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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
15
City, Mo June 8 authorities in County School District 43 four miles north of Em have appealed for advice on the famine of births. District 43 shows twenty two birth entries in nine years, none with female names, prompting concern among local families and officials.
In St Louis on June 8 Mrs Katherine Bonhard 72 a distressed woman believing officers planned to arrest her leapt into a cistern and died. The tragedy followed a dream that triggered the fatal action.
A collection of reader suggestions on reducing waste beyond food. Proposals include selling or gifting old timbers from railroads, taxing cats to deter predation on poultry, cutting tobacco use, avoiding scrapped produce, sorting tin and iron for recycling, and requiring two garbage cans per household to separate ashes and unwanted food.
Ned Beutelmann met with a serious accident while repairing his roof. Two ladders slipped when a steer knocked one, leaving him stranded 28 feet up. A neighbor car failed to stop until sunset, and Beutelmann jumped to the ground breaking a leg but had a telephone for help.
A Joliet school inquiry targets a 14 year old war bride named Margaret Scoggins who married 19 year old Joseph Murray. Murray reportedly gave his age as 21 and the bride as 18 when checked at Geneva. The mother says the daughter is free of school obligations.
Fifty one dairies left business in Minneapolis over the past year leaving 19 operating today. High cow and feed costs plus steady milk prices and rising pasture rents driven closures.
In Des Moines on June 8 the 107 members of the North Des Moines High School graduating class vote to dispense with elaborate gowns and costly accessories. They pledge to curb extravagance as a wartime economy measure.
Paula, Margie, and Congressman Smith navigate ambition and vanity in a political office. A pension bill for an old soldier sparks strained loyalties as Smith weighs honor against a wife’s coercive influence. Brown pressures Smith with threats related to whisky bonds.
An advertisement touts Ice-Mint as a fast painless remedy for hard corns and calluses. It claims the product shrivels corns so they lift out with the fingers and promises instant relief with no irritation or bleeding. The copy urges asking a druggist for a small jar and highlights cold soothing sensation.
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