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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1915
Page
4
A fragmentary item titled The Rich Banker’s Daughter Ho hints at a society or crime note involving a wealthy family. Readable bits mention a banker’s kin and intrigue. Further details are not available in the legible text.
A burst of local and regional items notes Almarin T Drake as finance clerk amid town efforts to showcase to WCT A delegates. Milwaukee passenger service expansion hinted and local notices list car owners to contact Mrs J R Morrison. Other blurbs cover thefts, accidents, and public notices amid a busy Seattle newspaper page.
The report states Theodore Roosevelt shot two moose while hunting in Quebec where the law barred more than one. He swore in affidavit he acted to protect his life and narrowly avoided political damage from the incident.
An editorial blend praises fall morning aromas of slapjacks and sausage while discussing war loan neutrality and Henry Ford influence. It lauds Ford’s foundation promoting peace, a $5 daily wage for workers, industrial democracy, and Ford’s broader impact on society linking workers, education, and national unity.
A Seattle visit by WILLIS of Ohio jokes about gizzards being blamed by opponents. An earlier Kan. poultry note mentions a Denver man mining gold traces in duck gizzards, then shifts to Austria and naturalization policy. A pipe fish tale, Taft in California politics, and Japan war poetry spoof follow in a fodder of satirical items.
In The Star, letters oppose forming a business funded military training camp to train officers for strike suppression and defend big business profits. The writer condemns militarism, suggests using such forces against workers, and mocks preparedness as bunk amid postwar debates. Another reader praises the paper's pursuit of truth while commenting on civil service age debates.
A speaker argues that if common laborers over age forty are barred from work then all public servants including councilmen mayor police and judges should face the same limit. The remark defends the laborer and urges equal treatment regardless of age.
Harry Norton, 35, of Kingston, walked six miles to reach a Seattle boat, his foot badly slashed with an ax, and he fainted at First and Madison. He was reported in the city hospital.
French and British war offices say the northern western front movement to flank the German right is developing. Berlin concedes heavy fighting with no decisive result. Belgian forces advance and occupy Marines as Antwerp forts are bombarded. Russia repels four German corps attempting to cross the Nieman to cut the Warsaw line. Italy protests bombings in the Adriatic. Austrians lose large stores of war materiel in Galicia defeat.
William C. Edes heads U S Alaska Engineering Co and builds a government amusement hall in Anchorage for workers. The $500 setup includes a phonograph library and pool tables as recreation. The hall serves as a community center with Sunday services and even a wedding in the new town.
The Municipal League hosts two talks at the Washington Annex Tuesday on national defense. Charles Chevallaz, Seattle architect and former Swiss lieutenant, speaks on The Making of the Swiss Army. Maj. Fred W. Llewellyn, ex-adjutant general of the state, discusses Our National Preparedness for War.
Two men quarrel over the war in Billy Sutherlands. One says Russians are the healthiest soldiers. The other replies that is because they retire so regularly.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for stomach troubles in children and adults. It claims fast relief from sour stomach and bowel issues and warns to buy genuine products from the California Fig Syrup Company, noting counterfeits.
An elderly health ad urges Jad Salts as a harmless grape lemon lithia mix to flush clogged kidneys. It claims improved kidney function and reduced bladder irritation with a morning dose, noting local druggists sell the product widely.
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