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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1914
Page
2
Letter to the Star from Louis P. Sichler urging a public gas and meter inspection bureau in Seattle. He criticizes the city’s focus on the telephone trust while gas consumers face high bills, poor coal gas heat, and alleged meter overcharging. He cites his own bill rise from 2.80 to 7.05 and calls for standard gas quality and official seals on meters.
Reporter Sims describes General Joffre as chief of staff Bertholet handling the work while in pajamas. A large map with wax pins tracks units along a 200 mile front with telegraph wires and wireless gear. Commands move swiftly by phone with reinforcements dispatched to Durand's division in minutes.
Italian steamer Citti di Savena with 800 aboard is burning off Catania Italy. Among passengers are 500 Arab soldiers from Eritrea colony. Three Italian steamers, called by wireless, race to assist the Savena.
The Prince of Wales sold furniture and personal belongings in London to raise funds for war relief. The Rome at Oxford sale totaled $75,000 with three canes alone bringing in $10,000.
A physician advises thin people to eat four to six pounds of fat making foods daily and to take a Sargol tablet with every meal. He claims fat is not absorbed in many, and that Sargol helps absorb fatty elements to increase blood and weight, with a 3 to 5 pound weekly gain possible. Sold by Bartell Drug Co and Swift's Pharmacy with money back guarantee.
Paris dispatch reports desperate close range fighting from Ypres to the coast with Dunkirk targeted by German offensives. Allies conduct repeated counter attacks as line holds along a coast facing Nieuport Dixmude and Ypres, with heavy losses on both sides and veterans replacing earlier German troops.
A severe storm battered Seattle causing homes to be blown off foundations and trees to block the Lake Hurton line. A woman injured in wreckage, loss of power and telegraph lines, and damage to a grandstand at Denny Field with several storefront windows broken. Traffic delayed as wires and tracks failed.
Lake Burien residents organize to sever the Lake Burien division from Division A of the mini bar line. The Lake Burien & Southwest Improvement club announces 500 members and asserts the Lake Burien line is paying, while Division A is labeled a loser and blamed for municipal prejudice.
At a police trial board hearing Miss Helen J. Mangan Miss Mary Lamon and Miss M R Wall from Van Asselt grammar school urged gentler tones when interviewing a schoolboy burglary suspect. Chief Griffiths disputed the claim, and the teachers apologized.
A November 12 report notes a dinner on October 27 honoring two aviators who dropped bombs near Dover. In Evansville Indiana on November 13 a woman, Dorothy Laxton aged 27, injured her ear lobe stepping from her door when a nail tore flesh.
Old fashioned liniment St Jacobs Oil is advertised as safe for rheumatism and sciatic pain. The copy urges immediate relief from pain stiffness and swelling with a small trial bottle from the druggist. It claims calm recovery for neuralgia lumbago backache sprains and swellings.
Frank writes a personal query about whether to purchase a winter suit, asking for advice on where to shop. He mentions the Tailored Ready Co at 401 403 Pike St offering a line of ready to wear clothes and a $10 saving on a suit raincoat or balmacaan. He notes his wife is particular and he seeks guidance due to past troubles caused by such decisions.
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