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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1919
Page
8
In a forest tale by Thornton Burgess Farmer Brown and his boy secretly lure Whitefoot the Wood Mouse with crumbs. Whitefoot grows bold, yet keeps a wary eye, learns the farmer means him no harm, and finally approaches for food.
Le Moyne reads Sidney’s frank letter while awaiting a future he craves but fears. Another note from Max Wilson arrives urging a return to work and offering two paths after a career upheaval, highlighting the emotional rift inside the household as Katie and Anna respond to upheaval and distance.
In a strained scene, Max offers Sidneys rival to take the state exam under his name, courting a risky magnanimity. K faces a torn choice as Sidney's affection for Max grows, while Anna's future unfolds with hospital duty and looming tragedy on the Avenue.
An advertisement extols Danderine as a hair tonic that stops dandruff and scalp irritation after brief use. It claims the product makes hair fluffy wavy and lustrous, with abundance and softness from a small bottle sold at drugstores or toilet counters.
London begins large scale trial using a fuel blend of alcohol and benzol for 20 motor buses. The plan aims to cut gas standard to 450 BTU to boost benzol output to 40 million gallons annually, supplementing coke ovens which produced 21 million gallons during the war.
Thomas Okey, 67, formerly a basket maker, rises to professor of Italian at Cambridge. His four decades of travel through France, Spain, and Italy preceded a career shift from crafts to language teaching and scholarship.
Report from May 1 describes a arrival of two colored dress suits in London. Men wear a dark blue coat with black silk lapels and plan to cross the pand.
Lieut. S. L. Metcalf formerly of the seventh service Battalion East Yorkshire regiment urges support for Uncle Sam's Victory Liberty loan. American by origin, he joined the Canadians in 1914 and fought at Ypres Vimy Arras and Gommecourt. He served in a machine gun company before three years in intelligence and sniping. In his first week as a sniper he killed seven Fritz, three officers. He later received a medical discharge from the British army.
Famous tenor John McCormack, billed as the world’s most popular singer, will perform for the Ladies' Musical club at the Arena in Seattle on Monday May 26. Arena seating for 6,000. tickets go on sale May 19 with daily hours 10 am to 5 pm. no local rail orders.
Berlin reports Warnemuende chosen as the starting point for German overseas air traffic. The port will serve passenger and post from Scandinavian countries. Air mail already operates Berlin Weimar Leipzig and will extend in April to Warnemuende Hanover Westphalia Breslau and the Rhineland.
Special to The Star by N. E. A. Dan Kelley a bushranger claims immunity for past crimes. Believed dead after his gang was captured on the Victoria New South Wales border, he surfaced in Mo Long claiming escape to India and service in the South African war under another name. He and his brother Ned terrorized the borderland. Ned wore armor and was known as the ironclad bushranger, was wounded captured tried convicted and hanged.
London May 1. A massive oil reservoir is under construction at Rosyth with a capacity of sixty million gallons. The facility will span 11 acres with a seven acre roof area to store fuel for Royal Navy warships.
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