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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1917
Page
5
Several thousand members of the Boilermakers union will meet at the Arena at 7 p.m. to decide whether to resume work in Seattle shipyards. Officials indicated a likely endorsement of the Metal Trades Council stance and a possible return to work. More than 4,000 voters are expected to participate.
An advertisement promises corn removal without pain before or after use. It claims corns lift out and calluses peel away as if by magic, appealing to readers tired of cutting filing and wearing torturous plasters.
An upside down photograph purports to show Miss Solwelg Horn Beck rehearsing by a lake for a Red Cross pageant at Rosemary Farm near New York in October 1956. The caption claims the inverted arm raising figure is the reflection, not the dancer, noting premeditation in printing the image upside down.
Attorney General Havner ordered a recount of votes from the October 15 prohibition amendment election. He notified all county auditors citing code section 1171 which requires local canvassing by the county board in special elections.
The 14 year old Willie Zimmer fled the Louisiana reform school in New Orleans on October 19. Once saved from gallows by petitions from across the country after shooting his mother, he now appears to squander the opportunity to reform.
United Press reports in New York on October 19 that citywide coal shortages could leave hotels apartments and homes shivering unless bunkers are replenished promptly. The brief item notes the coal supply is limited to about a half day.
Venice police hunt a canine thief stealing bathing suits from yards. The dog was seen rolling up a suit with its nose and carrying it away, but authorities did not catch it.
SYRACUSE N Y Oct 19 A man left $150 in his coat pocket in a barnyard and returned to find most of the money gone despite a search that recovered only $11. Kenyon suspects a yearling bull in the barnyard devoured the missing funds, behaving as if ill.
Washington reports the Mexican government has levied a 40 percent tax on pulque to curb its use and push producers toward alternative uses of the plant, including sugar manufacture and fiber extraction, per the Mexican news bureau.
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