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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1915
Page
3
The article lists seven methods used to pass drugs unseen. It describes signals and tactics such as a dog cue, Cocaine hidden in cigars and candy, drugs secreted in hair, handoffs in damp basements and alleys, a child delivering candy with coke, opium hidden in a tin can, and tainted food passed at a lunch counter.
Andrew Fernseth, veteran Seamen's union president, defines the 1915 Seaman's Bill as landmark. He says it ends involuntary servitude on American and ported foreign vessels, guarantees half pay under limits, restores able seaman ratings, mandates language understanding by crews, curbs crimping, tightens forecastle and sanitary standards, and pushes wage equalization with foreign ships. Fernseth traveled from Washington to Seattle en route to San Francisco to advocate passage.
Mollie deliberates over competing attentions from Pat Sullivan and Chadwick Hatton while juggling work, friendship, and romance. The narrator notes Mollie's emotional pull between devoted suitor Pat and inattentive Hatton, hoping to remain friends while fearing love and career clash.
The passage notes that even bright women may suffer dull thoughts and headaches caused by indigestion or biliousness. Temporary relief comes from a few doses of medicine.
The article warns that federal restraint on habit forming drugs leaves about a million users at risk of ruin, crime, and insanity. It cites deaths from morphine, rising narcotic sales before the law, and notes doctors and nurses as users while detailing the dire social impact.
Advert says dandruff disappears after one or two uses. Rub Danderine into scalp with fingertips and continue treatment. A decent bottle is available at any drug store and after a few applications scalp stays clear with no falling hair.
Pat Condon 82 and his wife Elizabeth were found unconscious at the Sea View hotel on First Ave. Four gas jets left on caused near asphyxiation. Dr E J Bennett and Lieut Hedges revived them with a pulmotor. They are recovering at the city hospital. Their two daughters in Seattle are Mrs Kate Bennington and Miss Alice Condon.
In Durham on March 20 former President Taft denied Senator Lewin’s assertion that Taft warned of a coming revolution in 1910. Lewin praised President Wilson and harshly criticized Republicans during a speech in Jefferson City Missouri.
The piece urges small plot gardeners to grow staple vegetables including potatoes cabbage tomatoes onions cucumbers peas beans radishes and lettuce with additions of sweet corn parsnips turnips carrots beets and kale. It stresses daily care simple seeds and proper spacing, recommending long rows and flower edging for beauty.
An advertisement promises that taking one or two Cascarets at night will cleanse the bowels and stimulate the liver, with the claim that a cold may be gone by morning after using a 10 cent box.
Cardinal Anthony Agilardi, a longtime chancellor and subdean of the Sacred College, died in Rome. His death removes a prominent figure from the Catholic church after years under Pope Pius IX.
Boston March 20 The state supreme court Friday heard opening arguments in favor of appointing special prosecutors to act in various jurisdictions on behalf of minority stockholders of the New Haven. The minority stockholders sue to recover 200000 alleged to have been wasted by the directors of the road.
The British steamer Hyndford was torpedoed in the English Channel on Friday by a German submarine, the second Seattle cargo laden ship sunk in this action. The Frye was the first, sent to the bottom by the Prinz Eitel. Hyndford loaded lumber in Seattle and was documented September 11, 1914.
Fragment mentions HHOMO QUININE and LAXATI BROMO QUININE with stray references to a person or box. No coherent event or clear entities beyond drug names. Unable to determine a concrete news item or outcome from the text provided.
The Christian Science Fourth Church of Christ Scientist in Seattle announces a free public lecture on Christian Science. The event invites community members to learn about spiritual healing and church teachings from a guest speaker at a local venue.
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