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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1915
Page
5
Washington March 9 W E Humphrey congressman warns passage of the seamen bill will trigger international complications with Japan within six months.
In Olympia on March 9 the senate approved a bill for a state educational survey directed by Senators Sutton Boner and Imus with listed representatives to report to the 1917 legislature. It provides 5000 for mapping long term school system policy and includes a supplementary budget with about 190000 in additional appropriations. The house later blocked the presidential primary bill and two liquor bills.
Vaudeville bill at the Orpheum features John Hyams and Lelia McIntyre in song and dance, with acts like Harry and Emma Sharrocks in a comedy skit and The Flare-Back dramatic sketch by Kennedy Ward and Clark. Also on the program are Browne the female impersonator in The Serpent of the Nile, and Bonita and Lew Hearn in a vaudeville mix. An Empress bill headliner is The Serpent of the Nile, with other acts including Archie Nicholson and company, Jimmy Green, Cowboy and Marston, Grace La Dell in a Parisian shooting act, Oscar Lorraine the Hungarian violinist, and a rural comedy When We Grow Up. Moving pictures from the European war, and hair care advice accompany the ads.
The amended jitney bus ordinance will be voted on by the Spokane city council at its regular meeting this week. A provision states that a driver who fails to run the full length of the route on the announced schedule will have his license terminated without a hearing.
The 40 hour devotion at St James cathedral concludes tonight with a closing sermon by Bishop O'Dea. The Mass choir will present the service under the direction of Dr F B Palmer.
The University Community club will hold a regular business meeting Wednesday at the Branch Library EB located at 50th Street and 10th NE.
Notices posted by the civil service commission advertise a golf instructor position on the city payroll. The exam is set for April 15 with a salary of $75 a month and instruction fees under park board regulations. Applicants must be expert golf players with full knowledge of an 18 hole course.
Motorcycle Patrolman Webb and Sebenick interrupted two thieves at 1431 Seventh Ave Monday night as they attempted to enter a vacant house. A footrace ensued, shots were fired but did not injure officers, and the pair escaped down a 15 foot embankment from Queen Anne boulevard.
Vancouver March 9 union longshoremen walk out over wage cuts. A few green hands attempt to fill the work as the strike cripples cargo movement.
An old remedy claims four ounces of rad Salts taken in hot water each morning before breakfast for a week clears pimples by preventing toxin formation in the bowels and stimulating the kidneys. Jad Salt, made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, is described as harmless and cleansing for blood and skin.
A reader appeals for baby garments for a pregnant neighbor family facing poverty with two other children. Readers previously supplied enough outfits for 14 newcomers, and the writer asks for donations to aid "Worried Wife" at the writer's office.
An advertisement claims Pyramid Pile Remedy provides rapid relief for piles. It offers a 50 cent box with a trial package mailed free via coupon, implying strong effectiveness and secrecy in plain packaging.
A home remedy claims to treat coughs by healing inflamed membranes rather than merely suppressing the cough. Mix 7% ounces of Pinex in a pint of plain sugar syrup to create a fragrant, effective remedy costing about 4 cents per dose. The Pine Co. of Wayne, Indiana, guarantees satisfaction or refunds.
Dr M A Matthews will preach at the First Presbyterian church Tuesday night revival service on The Third Great Question of Man. Monday night’s service drew a large crowd and continued the series.
A letter from A Kirchhoff of Brooklyn endorses Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root for kidney trouble recounting years of illness and recovery after using the remedy. The statement was sworn before Commissioner George Knaut on February 4, 1914.
Fears arise that Rev. Father Jean Baptiste Rouviers and Rev. Father Guillaume Leroux, Catholic missionaries, were slain by Bear Lake Eskimos with no word heard from them for a year.
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