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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1915
Page
5
An 19th or early 20th century health blurb urges readers to use Jad Salts daily to flush and activate kidneys. It claims relief from aches in the kidney region, headaches, bladder issues, and fatigue, describing Jad Salts as grape lemon lithia blend. The ad notes local druggists sell the product and market it as harmless and inexpensive.
Tuskegee Alabama November 1. Booker T. Washington famed educator and negro leader died here yesterday four hours after returning from New York. He suffered arteriosclerosis following a nervous breakdown and died en route to Tuskegee. A widow and three children survive. Washington, born a slave, built the Tuskegee industrial school and earned honorary degrees from several universities.
Hazen J. Titus the great baked potato demon again permits publicity for the Northern Pacific railroad dining car service de luxe. The Pacific Coast Hotel and Apartment Record, in Los Angeles, devotes pages to Titus service and Seattle commissary and Kent chicken ranch as auxiliaries to his dining car department.
Councilman Hesketh planned Monday afternoon to introduce an ordinance drafted by Corporation Counsel Bradford to make locally effective the state constitutional amendment calling for prohibition. It would take effect only if the amendment is upheld by the courts. Mayor Gill called reports that Seattle would have a dry ordinance regardless false.
Fred Dennett a former general land commissioner under Roosevelt and Taft says on a business trip he expects a Republican landslide next year. He notes low spirits and weak finances despite bumper crops and high prices.
The governor releases a Thanksgiving proclamation largely drawn from verse by Nixon Waterman, a former Western newspaperman now based in Boston.
The Women's Home Missionary Union of Washington and the Washington branch of the Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific will hold their annual meeting jointly at Plymouth Church on Tuesday.
After several boater delays the liner Minnesota departed port Sunday at 11 45 am and was reported well on course Monday to Liverpool with 15000 tons of neutral cargo.
Dispatches from London and Athens report Allied progress in Southern Serbia with French forces pressing toward Tetovo and Serbs capturing 500 prisoners. Paris notes renewed front violence and heavy German losses while Vienna claims eastward gains and 8 500 Serbs captured with 12 cannons.
News from Berlin and London details fighting on the Afghanistan India frontier signaling a possible campaign against India. Separate dispatches report Austrian airmen killing 30 and wounding many in a Vernon raid, along with Churchill's Commons statements denying involvement in Antwerp and defending the Dardanelles expedition.
Round centers priced at 1.25 each featuring 18 inch Madeira hand embroidery with a scalloped edge. Attractive value for craft and sewing projects.
President E. P. Marsh of the state federation of labor urges Secretary Wilson to move immigration headquarters from Montreal to Seattle. He calls for a complete border patrol between Washington and British Columbia and for an automobile and motorcycle squad to track smugglers.
An examination of the stomach of Larry Sullivan a 22 year old Tacoma cripple whose body was found details remain unfinished as reports come in and investigators review the scene for clues.
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