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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1915
Page
13
Reports from Sept 10 describe public anxiety in London as Zeppelin raids provoke anti German sentiment. Observers note not terror but anger and moral resolve to crush the brutalized spirit of wanton aggression amid new insurance protections for dwellings and businesses.
Washington board of equalization heard statements from rail executives across the Northwest urging lower road valuations. They cited reduced profits due to the Panama Canal opening and a general business downturn affecting the lumber trade.
A letter from Charles Bakesy to a prisoner in Transbaikal near Siberia arrives in Portland after three months. Bakesy served with a regiment on the Galician front and details of the Slav drive and Dein Preenysi’s capture are mentioned.
Madame Zenda and Mercedes Crane perform Concentration at the Pantages with George Lovette as intermediary. Crane notes audience requests vary from operatic arias to unmusical items like The Face on the Barroom Floor, yet she claims to handle about 30,000 selections ranging from ragtime to classic works.
The article notes a wave of fortified estates and increased guards around riches. John D. Rockefeller’s Pocantico Hills, Ogden Armour’s Mellody farm, J B Duke’s Somerville and Vanderbilt’s Biltmore estate all add walls, fences, and armed patrols to keep the public out.
In St Paul on September 10 a group of elderly residents at the Ramsey County poor farm visualizes a new $150,000 women’s building with a special smoking room. Mrs. Albert Moore notes批准 the plan and says the old ladies will have tobacco provided and a popular smoker’s den is expected.
Washington reports from Sept 10 state members of the federal reserve board fear U S money surplus may fuel over speculation and inflation. W D Harding notes large banking reserves and gold holdings, with trade balances rising. bankers may struggle to place funds. Secret plan channels government funds to cotton loans at six percent through southern banks.
Mrs Fowler presents talks on The Brain and Nerve System at Eilers Hall Third Avenue and University Street. First lecture starts tonight at 8. Other lectures scheduled September 12 13 and 14 at 8 p.m. Electricity classes begin September 16 at 7 30 p.m. Free consultations offered at Eilers Building rooms 905 906 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Portland report states Mrs. Abbie Bishop sued Benjamin Boone, an auto salesman, for $30,000 claiming he lured her daughter Lola V. Rubie, 18, with marriage promises, leading to ruin. The suit, filed today, details alleged deceit and damages.
The report notes a man who became infatuated with a divorcee then went to Seattle and married Mrs. Roswell Miller of New York widow of Roswell Miller former chairman of the board of Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. The party arrived here Thursday from Frisco.
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