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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1918
Page
6
A shingle mill at the River View Co operative in Everett was totally destroyed by a fire that started in the engine room late Saturday afternoon. Joel Shoemaker of Seattle commented on duty to protect the flag at patriotic services in the day.
An advertisement extols S. S. S. as a pure vegetable blood purifier that targets skin ailments such as eczema, boils, and rashes by cleansing the blood. It claims clear improvements and offers free medical advice from Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
Liberty shows The Claws of the Stun a gripping spy tale with Charles Tay in a strong wartime story. The program includes Who's Your Father at the Liberty and The Star Liberty's Fourth of July feature. Clemmer hosts The Service Star with Madge Kennedy in a deception drama. Strand presents The House of Glass starring Clara Kimball Young with a dramatic romance and a prison arc. Metropolitan screens Pershing's Crusaders the first official war film. Mission exhibits Tex Wilkinson in Western Proud. Colonial runs The Trail to Yesterday with Bert Lytell in a cowboy tale.
Abdul Medjid Effendi is proclaimed sultan of Turkey as successor to Mohammed V who died July 3. The announcement follows reports of the sultan’s accession and marks a significant leadership transition in the Ottoman realm.
Griffith's war photodrama Hearts of the World opens at Levy's Orpheum with strong audience praise. The film follows a French village romance amid global conflict, featuring Lilian Gish and Robert Harron, with Dorothea Gish and others in supporting roles.
Liberty shows The Claws of the Hun with Charles Ray in Star Liberty Weekly. ClemmER presents The Service Star starring Madge Kennedy. Coliseum features We Can't Have Everything with an all star cast. Oprheum offers Hearts of the World by D W Smith. Strand offers The House of Class with Clara Kimball Young. Mission screens Western Blood with Tom Mix. Rialto presents The Kaiser the Beast of Berlin.
Halifax mayor Dr. A. C. Hawkins and city engineer H. W. Johnson state there are no rent profiteers in Halifax. They report 1500 homes destroyed by the explosion are being rebuilt under government direction for the use of the poor.
United States correspondent William Philip Simms recounts the Hamel heroes and their acts in France. Private Bernard Schallinger used grenades to halt German gun nests and a bowie attempt. Nathan Lieberman forced German troops to surrender. Arthur Munk treated a wounded officer and aided a stretcher bearer. Fred Shullenberger tended tea for the troops despite shrapnel. a noted corporal kept fighting to avenge casualties and fell after taking a German.
Mayor J A Balmer reports requests for children's clothes shoes and money for Cle Elum relief. The message to the Chamber of Commerce asks aid for foreign element families with ten to twelve children. Citizens express thanks as men work and homes are occupied. Fire devastates Selway forest in Montana with 6000 acre tracts under siege and crews combat the flames amid smoke and winds.
An advertisement touts organic phosphate, nitro phosphate, as a solution to extreme thinness. It claims to feed nerves and body cells, boosting weight, energy, and health, with a money back guarantee. Caution warns Bazone avoiders to not use for those who do not wish to gain flesh.
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