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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1915
Page
3
London officials report the British hospital ship Anglia was struck by a mine in the English Channel. Three hundred were saved. the vessel carried about 400 wounded. The Anglia sank after the explosion, adding to wartime losses and prompting rescue efforts.
Rome dispatch reports the pope will renounce all claim to temporal power at the next consistory in order to participate in future European conferences. The move is described as practical rather than formal.
About 60 mothers attended a mothers training school at the University branch public library. Dr W H Bolton spoke on dental care stressing clean first teeth and avoiding pacifiers. Miss Donaldson demonstrated proper child clothing with models Carl Behn Tony Rails and Thelma Thurkleson aiding. Next speaker is Dr Mabel Seagrave.
Seattle Poultry and Pet Stock association officials learned from San Francisco that their application to join the American Poultry association was accepted at the convention Tuesday. Washington leads all states except California in poultry exhibit numbers, per a wire from state representative Harry H. Collier.
Patience Worth of Treaven te speeds in a Pullman car to visit Broadway and will tour Earthly sponsors Mr and Mrs John H Curran of St Louis through New England. The spectral figure will be presented in select circles of Boston Washington and Philadelphia and invited to a conference with notable hosts.
A fragmentary verse addressed to a child named Tina. The speaker appeals to spiritual imagery and a mother’s protection, asking for guidance and a blessing for the sire. The tone blends religious symbols with intimate family devotion and good night wishes.
Arthur Delroy, a famed English psychic, arrives in St Louis to probe the Patience Worth affair. He dismisses the Ouija board as a tool for genuine communication but notes the Worth writings blend King James Bible English with Spenserian diction and offer no clear supernatural proof.
In Seward Alaska on November 17 Chairman Edes of the engineering commission Delegate James Wickersham John F E Ballaine and Frank Harrie Ballaine left yesterday on the steamer Admiral Evans for Washington to seek a new appropriation to continue the government railway construction.
A mass meeting will be held at Riverton in the school house Wednesday night. I. H. Bean manager of the Puget Sound electric railway and Member Spinning of the public service commission will speak.
The home of W. E. Nelson at 6104 Woodlawn Ave was burglarized Tuesday night with silver and jewelry valued at $500 taken.
Arthur I. Horton night janitor of the Pacific block was found unconscious in front of 906 29th Ave in the early hours Wednesday. Mrs Hanson notified police and he died at City Hospital at 9 30. Deputy Coroner MacDonald suspects heart failure while returning home.
Miss Juliette Day returns from London where she acted with success in The Yellow Jacket. She notes war influenced British theatre tastes favoring cheerful works and revues. She says wartime audiences now attend in larger numbers, soldiers and sailors on leave boosting last night demand.
A humorous note describes Mr. Coffin playing for the Army football team attracting attention from his rivals and followers, highlighting his team spirit and a lighthearted rivalry within the service.
Weather entry records a high of 49 and a low of 1 with a cryptic reference to a laxative Bromo Quinine claim as a cold cure and a stray signature BW marked as GMOVE.
Baron Eiichi Shibusawa, famed Japanese banker and diplomat, visits on Wednesday to promote solid, friendly relations between Japan and the United States and discourage sensational newspaper coverage in both nations.
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