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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1918
Page
6
Washington reports the army will appoint women attendants for delicate operating room work. Fifteen graduates have been named as first lieutenant equivalents with pay and privileges, though without official rank. Only graduate women physicians are eligible.
The Washington Detective association had its license revoked by the city council in a 7 to 1 vote Erickson dissenting. Mayor Hanson, amid confusion over surrendering the license, urged prosecution and warned of police action if the group continued to operate. C B Reed faced salary and staffing allegations tied to state contracts and union disputes. The veto on council bill 27720 was withdrawn after a street to be built through property owned by the Waudonda investment company.
A delegation of several hundred Seattle citizens entrained for Camp Lewis at 4 p.m. Tuesday to visit Seattle men in quarantine and unable to visit home. The Y M C A will provide a program at the camp, with contributions from local patriotic organizations.
Hourly service between Seattle and Camp Lewis starts Tuesday with cars leaving the Seattle station at First and Madison. The schedule runs from 6 30 a m to 11 30 p m.
An advertisement promotes DeVirade original sanitary liquid claimed to remove facial hair quickly and safely. It guarantees immediate, lasting results and offers money back in each package. Available in 61 and 82 sizes, or by mail in plain wrapper or receipt of price with free return mail. De Miracle NY addresses.
Recond Lieut B H W Graban now travels from Fort Worth to train rifle sights on Hun foes. He served two years on the Mexican border with a cavalry unit and is a graduate of the Oklahoma machine guns program.
Fire Monday destroyed the post office and general store at Hryn Mawr. Permits for 275 residences were issued in June, costing $240,750. Funeral services for Frank A. Howe were held at Henney Watson parlors. Various community dances and charity events were announced for July. Notable deaths included Mrs. Tanac Sprague and Mrs. Louella Van Tuy Harsha.
Philadelphia reports a shortage of unattractive girls in cigar stores causing wasted work time. Girl clerks were hired to free men for war work, but their fatally attractive looks led to loafing and theft of conversations and smiles. They were fired with no replacements available. Six men past draft age were then employed.
Ilugo Kelly a Hanier valley newspaper man plans to run for county assessor. He notes the office can be an important war factor as timber and railroad lands remain underassessed due to lack of surveys. Two auto loads of tobacco and cigarettes were sent from draft boards 6 and 8 to Camp Lewin for Seattle men in the June select service quota.
Mrs Sabrina Joy of Seattle says six years of indigestion shortness of breath and rheumatic cramps vanished after using Tanlac. She reports able to walk dine sleep and work normally again and recommends the remedy, noting Bartell Drug Stores sells it in Seattle.
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