebizond, the middle corps struggles toward Erzingen west of Erzurum, and the right wing corps is isolated and in disorderly retreat in the snows.
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Petrograd
Erzerum
Trebizond
Ith
Erzingen
Sage Tea Dandy To Darken Hair
Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound promises to darken gray faded hair overnight. A 50 cent bottle sold at drug stores claims natural even coverage and dandruff relief as gray hair vanishes after one or two applications.
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Wyeth
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