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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1917
Page
2
An idle Seattle lot is urged to be put to work with a Craftsman bun on it, claiming the property will sell quickly. The ad-style pitch highlights a quick sale and a mobile food-related angle linked to the bun concept.
Olympia report draws fire as Henry Suzzallo urges legislature to adopt the education survey and end duplicative work between the University of Washington and Washington State College. He argues for coordination, cites costs in chemical engineering and forestry, and defends university stance against a state college lobby.
Seattle reports confirm that the S. S. Minnesota long serving as Seattle’s Orient liner has been sold for 2 750 000 dollars. L W Hill president of the Great Northern Railway acknowledged the sale but disclosed no buyer. The vessel, libeled by a British firm for war cargo delay, has faced boiler trouble and spent years in San Francisco after repairs.
Berlin dispatch reports continued fighting on the Riga front with Russians advancing coal tlong gains and repulsing counterattacks on the east bank. About five hundred prisoners were taken in operations along the river. Archduke Joseph's forces in the Neresk mountains repulsed several Rumanian company attacks in the Casinu valley.
A small German vessel bombarded the east coast of England today. Only a portion of the shells fired by the warship reached shore and there were no casualties. The Suffolk coast was shelled and minor damage reported.
Sayville Jan 16 German forces stormed French trenches on Height 804 over a 1460 yard front and captured 5696 prisoners according to today’s official statement.
Paris, Jan. 26. Lieut. Guynemor has bagged his 28th German aeroplane, his third in 72 hours, according to the official war office statement issued today.
Problems of the advertising man to be met and disposed of at the convention of the Advertising association opening here today. Three meetings scheduled with sessions on salesmanship this afternoon and the following day the ad man will be diagnosed. Tomorrow night a dinner features Secretary Daniels John Kendrick Bangs and Charles M Schwab.
Mrs W N Fos will present Lloyd George horoscope with life sketch at the Theosophical hall 5000 Arcade building at 8 pm Saturday A short address on Astrology in Its Relation to Politics will be given by W I Seow The lecture will be frustrated
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a superior remedy to rid the body of humors and prevent disease. It claims the tonic purifies and invigorates the blood, preventing internal derangements and skin eruptions, and urges readers to insist on the product.
The daylight saving plan would move clocks one hour ahead from May 1 to September 30 to save artificial light and fuel. Proponents include Marcus M. Marks and figures from J P Morgan, New York Trust, Erie, Chesapeake & Ohio, and Lehman Brothers. A Borland bill in Congress aims to authorize the change.
In Olympia on January 26, a rule proposal backed by Senator Carlson and a supporting group aims to expedite legislation by placing bills under a reactionary rules committee appointed by Lieut. Gov. Slart. The current process grants first and second readings after introduction before further action.
A proposed rule would require a bill to be read first, referred to its committee, then to the calendar via the rules committee, floor amendment, and back to the rules committee for a second review. The process concentrates final control with the rules committee as bills circulate. Americans now chew $60,000,000 worth of gum annually.
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