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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
12
Green Lake Commercial Club urged the streets and sewers committee to pave about two miles of highway to link with a planned Bothell roadway. Maj. John E. Carroll, newly elected city council member and former Green Lake resident, spoke to the club. Thomas F. Morphine reported on improved car service in response to a petition from Green Lake.
Government inspectors mobilized across the Kansas wheat belt amid reports that I. W. W. agitators had begun harvest disruption plans. Five agitators were taken into custody as authorities moved to curb the spread of one big union literature.
John Parker of Black Diamond and George T. Wake of Rostyn are named deputy mine inspectors by State Mine Inspector James Bagiey.
City officials announce a new agreement ensuring fair treatment for all passengers as the district secures a square deal on street cars. The deal aims to improve service and rider access across multiple neighborhoods.
Professor KS Woodworth of Columbia University argued brain activity differs by subject. Army mental tests on students showed men slightly ahead on some subtests, while women outperformed men on memory and detail perception tasks.
Maurie Madison reports a playful column noting women’s brains outshine men in the eyes of the writer. The piece mocks psychological tests by Professor Woodworth at Columbia and argues women manage households and finances, while men fritter on cigars and lunches.
The Seattle Symphony under John Spargur will close its spring season with a Thursday night concert at the Masonic Temple. Soloists Tacile Johnson of New York and Winifred Lagrin Fahey will join in Schubert’s unfinished Bo minor symphony, with Goldmark’s Sakuntala and Tschaikowsky’s 1912 overture on the program. Miss Johnson, harpist, offers Debussy and modern works. Mrs. Fahey is a Seattle favorite. The season ends with 14 concerts. a 25‑concert fall series starts in October after summer reassembly.
J. Richard Dillon commander of the American Legion of Liberty addressed the noon luncheon meeting of the Young Men's Republican club in Meves' cafeteria Thursday on The Ex-Service Man.
A wary crowd attends a local seance event where many séances fail to deliver. Performers promise spirit encounters but deliver little beyond tricks and tired tropes, leaving attendees debating authenticity and value for their admission.
Commencement week at the University of Washington opens with Henry Smith Pritchett delivering the address Modern Culture and the Human Soul in Meany Hall. Sunday features a baccalaureate service, with 180 graduates including many women, and final exercises Monday. Faculty and graduates will dine with Mr and Mrs Henry Suzzallo.
A dense list records marriages, separations, and divorces involving numerous individuals and households across Beattie, Tacoma, New York, and other locales. Entries name couples such as James Raward Moran and Edith Miller, and discuss actions like cruelty non-support incompatibility and separate maintenance.
War department changes to war service medals include battle clasps for Montdidier-Noy and Meuse-Argonne engagements with revised dates. Officers and crews of transports may wear clasps. England service clasps limited to those without other clasps. Ribbon design features a double rainbow with bronze stars for clasps and silver stars for citations.
Seattle shoppers hear praise for Lavoptik eye wash made from witch hazel camphor hydrastis and other ingredients. Reported relief comes from two applications for strained eyes and a single bottle aiding inflamed eyes. Swift Drug Co. and leading druggists advertise the product.
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