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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1914
Page
2
An old advertisement promises a dandruff cure using four ounces of liquid arvon bought at a drug store. Apply at night to moisten the scalp, rubbing in gently. after several applications, dandruff and itching vanish and hair appears fluffy and shiny though the ad warns against washing hair to avoid losing the benefit.
Mobs in Mexico City looted stores and pawnbrokers, seizing arms and ammunition. Civilians sworn in as special police supported by reports of shots fired. Streetcar service halted. city cleared of Carrancista troops with fear Zapatistas might enter.
U S consular agent urged to report on Mexico City conditions as Zapata forces reportedly approach the capital possibly under Villa orders. Officials doubt looting if forces enter, amid claims Blanco loyalty questions and Gutierrez provisional leadership at Aguascalientes. Guadalajara battle reports conflict with Carranza saying Obregon troops rush to aid the city and Carranzistas fear defeat.
Thirteen employment agencies joined a federal suit to test the constitutionality of the anti employment agency law set to take effect December 2. A hearing is scheduled November 30 to decide on a possible temporary injunction. Attorneys general and prosecutors are named in the dispute over due process and property rights.
Thanksgiving crisis looms as city employees fear pay would be delayed because funds for $829,500 bridge bonds purchased days earlier had not arrived. City hall faced an uproar before officials decided to gamble on payday and use the $500,000 treasury reserve, allowing workers to buy turkey for Thanksgiving.
Walter Tyler, 44, who sent his daughter from the room then shot himself before his wife in the family home at 1012 East 40th Street on November 16, was arrested Tuesday and charged with attempted death by own action at the request of Mrs. Tyler.
In the Bay of Bengal the Emden captured the steamship Kabinga. Captain von Muller presented the ship to the skipper's wife and announced the seizure on behalf of the owners.
In London a Belgian sergeant on the front lines was wounded in the left eye by a bullet. Injured, he saluted his officer and declared, Commandant, I'm off. I've had enough of this game. Those Germans don't care where they are firing.
Berlin reports German mines in the North Sea carry a device resembling a submarine periscope intended to attract and force Allied vessels to ram them generating risky engagement and potential losses for enemy fleets.
Chicago reports Dr Louisa Byrne introduces the aphysmograph a wrist worn device recording pulse variations to reveal lies emotions and character in police courts and homes. She claims the instrument detects truth by heart action replacing third degree and dictagraph in some cases.
Philadelphia dispatch reports James Larkin, naval president of the Irish Federation of Labor, in the United States to address Irish communities. He notes Ireland’s labor movement kept 40,000 on strike in Dublin. disavows Ireland’s role in the current war and questions why labor bears the fighting cost.
An architect warned university officials that the roof of the old A.Y.P. California building housing the commons may collapse under heavy snowfall. President Landes quipped about needing a fire and firing students who bring water to quell it during a Municipal League discussion on new campus buildings.
Paris announces a plan to release several hundred thousand toy balloons carrying statements about the war. The balloons will drift over German soil to inform the people there.
In France many families economize on funerals using wagons instead of hearses. A French officer buried with full military honors was taken to the cemetery in a grocery cart with large yellow advertisement sides.
The French steamship Admiral Granteau, carrying wounded Allied soldiers from northern France to the Isle of Wight, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine near Cherbourg on October 26, the Admiralty announced.
Amsterdam reports a British destroyer suffered severe damage during fighting off the Belgian coast with German shore artillery. Zee Brugge was partly destroyed by bombardment and inhabitants fled inland while Germans held the town and set part of it on fire to improve line of sight and hinder British ships.
Rotterdam dispatch reports Germans near Nieuport under heavy fire from British coastal batteries and British ships off the Belgian coast. A shore wireless station directed naval gunners as land forces joined with a crossfire, causing severe German casualties and destroying two batteries at Westende.
London reports Gen Gallien recently received a letter from a private member of parliament suggesting routine changes. The MP was jailed eight days for failing to address Gallien through his own superior officer.
Accidents in London have increased by at least 25 percent since nighttime lights were ordered out to deter raids by Zeppelins. The blackout policy aimed to protect the city from air raids appears linked to the surge in street fatalities.
Dr J Crichton and Dr William K McKibben urged jobless residents to quit complaining and help the relief cause. They explained city aid covers rent and utilities, while the unemployed must provide food. The county allocated 1000 dollars, with a potential second 1000 if needed.
A damaged OCR fragment notes a Bromo Quinine cold remedy with the name E W Grove on the box. The text mentions timing of a full came and suggests a laxative labeling context. Further readable details are missing to confirm a complete product or brand line.
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