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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1917

Page

6

Everett Defense League seeks U S probe after Everett clash

Thousands sign petitions urging a congressional investigation into the industrial dispute and the November 5 clash between J. W. W. members and armed Everett residents. A fund drive for the I W W defense will be held at Dreamland rink on January 21 with a mass meeting later that afternoon.

I. W W Everett Dreamland Rink Wilson Congress Everett Defense League F. H. Brown Washington, D.C Herbert Mahler

Suffrage Pickets Supported by Congressional Union in Washington

Jan 11. Coffee and doughnut squads organized by Congressional Union officials as an adjunct to silent suffrage sentinels who continue their chilly White House picketing.

Washington Congressional Silent Suffrage Sentinels White House

Despair and Hope Within Walls of Walla Walla Penitentiary

An inmate narrative describes life after arrival at Walla Walla penitentiary. Prison routine, gossip, and the fixation on parole boards reveal how convicts cling to any chance of release. The piece contrasts old fixed sentences with indeterminate terms and the prospect of a “useful trade.”

Walla Walla Penitentiary

Don’t Let Wife Die of Lockjaw

Cincinnati authority warns women wearing high heels suffer corns and infections. Freezone, a quarter-ounce drug from any drug store, can remove hard or soft corns by a few drops, relieving soreness as the corn lifts out with its root. Sticky liquid dries quickly without inflaming surrounding skin. Pin this on her dresser.

Cincinnati

The Grand Theatre Week Hit Parade

The Grand theatre offers a varied bill with Bulger Mansfield Circus animals one rider child friendly yet adult cautious. MecClary Runyan Miss Billie Little The Three Halls Ben Beno Lizzie Evans Jeff Lloyd Co Allegro Frances Norde Edmands La Velle The Tennessee Magnolias Georgalis Trio George Harada and Virginia Pearson in The War Bride's Secret and The Shielding Shadow serial.

GRAND Grand Theatre Bulger Mansfield Circus MecClary Runyan Billie Little Ben Beno Fox Virginia Pearson Lizzie Evans Jeff Lloyd & Co Palace Hip Allegro Frances Norde Eamunds la Velle Tennessee Magnolias Georgalis George Harada

Wilson May Pick Tarbell for Tariff Commission

President Wilson is expected to select Miss Tarbell as one of five members of the new tariff commission. She would be the first woman honored with such a position.

Tarbell Wilson New Tariff Commission

Three More Seek City Council Seats

Three more candidates announced runs for city council. Byron Phelps, longtime Seattle resident and former mayor and county treasurer, joins J Ed Shrewarry, ex-park board member, and W D Lane of the Douglas Lane Douglas firm in the race.

Byron Phelps Seattle J. Ed Shrewabury Park Board W. D. Lane Douglas, Lane & Douglas

Seattle School Board Seeks Law Against Cigarettes

The Seattle school board seeks an anti cigarette bill from the legislature to ban sale and manufacture of smoking tobacco. Attorney Henry W. Pennock will be asked to draft a stringent law to stop school boys from smoking.

Seattle Henry W. Pennock

Sloan's Liniment Ad Claims Quick Relief

An old ad promotes Sloan's Liniment as fast penetrating and non staining for emergencies and aches. It claims effectiveness on rheumatic pains neuralgia lumbago gout strains sprains and backache with easy availability at druggists in 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes.

LOAN Sloan

Clear Complexions Through Simple Remedies

Many women seek a bright complexion and low cost treatment. The text notes rising constipation in women linked to poor circulation, causing yellow pimply skin and urges simple remedies to improve clarity.

Reliable Remedy for Bad Complexions

An advertising claim describes pills that cleanse the liver and bowels like calomel without after effects. They purportedly purge impurities from the blood, quicken relief from distressing skin conditions, ease constipation, and tone the system. Available from druggists for 10c or 25c.

Early tip on peace note averted U S market panic

James Riley of the Wall Street Journal testified that brokers received an early warning from Washington about the president's peace note. He said Lansing's 5 p.m. statement could have spooked markets, and the alert helped brokers prepare their accounts. Without warning, a panic might have followed after the note's release.

Washington Wall St Jas. Riley Wall Street Journal House Lansing Riley Dow Jones

Prodigy boy fills pastorate in Chataworth parish

During Rev. bb S. MacClenaghan’s absence in Chataworth New Jersey the vacant post is filled by Eugene Tice a young prodigy noted for scholarly and preaching talent.

Bb S. MacClenaghan Chataworth N. J Eugene Tice

Washington harbor bill items listed for state

Washington items in the rivers and harbors bill are detailed by project and cost. Entries include the Mouth of the Columbia 975000 and Columbia river Portland to the sea 310000 along with numerous Washington sites such as Lake Washington canal 200000 Grays harbor and bar 92500 Anacortes harbor 56000 Skagit river 30000 and related works including deepening the Yukon mouth channel 45000 in Alaska.

Washington Mouth of the Columbia Columbia River Portland Upper Columbia Celilo Snake River Lake Washington Canal Puget Sound Skagit River Grays River Lewis River Cowlitz River Grays Harbor Bar Townsend Bay Oak Bay Anacortes Lake River Bachelors Slough Skamokawa Columbia Cathlamet Yukon Alaska

British Capture Turkish Seaport North of El Ariss

London dispatch reports British forces seized a strong position near El Ariss on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. The action cost six hundred Turks killed or wounded and 1,600 captured, after two years of enemy occupation near the Egypt Arabia boundary.

London el Ariss Egypt War Office Mediterranean Arabia

Barber patents neck hair catcher device for patrons

An Eastern barber patents a neck fastener to catch hair shed by clippers. He saves the clippings and offers to store them, promising to mix the hair with horse hair for a pillow when patrons return enough times.

Rad Salts Touted To Help Kidney Trouble

An old health ad touts rad Salts as a solution for kidney and bladder discomfort. It claims reducing meat intake and drinking water aids flushing, with a four ounce dose daily before breakfast said to restore kidney activity and neutralize urine acids.

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