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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1919
Page
9
Tokyo reports a depressed business climate as firms hold back purchases and expansions amid unsettled China Russia tensions and treaty ratification doubts. Chinese boycotts on tap goods persist while soya bean trade declines due to British oil restrictions. Silk market is the hopeful bright spot.
Hulet M. Wells former Seattle Central Labor council president now serving two years at McNeil Island penitentiary for pamphlet against the draft testified before a federal grand jury. Wells has been in solitary confinement for alleged rule violations as Warden Halligan and others connected to Wells were heard.
Motorcycle officers N, PA and W. Dench arrested sixteen men after observing them shake dice inside a Greek coffee house at Prefontaine place yesterday. The suspects crawled through a window as officers closed in. One dollar in change was seized as evidence.
Burglars prowled Tuesday night and looted items from multiple locals. BB D Martin lost 30 cents and a hole in one Indian coin from trousers in room 33054 First. Rawne bure robbed of a suitcase at Standard hotel. EK & Bougher at 1106 19th Ave. had six faucets stolen. Frances Savage at 419 Seneca Ot. reported wrist watch rings and clothing stolen. M H Wilson at 1101 35th Ave. had home ransacked unsuccessfully.
Albert Gray nineteen pleaded guilty to stealing auto tires after a jury hung. Superior Judge A. W. Frater imposed a one to 15 year suspended sentence.
Women may attend Americanism classes led by Rev. M. A. Matthews pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Sessions meet in the ladies parlor every second and fourth Friday at 2 p m under Sharon chapter Werstminater guild supervision. The next class starts October 10.
A printed sales pitch offers Blood Iron Phosphate from Swift Drug Co as a three week treatment. It claims that weak and emaciated people will gain flesh, strength, brighter eyes, steadier nerves, and doubled vitality, with a money back guarantee if results are not seen.
Connecticut Board of Health distributes large health guidance urging a robust blood-driven system to resist influenza. It promotes S S S as a vegetable blood purifier to strengthen the body, reduce impurities, and aid in warding off disease with free medical advice offered by Chief Medical Adviser in Atlanta.
Guidance outlines avoiding exposure to coughs and sneezes and staying away from poorly ventilated places. It emphasizes staying warm and dry, changing wet clothing, not sharing cups or towels, covering the mouth when coughing or sneezing, brushing teeth regularly, and avoiding spitting on floors.
The Health Commissioner of New York City predicts a renewed influenza threat in a New York Times interview. He urges the public to guard health, strengthen the weak, and prepare the medical system with precautionary measures as doctors acknowledge their limited ability to help.
A market item labeled Creme Mealys is offered for 85 cents and 1 35 in a PLAIDS context with pricing noted.
Lieut Webb, pilot of a DeHaviland forest patrol aeroplane, was killed near Gold Hill when the engine failed and the craft crashed in a tail spin. Observer McGinn was injured. Lieut Webb and Private McGinn departed Eugenie for Medford, flying over the city briefly before taking off.
Capt. Lowell Mooks, the only Seattle officer chosen for Gen. Pershing’s escort unit last May, visits his father Deputy U S Marshal Albert Rooks. Capt. Rooks is on a 30 day leave before reporting to the 25th Infantry at Nogales Arizona. He led A Company of the 51st Infantry in the Vosges and Meuse Argonne.
The first postwar gathering of Cornell men in Western Washington is called for 7:00 p m Thursday at the Army and Navy club 509 Third Ave All Cornell men in the region are invited to attend.
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