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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1916
Page
5
A woman reflects on Dick and Eleanor after Eleanor’s death and a broken back. She forgives Eleanor, worries over Dick’s fate, and laments their tangled lives and lost happiness. Dick expresses remorse and asks for forgiveness as they recall the past.
Periodic ad claims St Jacobs Oil relieves rheumatic and sciatic pain without internal treatment. It touts instant relief from soreness stiffness and swelling after applying to the tender spot and urges a trial bottle from a druggist. The copy asserts millions cured over fifty years and notes use for neuralgia lumbago backache sprains and swellings.
The ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a remedy for gas indigestion and heartburn delivering relief within five minutes. It claims to digest all foods, remove sour odors, stop belching and stomach heaviness, and suit family use with a fifty cent bottle in drugstores.
A traditional remedy promises to darken gray hair and restore its natural color with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound. A druggist claims the formula darkens evenly and is easy to use by brushing through strands, with results by morning after one or two applications.
Paris reports point to German plans to abandon Verdun as aeroplanes clash all day on the western front. Four French and three German planes are wrecked in a major aerial battle. Russian moves divert attention to Teuton fronts, with Vienna admitting a retreat near Wocieczko bridgehead and Berlin claiming heavy Russian casualties near Vilna.
Dispatch from Paris reports German infantry attacks against Pepper Heights four miles north of Verdun were hurled back after a long bombardment. Intermittent artillery around Vaux and shell exchanges at Eparges were also described. The war office said the Pepper Heights assault seemed to lack strength.
The report describes Villa escaping toward Sonora with Constitutional forces blocking passes. Gen. Pershing and Col. Dodd reportedly crossed over 100 miles of desert with no soldier deaths, though some animals perished. Col. Dodd may be 135 miles south of the border near the American Mor mon plains as troops continue to arrive at Columbus under censorship.
Gen. Pershing leads a fresh column toward Casas Grandes aiming to trap Francisco Villa. Reports say Villa attacks on American colonists continue as Dodd's rapid flank moves push south, while authorities assess unconfirmed slayings and plan pursuit.
In Douglas Arizona on March 20 Gen Calles military governor of Sonora said twenty five thousand Mexican troops stand ready to strike within an hour of notice if Villistas move toward Sonora. He said orders require cooperation with American forces and rejected mutiny reports.
Washington today sees a censorship of Mexican border news by the War Department. Reporters must post a 2000 dollar bond and a 1000 dollar certified check and join the army to transmit material, or be barred from accompanying the expedition. The piece calls the censorship executive usurpation and argues it is improper in peacetime.
Governor Lister will address the Ballard Rooster club meeting at Ballard High School on March 29 DG. Wooten is also set to speak at the event.
Chicago March 20. Keep your eye on your auto. War bandits are after them, Chief of Police Nicholas Hunt warns. The chief wired Detroit police to investigate if stolen cars are being sold to allies' agents.
Reports from St. Petersburg dated March 20 say the Russian ship 8.8 Necra Jasiabda was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic on March 9. The crew is believed saved.
William Mulholland, expert engineer of the Los Angeles water department, spent two days reviewing the Cedar river dam issue. He will report to City Engineer Dimock after examining the data gathered here.
London report confirms losses of several lives as the British S. S. Port Dalhouse and the Norwegian S. S. Langeli have been sunk.
A novel speedometer design enforces a hard cap so vehicles cannot exceed a pre determined speed. Researchers claim the device interrupts acceleration and maintains control.
Mrs Rogers of Detroit fled bandits in Mexico and sheltered with her baby in abandoned mining shafts for days. She described living in darkness while raiders looted surface homes and said the British flag offers protection to foreigners in Mexico.
A week old baby girl found on a doorstep in Portland was adopted by L. Therkelsen's family after being left late Saturday night. The Therkelsens plan to complete the adoption promptly.
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