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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1915
Page
7
A Detroit experiment revives the segregated red light district after abolishment. Officials refuse formal comment as city moves to reestablish control while noting vice did not vanish. Clergy oppose the move and Col Case is cited on unrelated local matters.
Senora Juana Torres de Villa arrives in Los Angeles with her one month old daughter Juanita Maria, saying she will not return to Mexico until Gen. Francisco Villa achieves victory. She fled four months ago with her husband’s army behind her, praying for his triumph and a swift moment to place their child in his arms. She denies any knowledge of wealth or politics and speaks of her husband in personal terms rather than as a general.
James Albert Crosby, four, prompts appeal coverage as Seattle City Council fights a 22.00 mill levy ruled invalid by King County Superior Court Judge Albertson. The New Seattle Chamber of Commerce suit seeks to bar tax by resolution. case may affect budgets and state board of equalization timelines. A Los Angeles mother appeals for the boy’s father, Crosby, asking authorities to locate him. The boy and his mother are staying with his grandmother at 2660... East 16th Street.
Seattle man receives a brother’s wartime letter from Oxford on furlough recounting Eddy’s death in the trenches. The missive describes a farewell moment, Verce’s nearby shock, and the coping of Fred and Perce as they bury Eddy, urging a sober view of war’s toll.
An advertisement promotes Sargel tablets as a natural flesh builder to increase weight for malnourished individuals. It claims rapid gains of 19 to 25 pounds in a month, with a money back guarantee, and notes suitability for nervous indigestion.
The text contrasts spending money with saving, asserting foolish spending wastes money and moral strength, while saving leads to future happiness and security.
A reader shares a secret memoir about swapping identities after receiving a misdirected business opportunity. The writer notes a rapid rise to power in a new city while his anonymous confession admits a guilty, sinning choice. The Star invites more anonymous secrets from readers.
Emperor Yoshihito's accession ceremony in Kyoto marks the first coronation in 25 centuries with public attendance. Diet funded a 2 million dollar six week program as court officials and foreign representatives observe behind a ceremonial canopy. The emperor will address spirits of ancestors and proclaim his accession to subjects. Public feasting and celebrations follow the ceremony.
Bartholomeo Caferto and Adelina Servizi recently from Italy married by Judge Brinker at the urging of Detective Joe Manchi after six months of living together under a marriage license.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a safe candy tasting remedy that digests undigested food in five minutes. It claims relief from dyspepsia gas heartburn sour stomach and related pains, and urges readers to ask pharmacists to show the formula printed on cases.
A Colorado or Texas reader praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney and bladder troubles since childhood. After nine months on the remedy, the wife recovers to perform all work. The letter invites others to try the remedy and mentions ordering a sample bottle by mail from Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
Jack Wilson 32, noted sea hero and El Dorado mate, was found with a bullet wound in his breast at Latona Hotel in San Francisco. He says the pistol mishap was not suicide and that he had much to live for including a letter to his fiancee Misa Florence Schaefer. He is expected to recover after the startling incident.
A banquet at the New Washington hotel hosted by Consul S. Takahashi united prominent Japanese and Americans to celebrate Emperor Yoshihito's coronation. C T Takahashi and others expressed wishes for lasting peace and stronger ties between the United States and Japan. Prof Meany and Judge Thomas Burke spoke at the event.
In Tipton Indiana today the first of murder blackmail and assault cases linked to the alleged Warner murder begins. Mrs Cora Robertson is implicated along with Viola Alenbaugh arraigned on assault Gilbert Robertson is charged with blackmail and Mia Robertson with firing at Warner as he tried to enter her home. The state accuses the trio of conspiring to blackmail Tipton county residents in a scheme known as the badger game. A separate note says a trout planting plan with 1 000 000 fish per year in Lake Washington was approved by the Commercial Club Tuesday.
An advice note links sallow skin to sluggish liver and promotes a tea safe and de remedy as a quick cure. The piece urges correcting the liver as the cause to restore skin vitality.
Professor Fred W. Catlett of the University of Washington Law School will address the Commercial Club on The Relation of the City to Its Inhabitants. This free talk is the third in a series on municipal problems led by university instructors and city officials. The next talk will be by Assistant City Counsel Howard A. H. on Some Legal Problems of the City. Friday event marks Marine Corps Sergt. Maj. James Dean’s retirement with a Marine turnout and Navy Yard Band performance at Orton barracks.
The State Medical Board revoked Dr J Eugene Jordan’s license for an advertisement claiming cures. A Superior Court judge ruled for Jordan, finding the ad not grossly untrue or morally turpitudinous, noting reputable witnesses and many cures cited in court.
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