Belt Line Advocates Win Support At Mass Meeting
Seattle advocates press a Belt Line plan as a public benefit, denouncing “Kept” newspapers for crying high taxes. The Belt Line League cites shippers and Virgil Bogue’s study, urging residents to vote for a people owned terminal system and a mass meeting at the Tivoli Theatre.
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Seattle
Port Commission
Harbor Island
Public Service Commission
U. S. Supreme Court
State Public Service Commission
Virgil Bogue
America
Belt Line League
Hoge
Elliott
Mass
Tivoli Theatre
First and
Madison
Woman’s Arm Broken in Auto Crash Near Westlake Aves
Two people injured Thursday evening in a collision between a machine driven by Albert Peterson, 26, of Mansfield hotel, and a vehicle owned by A McGinness at Sevsmth and Westlake. Mrs Muise Baker Reynolds hotel suffered a broken arm and bruises. Peterson broke a leg. Both were taken to the city hospital.
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Albert Peterson
Mansfield Hotel
A. McGinness
Seattle forger still on job despite detours
Hoquiam March 2. Jack W. Cooper a forger and wife deserter, after leaving bad checks in Seattle and Hoquiam, moved to Portland and continued operations. He posed as proprietor of the New York hotel in Portland and passed checks, hiring women as chambermaids to obtain money, before being captured at Mills City, Oregon.
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Hoquiam
Seattle
Jack W. Cooper
Portland
Mills City
Ore
Cooper
New York
Boston economist forecasts skirt length impacts boot sales
A. D. Anderson of Boston estimates each inch of longer skirts costs shoe makers ten million dollars. He says longer skirts shorten the boot, reducing coat sales, and urges designers and dealers to keep skirts short.
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A. D. Anderson
Boston
Lincoln High Students Boycott Cafeteria Lunches
Lincoln High students protest cafeteria meals by skipping to a nearby deanery amid claims of German war diet rules. Critics cite rotten soup and banned pickles while long lines and gender separation fuel discontent. Principal F. C. Clerk orders investigation into the cafeteria dispute.
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Lincoln High School
F. C. Clerk
Clerk
Lincoln High
T Wan
Lincoln
Live Fish Found In 3800 Foot Deep Mine Shaft
In very dry weather bullfrogs were seen jumping down a deep shaft in search of water. The shaft lies at a Tranevaal gold mine and 3800 feet below the surface.
Nervous Spells Boosted by Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pills
A Bagdad, Illinois resident, Mrs. Fred J. Weekley, reports relief from neuralgia and severe nervous spells after taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood Iron Pills both before and after meals. She says she can now sleep, perform housework, garden, and walk a mile, praising the medicines and urging readers to ask their druggist for them.
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Hood
Fred J. Weekley
Bagdad
Fila
Letters to the editor urge practical municipal market plan
The Star prints letters arguing for a bonded municipal market with a single manager and wholesale middleman model to lower costs. A reader supports public stalls, cheaper produce, and direct delivery, asking city leaders to consider public market ownership over private markets.
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J. W. Holton
20Th Ave
N. W
German Food Struggles and War News In Berlin
Berlin reports mass feeding plans and public protest as war pressure grows. Officials seize geese shipments to curb price gouging while war economy boards prepare farming aid. German abdication calls circulate in neutral Zurich and 1,430 papers suspend.
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Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Hohenzollern
Bavaria
Switzerland
Zurich Volksrecht
Association of Men of
South Germany
Hohenzollern House
Volksrecht
Germany
France
Cologne
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University and
Lake Union
Glasses
Charke
The
Marcum Optical Co
First Avenue
Madeon
Austin
Third Ave
Editor’s Mail
Chas
Edward Russell
the Star
Charles Edward Russell
Mr. Russell
United States
Russell
Europe
Oxfords
Howe
International Salvage Company
Engel
Edmonds
the International Salvage CO
Pike ST
First & Second Aves
Erty
England
Adama
George Buchan
Philo Grubb
Star
Tung
Zeitung
WZ Sparkling
Heinrich
Capitol
L. V. Weste
Westlake
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