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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1916
Page
2
A Petrograd report says the Russian agriculture minister plans a Duma bill to ban slaughter on Tuesdays and Thursdays and restrict slaughter on other days.
Secretary of State Howell reports 33 314 motor vehicle licenses issued for the year starting March 1 in Olympia. Revenue from these licenses totals 175 418 75 dollars paid into the state treasury by motorists.
Figures from the insular bureau show Philippines exports for 1915 totaled 54 million dollars, up five million from 1914. The report covers the calendar year and highlights the gain in trade activity for the archipelago under American administration.
Debating teams from the University of Washington and the University of Oregon will meet Friday night in Meany Hall to discuss naval preparedness.
Isabel Clayburg tells a Los Angeles a Star correspondent she is innocent and seeks to clear her name amid extradition for alleged conspiracy to blackmail wealthy Seattle men with compromising photographs. She recalls a Boston birth, a convent childhood, marriage to R L Clayburg, an Alaska trip, and later life as a milliner in Seattle.
A 1915 letter from L. J. Haines of Galena Kansas praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder relief and urges readers to try a sample. The notice promotes a ten cent sample and a booklet from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton New York and notes regular bottle sizes available at drug stores.
A wife narrates inner turmoil as she reevaluates love for Dick, recalls changing labels she assigns to friends, and contemplates Eleanor Fairlow’s death. She admits regret over marriage and wonders about honesty with herself while hinting at a continuation.
An old advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Treatment as the popular home remedy. It urges readers to call the coupon and order a 60¢ box from any druggist, claiming it has stood the test of time and to take no substitute.
A notorious health ad claims meat harms kidneys and causes uric acid buildup. It prescribes Jad Salts, a grape and lemon juice acid with lithia, as a daily morning remedy to flush kidneys and curb urinary and bladder disorders.
Captain G 8S Dent and the three masted schooner Oakland crew are safe in Everett after their ship sank off the Oregon coast in heavy seas. They reached port aboard the steam schooner Saginaw.
Louis and Joseph FB Robinson formerly ran a shoe store at 1444 Third Ave and were arrested Thursday in Chicago accused of defrauding creditors in bankruptcy.
Tom Green and Claude Murray may face murder charges after confessions by Howard Dunnigan, ex member of the Jitney bus bandit gang. Dunnigan, hospitalized with a gunshot wound from a saloon holdup, named jobs in San Francisco Sacramento and Seattle and said the gang killed James Shade in December and that Green killed a Seattle officer, L B Kost, after a drug store robbery.
Mayor Gill plans to veto ordinances approving lump sum payments of 25000 dollars to three injured light department workers, saying the amounts are too large. The action centers on compensation for service-related injuries.
An article promotes internal sanitation urging daily morning hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the alimentary canal. It claims waste feeds bacteria, toxins enter the blood, and internal cleansing cures headaches, biliousness, constipation, bad breath, and rheumatic stiffness.
The Puget Sound steamship strike involving about 400 Seattle workers may be settled Thursday by compromise agreements from the strike committee. Workers return to stewards and fire room jobs on a sliding scale after anger over a $50 monthly minimum wage. P. B. Gill of the union predicts a settlement with several steamship lines and says no violence will be sanctioned. Police guarded the waterfront amid reports of confrontations at pier 4 and around First Ave and Weakimlll Street.
A demand likely will be made on the county commissioners for a quarter of the forest reserve fund totaling 34 447 dollars set aside for school and road uses. The issue has been referred to School Director Winsor and Attorney H W Pennock. Miss Lucy R Case accuses the commissioners of spending most funds on other county improvements.
Governors of the Aero Club in New York reported to Secretary of War Baker that 165 licensed flyers have volunteered to serve in Mexico. The telegram was sent yesterday and reflects the club’s wartime mobilization efforts.
Advertisement urges readers to take Cascarets to cleanse liver and bowels. Claims 10 cent box improves head clarity breath and energy, with gentle action for adults and children without causing griping or sickness.
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