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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1915
Page
5
Mrs Beatrice Levy must serve a five minute jail term for violating the initiative law banning fees by employment agencies. Judge Gordon fined $20 and imposed the brief confinement, as the statute requires a jail sentence in such cases.
London reports confirm dispatches from front correspondents that Lille has been reoccupied by Allied forces. The official war bureau did not object to publication yet offered no independent confirmation.
A promotional item touts Pape’s Diapepsin as a five minute cure for dyspepsia, indigestion, sour stomach, gas and related stomach misery. It claims the elixir tastes pleasant like candy and will aid digestion, appetite, and cleanliness of the stomach without laxatives or liver pills.
A friend received a diamond ring by mail with a Christmas card from a bashful suitor. She wonders if the ring signifies engagement and plans to kiss her, while unsure of his intentions. Advice urged returning the ring or seeking explanation, noting engagement is implied but not certain.
Jacob Schaefer is reelected president of the German American City Alliance. Duwamish Valley Commercial Club asks council to light dead man’s curve near Georgetown. Division A and Lake Burien line lost 2612 in December. Mayor Gill to attend League of Washington Municipalities convention in Olympia Jan 25 27. Jeff Davis seeks run for unemployed home in New York. Fenelon and Oeder indicted in connection with the Preferred Mercantile Co go to jail on bond withdrawal. Munical program held at Hotel Liberty. Escaline Bushnell to christen submarine tender Bushnell Jan 23. Page heir to Seattle carpenter fortune. Meetings biweekly in Commercial Club membership drive. Harold Ble kum schooner ashore at Karluk spit.
Readable notes show Missouri moving to prosecute the bread trust while Belgian bread riots are reported. U S shows a weekly trade balance of 17 797 733 dollars and a Norwegian bark goes ashore at Victoria after dragging anchors. Federal flour price inquiry promised. Two hundred soldiers leave Victoria for the front. Everett police report Dr T D Phillips fined 100 dollars and sentenced 30 days for reckless driving.
A period dental disguised medical ad offers Williams Treatment for kidney and bladder troubles and rheumatic pain. It claims rapid relief from back and joint pains and promises a free trial bottle if the reader sends name and address, with arrangement for mailing costs.
Eppo Petticoats offered at 6.50 with colors emerald green black gray copper taupe wistaria and American Beauty. Eppo Petticoats include patented self adjusting waist band. Not all sizes available in every style on the sales floor.
Bright bargain sale lists heavy discounts on union suits and undergarments including Drastic Clearance items at 3.50 1.95 and 3.00 1.65 with offers on wool underwear 95 cents and cotton pieces 59 30 cents. G M Garments and silk hosiery neckwear and shirts also featured with multi price points. Dust noted near Pike Street entrance.
A vintage sale notice lists boys and youth fancy mixed suits at reduced prices from 12.50 to 5.00 and boys overcoats from 10.00 to 7.65 across several discount tiers. The ad emphasizes quality and lowered prices in multiple lines and ends with a stray word.
Basel reports Switzerland keeps all troops on guard along the frontier fearing neutrality violations as heavy fighting in Alsace escalates. German forces total over 160000 with 60000 near Muthausen and 36000 nearby, German hospitals along the Rhine emptied to care for war wounded.
The weekly Sunday chicken stew at the Liberty Hotel alley behind Bob White’s Waffle House feeds about 200 men. A complaint alleges Mrs Henshaw violated the eight hour law for women by serving dinner to poor children on Christmas day. a patron paid for the meal.
After being acquitted of murdering her husband, Mrs. N. C. Grier marries G. D. Solomon in Portland. The ceremony unites two residents amid current court case history and local ties.
A three year old boy in Portland died after falling into a tub of boiling water. The incident prompted an official inquiry and raised safety questions about home plumbing and shelter conditions.
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