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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1915
Page
1
A playful column notes beeautiful flower boxes on cluster poles downtown, praising the display while mocking the park board’s 1500 appropriation and linking civic style to local politics and urban life. It lampoons past and present figures, from Congress to city officials, with satirical jabs on fashion, milk bills, and Referendum petitions.
Opponents of the McBride milk ordinance cite pasteurization as reducing nutrition while a 10 year old boy Douglas Lowe credited pasteurized milk with keeping his family healthy. The Star contrasts low pasteurization areas such as Firlands and a tuberculosis case involving Angelo and Jessie, implying pasteurized milk may be life or death.
President Wilson approves final draft of a note to Germany dispatching to Berlin tonight. It demands acceptance of international law, protection of American travelers, and adherence to treaties. Germany must regulate submarine warfare and allow visits and searches. a break in relations remains possible if unaddressed.
The Star urges readers to check its classifieds for real estate swaps and diverse business opportunities including lodging houses. The notice promises profitable reading and suggests using ads to promote interests. Call MAIN 9400 to place an advertisement.
Witness R Woolterton reports seeing Fat on Main Street Friday after a dynamite barge explosion last Sunday. The man was hired by Roy Lillico to watch the vessel, raising questions about his fate and possible involvement in a conspiracy.
London reports 13 vessels sunk in 48 hours as crews from two steamers and three trawlers reach safety. The largest loss is British S S Inkum of 3074 tons, sunk off Lizard Head after two torpedoes struck following an initial blast.
Raymond Davis a 19 year old Seattle youth faced burglary sentencing when Dr. Alfred Thompson present in the Portland courtroom spoke up offering to take responsibility for his rehabilitation. Judge Albertson suspended the sentence to one to fifteen years at Monroe reformatory and entrusted the youth to Dr. Thompson.
E Pequalli jailed for 102 minutes and fined 50 dollars after conviction for taking employment fees from laborers in violation of antiemploy ment agency law.
Mount Lassen showed renewed activity as the morning crater began smoking with the volcano again forecast to erupt, prompting observers in Redding California to note the alert.
In 1914 Seattle moves to require dairy cows supplying milk be tuberculin tested or milk pasteurized to shield infants from tuberculosis. Council factions show Hanna and Haas backing the measure while Bolton and Marble oppose. Mayor Gill supports it. Dr. Robert M. Stith warns of a lobby of opponents.
A broad consensus among medical experts supports the McBride pure milk ordinance and pasteurization. New York and Illinois health boards fight dirty milk to curb bovine tuberculosis. Noted doctors affirm tuberculin testing and pasteurization as vital to infant health and public safety.
The Seattle Municipal News attacks Councilman Bolton over a milk ordinance. It jokes that Bolton favors unpasteurized milk from und tested cows and suggests labeling bottles with a taunting note. The piece mocks the mayoral power of Bolton's stance.
A fragment cites drastic quotes from courts and officials on bovine TB. It mentions New Jersey Supreme Court, Milwaukee circuit court, and tuberculin testing as a tool to protect public health, highlighting tensions between animal disease control and human safety.
Mystery surrounds the disappearance of Charles W. McKillip Northern California superintendent of the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. He was reported missing after dropping from sight at the Clift hotel on Wednesday June 7.
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