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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
11
A protest chant echoes as supporters urge victory over Kaiser after decades of competition. Organizers promise sustained effort and public backing to secure a decisive win in coming seasons.
Captain Daniel P. Sullivan of Camp Dodge Iowa was sentenced to dismissal from the army and two years hard labor for selling military equipment entrusted to him.
Claimants tout Freezone as a painless fix for corns and calluses. A tiny bottle supposedly removes hard or soft corns and toe interdigital conditions with minimal irritation, sold by druggists for a few cents.
Secretary Redfield of the commerce department urged Alaska private enterprise build a shipyard and a small shipyard railway and promised government aid. He outlined plans to take over private hatcheries, establish an experimental fisheries station on Puget Sound, and divide the steamboat inspection service with two headquarters, first in California and Hawaii then Washington, Oregon and Alaska in Seattle.
The Seattle Business Women's club will convene at the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club assembly room Friday at 8 p m. Rhoda M. White dean of women Pullman college Washington was to address the group last week but was called away. she is expected to speak on Food and the War.
Seattle Chamber members must present a Thrift stamp to attend the first season picnic on July 17 at the Lake Ballinger home of Judge Michard A Ballinger. Thrift stamps will be sold to those arriving without them.
A brief note highlights thrift stamps as a simple daily habit to promote saving and discourage impulsive spending, framed as a small but steady personal finance practice. The piece underscores consistency over large one time efforts and encourages regular stamp purchases.
A time fuse drives The Chine of the Hun at the Liberty this week with Charles Kay in the lead. The plot centers on a boy saving a munitions plant by breaking an electric circuit, preventing a factory blast as workers look on.
The King County Council of Defense urges all citizens to view the official war picture Perehing's Crusaders at the Metropolitan Theatre next week. The Department of Public Information produced the film to accurately portray American efforts and heroism by Crom and soldiers overseas.
The program lists Charles May presenting The Flaws of the Man at Liberty with Madge Kennedy in The Fertile Star. Coliseum shows We Can't Mare Everything. Star-Liberty features The Mirth of Demeoc Recy. Hearts of the World continues at Griffith Strand with The House of Lane and To Re Voanee Hea in other venues.
The United States government produced Pershing's Crusaders, a government feature film detailing the early year of World War I. It covers recruitment, cantonments, uniforms, supplies, arms production, shipyards, and ship launches with Secretary Baker and General Pershing touring fronts in France and the camps.
Mrs. W. J. Strecker of 1258 John street suffered two broken ribs cuts and possible internal injuries after her car collided with a second vehicle at Seventh Avenue and Stewart Street. Clyde Bosson and C. C. Vesper were drivers. Strecker rode with Vesper to Meyer & Co jewelry firm. Both cars were traveling about 20 miles per hour and crushed against a telephone pole. Bosson and Vesper escaped with light bruises.
The United States Department of Labor has prepared patriotic posters to boost war work efficiency. Posters may be secured on application from the department in Washington for display in communities with large numbers of men employed.
A sheriff's posse is chasing a suspect described as a maniac after yesterday's attack on the Santa Cruz road near Glenwood. C. F. Sterratt, a traveling salesman from Berkeley for a Kansas City firm, was found dead in his car with two bullet wounds. Five other motorists were fired upon but not killed.
In early America grandmothers served as druggists using roots and herbs from fields and forests. Mrs Lydia I Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts developed a Vegetable Compound from peppermint and other botanicals, claimed to restore health to women for over forty years.
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