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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1915
Page
3
A letter from Minnie B. Frazier urges charging all beliefs with dogma until proven by the scientific method. Replies discuss condensing condolence letters, returning a borrowed ring, party menu ideas, and refuting the notion that progress comes from laziness, citing science and tolerance as proof of advancement.
Alhambra presents Shanghaied with Charlie Chaplin as a shanghaied chef whose antics spark laughter all week. The program also features The Spender, a melodramatic five part picture. Liberty shows The Dust of Egypt with Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno for four days starting Wednesday.
George B. Cole urged the civil service commission to use periodic exams to weed out inefficiency rather than setting a 40 year age limit. Representatives from the Municipal Civil Service league and Central Labor council protested the proposed age cap and final action was postponed.
Five hundred birds from Tacoma and 500 from Salt Lake City will enter the Seattle Poultry and Pet Stock association show, scheduled for December 15 to 18, with similar entries from other northwest cities.
In Nome Alaska on October 13 Siguard Seppala brother of Leonard Sep pala was killed when an explosion during attempted stove lighting left Olaf Kassen critically injured and not expected to survive. The incident stems from using distillate to start the fire.
D. C. Henry, supervisor of the Oroville irrigation project, announced during a stop in Seattle on Tuesday that water will be flowing over the project by next spring, marking a major milestone in the long delayed work.
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