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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1916

Page

5

Glass of Hot Water Before Breakfast a Splendid Habit

An old health advertisement extols drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims rapid relief from dullness headaches stuffiness foul breath and acid stomach and promises a rosy complexion and strong appetite. The cost is described as inexpensive and one quarter pound of phosphate supposedly lasts long enough to aid constipation rheumatism and general internal purification.

Pancho the Tiger and the Villa Uprising

A historical sketch traces Pancho Villa from bandit to general, then back to bandit. It notes his rise to command nearly 27 000 troops, clashes with Diaz and Huerta, alliance shifts with Madero and Carranza, and U.S. pursuit after Santa Ysabel. Villa is labeled outlaw remains.

Pancho Tiger U.S Villa Francisco Villa Chihuahua Mexico Altho Villa Francisco Madero Cmall Porfirio Diaz Madero Diaz Gan Casas Grandes Dias Huerta Carranza Constitutionalista Santa Ysabel United States Lopes Castro

Griffiths lambastes mayor on liquor law proposals

Austin E Griffiths critiques Mayor Gill's plan to criminalize illegal liquor sales as a felony. He questions the need for a new official and argues current enforcement by police and prosecutors should suffice, urging action over talk and criticizing Dr Conger. He cites police costs and calls for proper direction.

Austin E. Griffiths Gill the Star

Germans waste life as Verdun drive continues

Paris dispatches report a German thrust into Corbeaux woods on a five mile front west of the Meuse. German forces reportedly waste lives to gain one mile toward the Forges Dumieres road, with fierce fighting around Devaumont Vaux and Fort De Vaux. French Senegalese Zouaves and Turcos fight house to house in Vaux.

Chas. P. Stewart London Corbeaux Woods Meuse Verdun Forges Dumieres Joffre Goose Hill Pethincourt Paris

Assistants in Counsel Bradford’s Office Plan Legal Challenge

Assistants in the corporation counsel office pledge to fight for their jobs after Hugh M. Caldwell assumes the role. They claim civil service status and the right to remain employed. A test case likely will be started to gauge the strength of their contention.

Bradford Hugh M. Caldwell Civil Service

City vigilence committee urged amid social club dance

Anti-Saloon league and join some personal liberty league. What is needed is not more penal laws and prosecuting officials, but a city vigilance committee. AUSTIN E. GRIFFITHS. A dance was given last night by the Commercial Club in the rooms of the club. About 100 couples attended.

Personal Liberty League Austin E. Griffiths

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