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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1916
Page
5
California liquor dealers sent Washington's dry law a defiant slap Friday as advertising winery letters arrived in morning mail to city officials including Mayor Gill. Prosecutor Lundin called it an open violation stating agents are not fugitives, and he noted a pending Congress bill to address such law breaking.
An ad asserts modern painless methods in dentistry with guaranteed painless work and nerve killing done in one sitting. It touts state certificates on walls, low prices, and ironclad guarantees signed by the operator and L. R. Clark D. D. S., owner and manager.
A gray haired woman waited 12 years for her husband then secured a divorce in Judge Frater's court. The session heard 58 divorces with others including Mrs. Caswell from North 73rd Street and Mrs. Abel who was abandoned with four children.
North Yakima May 6 A Republican party newspaper organization is being formed here at the direction of State Republican Chairman Hartson. Members of the platform committee are present ahead of the state convention, with a platform to be ready for presentation early Saturday.
At Hanford dock on Friday a large powder shipment was unloaded from the steamer Henrick Ibsen bound for Vladivostok. Dock workers joked it was dynamite but noted the powder is harmless until mixed with liquid to become combustible, which will occur on the other side of the dock.
Mrs Lina B White seeks divorce citing her husband disliking his stepson and the need for the boy’s meals to be carried outside. Mrs Christine Mulhern filed Friday alleging threats to kill. Gladys Phillips seeks divorce from Orton Phillips over non support. Corinne D Hanlon asks divorce from Daniel Hanlon on same grounds.
An advertisement touts Possam and Possam Soap as a cure for diseased skin conditions. It claims the remedy soothes controls and eradi cates eruptional troubles including eczema. The ad promises visible healing after each application and offers a sample for 40 stamps from Emergency Laboratories in New York.
A chronology of events from February 1915 to April 19 1916 detailing Germanys war zone declaration and submarine warfare against Allied and neutral ships, U S warnings and protests, Lusitania and Sussex sinkings, and the resulting diplomatic break threats. Key dates include the Lusitania sinking May 7 1915 the Sussex disaster March 1916 and President Wilsons ultimatum April 19 1916.
On May 5 Mel Engleright dozed in a Findlay hotel office when a peculiar noise caused him to twist his neck. Three doctors worked through the afternoon to restore the muscle to its place.
Davenport Iowa May 5 A Scott county jury holds that the kiss Mrs Bertha Spangler gave to Thomas Brown constituted a fair trade for a car Brown had claimed as his property Brown had sued to prove ownership while Spangler served as his house keeper and user of the machine
The note hints at a Crime Doctor tale featuring a bulldog and a revolver, with the General’s wife in India and curios inspected by the crime doctor. It promises readers a continuation in The Star next week.
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