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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
8
Ten thousand people attended the Bon Marche anniversary event on Second Ave. The store's giant layer cake, displayed for over a week, was cut into pieces each packed in individual boxes with inscribed cards. Frank McDermott, the store president, hosted the celebration as two cakes were needed this year due to a 25 layer first cake.
A reader condemns William Jennings Bryan for his pacifist stance and foresees a 500000 strong attack leading to tribute, destruction, and an execution by "40-foot hemp and a convenient tree." Another letter urges reinstating the Spanish Inquisition to punish the author of a controversial memoir.
A Seattle appeal honors Mother Ryther for feeding 70 people daily and aiding destitute mothers and children. A Saturday tag day at the YMCA, led by Irene Bishop, seeks volunteers to replenish her pantry and support the shelter, with calls to Main 15 for assistance.
The Rhode Island public utilities commission ruled against a one man street car plan in the Newport and Providence Railway Co case against Middleton. It upheld the town council’s prohibition citing increased risks with higher motor traffic and driver attention diverted from the road.
A public health exhortation promotes drinking a glass of hot water with limestone phosphate each morning before breakfast. It claims cleansing of the stomach liver kidneys and bowels improves appetite and overall health, urging Constipation bilious spells and other ailments to try a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from the drug store.
Mrs Robert Liggett from St Paul lectures at Moore theatre this week on childbirth and motherhood. She argues only lower class women should bear children and that intellectual mothers suffer less. strong local letters oppose her stance. A story hour for children is planned with Mrs Liggett speaking on storytelling afterward.
The text notes that regardless of rules adopted for one man operation, the combined duties would foster careless habits among motormen, highlighting concern over safety and efficiency in operating practices.
Calcutta jute merchant C B Colby reports from San Francisco that ten million bags of jute have supported trench construction by French and British forces. He says British armies used about 26 percent of India’s jute output for trench work.
On January 7, 1915 Doctor J Eugene Jordan was arraigned before the State Medical Board and his license to practice medicine revoked after the board found an advertisement running in local papers to be untrue claiming cures for certain diseases. Greater vindication could not be desired.
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