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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1915
Page
3
Washington reports Secretary of War Garrison denied claims that the United States is discarding its Krag-Jorgensen rifles by selling them to European belligerents.
Mayor Gill announced the city will request a 750000 loan from the county at 2 percent, to be repaid by April as taxes are collected. The county board members M J Carrigan M L Hamilton and Krist Knudsen take office Monday and will hear the proposal.
A wife recounts her husband confessing he was obsessed with another woman and their plan to confront the situation. She ferries the test of fidelity by inviting the lover to her home, recognizing the woman is a grieving widow, and ultimately the couple grounds their marriage in friendship and mutual support.
Chicago reports a sharp recession in wheat with May at 1.40 and July at 1.25. Butter and eggs fall as higher living costs press prices downward, with butter down two cents and wholesale egg quotes at 31 cents. Prices for barley oats and potatoes rise, while a long column of assorted market and dairy items appears in the regional listing.
Promos a free illustrated book by Dr. Van Vieck claiming to relieve piles fistula fissure constipation and rectal troubles without surgery or cost. It urges readers to mail name and address to receive the prepaid booklet with color plates and testimonials of cures, including long-term sufferers.
Eleanor Lovina testifies in Los Angeles divorce court that artist Henry Lovins painted a rosy picture of love as her model three years ago, but says the marriage soured. She recalls a rose covered bungalow in Hollywood and a violent quarrel when she refused to reveal her whereabouts.
An advertisement touts yogurt as the sole remedy to purge intestinal poison from the body. It invites readers suffering from digestive issues or circulatory ailments to write to Yogurt Co. in Blaine Washington for information.
Miss Effie Raitt of the University of Washington warns modern housewives focus on fleeting novelties over quality. She calls for training to choose wisely and use resources efficiently, noting mothers must understand production conditions from milk to bread and labor practices to properly care for their families.
Programs at Liberty Clemmer Alaska Colonial Class A feature dramas and comedies including The Christian Capt Swift The Ragged Earl Giddy Gay and Ticklish Only a Farmer's Daughter Mutual Weekly His New Profession Old Fisherman's Majestic.
Police recover three photographs showing Sparta girls posing on a mill pond imitating a famous painting. Lois Brystow reported the pictures taken from her jacket by a young man who walked her home. A classmate said last summer she and two others waded and posed for fun in overalls.
Farmers near Laurel Virginia witnessed the earth move while digging a grave and a large groundhog emerged and vanished beneath the surface as the party fled.
Irene Fetetle Hough promotes selecting jewelry to enhance beauty in a article noting she was chosen as America’s most beautiful telephone girl for a film. She warns earrings influence age appearance, favors pearl earrings for peaches and cream complexions, gold hoops for gypsy-like faces, and suggests minimal rings and bracelet styles to stay tasteful.
A. G Hobba aged 18 hanged himself from a sign in Richmond California on January 9 marking a tragic self-inflicted death.
A Salonika dispatch reports Turkish women funded two dreadnoughts with 35 million dollars, contributing more than half through teas and bazaars while men faced forced payments. The ships were started in British yards after Greece bought cruisers from the United States, but England seized both vessels with the war outbreak.
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