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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1917
Page
9
Nervick dies from cerebral hemorrhage after a street fight on First Ave. early Thursday. Post mortem reveals death caused by unusual excitement, not a head blow. KE Cook states he saw fights resume after a liquor search. Shelly reports Nervick’s boast before the clash. Body rests at the city morgue.
A crowd of more than 100 men leaving a smoker at the Ames Shipbuilding yards rushed a street car Thursday night. They refused to pay fares, wrecked the car, and forced it onto a siding at First Ave 5S and Atlantic St. Windows and lights were broken. Police arrived after the crowd had fled. no arrests were made.
A reflective verse arguing that conscience acts as the court of inner justice for happiness love and grudges. It presents thoughts as jurors with kindness for defense and prejudice for prosecution, and urges telling all to the court for a fair report.
The piece urges citizens to increase savings to fund the war effort and directs readers to save at the national bank as part of a patriotic drive. It emphasizes boosting savings before victory and contributing to government needs for the army and navy.
A Neah Bay Cannery superintendent reports diverse donations to a tobacco fund for the Eighteenth Engineers in France. Contributors include individuals from Seattle, Port Angeles, and Vancouver with sums and tobacco kits sent to the front as Ramblers Club hosts a fundraiser at Leibles Hall in Queen Anne Avenue.
Josephine Campbell sixteen daughter of Mr and Mrs R F Campbell of 60th avenue southwest and Alkiave was rushed to the city hospital Friday morning after swallowing poison. Doctors and the ambulance crew acted swiftly and may save her life. The mother says the girl had been nervous and despondent lately.
Correspondent reports from Flan deia shows German newspapers on prisoners reveal Kaiser's government preparing the public for another retreat on the Western front. Captured officers say high command fears a withdrawal of several miles as Allied pressure mounts.
Irish comedian Will H Armstrong arrived in Seattle to join Ed Armstrong and Baby Dolla at Catery theatre. He recalls London air raids during a four month winter engagement and performing before over 5,000 wounded soldiers in Manchester. He describes theatres with heavy roof screening and stretcher cases placed near the stage.
Washington state reports show subscriptions toward the National War Work Fund of 55 million for the YMCA to aid enlisted men nearing 235000 in Seattle. Seattle squads have already raised 43000 with two workdays left aiming to top 100000, while towns like Everett lead Tacoma with 10600. Smokeless day redirects cigar and tobacco money to the Y M C A.
An observer recalls a wartime moment when every spectator stood in salute during God Save the King at the Pantages theatre in Seattle in 1915. The description notes even injured soldiers on stretchers shared the tribute, a scene the writer vows to remember. Wil Armstrong stood last in Seattle during that event.
M Reysal, a Beattie Machine Works employee at 601 Merkent, was seriously burned when a boiler exploded near his workstation. He was taken to Beattie General Hospital at 10 30 Friday morning with burns to his face hands and body.
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