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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1916
Page
3
An advertisement touts Zemo for clear skin with a 25 cent or 1.60 dollar bottle, while a report describes a shooting at the Chinese Lyceum theatre. Gunman wounded Wong Loy and four Hop Sing members, Geo Wong killed, assailant fled.
Mr Charles P Stine new executive secretary of the Seattle Commercial Club comes from St Paul where he built up the Commercial Club and helped consolidate local commerce groups He has headed clubs in Pomona and Dover and arrives with a neutral political stance He quotes a reluctance to golf and plans a Sept reception with city leaders and press invited
Baby Jones and Baby Smith headline Seattle Baby Week as crowds marvel at cherub faces and tiny costumes. Dr Mabel Seagrave warns against condensed milk and urges breast feeding citing higher infant mortality when bottle milk used. Nutrition clinics screen over 30 children at Anti Tuberculosis building with scores near perfect but none reaching 100.
The article warns that stomach acid irritates and inflames the stomach lining, hindering digestion and causing most stomach trouble. Ordinary medicines fail, so a daily dose of bisulated magnesia after meals neutralizes acid, prevents fermentation, and allows normal foods to be eaten with ease.
Captain Thos Torgersen of the Norwegian schooner Frehm returns to civilization after six months marooned on a coral island near Molten Island south of Tahiti. He arrives with 12 crew members who built shelters from driftwood and grass and wore Robinson Crusoe attire while awaiting rescue. A tramp steamer spotted their distress flag on a palm tree and sent a small boat ashore to investigate.
A vast phosphorus vein was found near the mouth of the Fatralla River entering Rio de Janeiro Bay. The department of agriculture has taken the deposit as government property for mining.
Mrs Clyde L Morris testified that on July 5 at 2343 Federal Ave she aimed a broken pistol at her husband Clyde L Morris to stop him from taking their daughter Clydenea. He, president of Morris Construction Co, is alleged to have choked her and pursued the child. Both seek custody and separate maintenance. judge refused immediate divorce but allowed amendments.
Cleveland March 7 A warning from Police Chief W B Rowe says personal violence crimes rise with spring. He urges precautions especially for the weak willed and neuropaths as Bertillon experts note a spring chemical change in blood affecting the mind. Property crimes are higher in winter, while personal violence peaks in June and July.
Rio de Janeiro reports new accusation by Dr. Heaurepaire de Aragao claiming a mosquito transmits leprosy to Brazil’s most hated citizen. He asserts proof from studies in government leper colonies. Brazil’s leprosy toll impacts about 26,000 people in its various forms.
The New York World claims the National German American Alliances backs the McLemore and Gore resolutions and warns Americans about armed influence. It identifies Alphonse Koelble, a prominent New York attorney, as the real head of the pro German alliance.
A New York physician describes a method to quiet crying babies. A little boy observed his infant brother crying and, when the child opened his mouth to wail, leaned over and blew air down his throat to stop the crying.
City Engineer Dimock asked the council for power to raise the Ballard bridge before July 1 as Salmon Bay waters rise with the canal opening. The old bridge will be raised at an estimated cost of 5000 dollars, and the new bridge remains slated for fall completion.
Senator Phelan today lodged with Secretary Lansing a protest against Britain's ban on importing dried and preserved fruit until October. He charged the British discriminated unjustly against California’s largest industry.
The Interstate Commerce Commission today adjusted rates on lumber and lumber products over the Southern Pacific Union Pacific and Northern Pacific. The tariffs were alleged to favor Coast lumbermen and harm dealers in Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois. Berlin reports Fresnes near Verdun captured by German forces with about three hundred French contenders in the village.
Elmer Magnusson, a minor son of Martin Magnusson, sued the Swedish hospital in superior court for 25000 damages alleging nurses released his bonds and he tore bandages after an operation, causing lasting injury to himself.
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