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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
7
Tears and smiles greeted Seattle's contingent as fast trains carried them away from King Street Station. Relatives were admitted inside the sheds while thousands of friends shouted farewells from the grate and along the avenues as automobile loads of girls trailed the departing trains.
U S engineers operate a military railroad close behind the fighting lines at the American army in France. Guards greeted them at new barracks as distant artillery, aircraft, and trench gun fire raged nearby. The reporters observed engineers arriving amid the war’s distant uproar.
A promotional plan invites Seattle residents to Alderwood Manor to witness a demonstration farm and future community. It describes model farms, poultry, nut groves, and 14 000 acres turning into a prosperous Little Landers district with electric car service, new homes, and education centers. A Walker Building office is listed to learn more and interurban cars run hourly from Fifth and Pine.
Motorman Andrew Hollano died and several passengers injured after a collision on the Pacific Traction Line in fog near Fleet station. The report describes wrecked cars, shattered towns, and references a past bombing of a train and German air attacks on American railroad crews.
Wage arbitration for Tacoma traction employees begins Monday as hearings move from Seattle to Tacoma. Testimony shows Tacoma and Seattle cases treated separately, with executives like W. H. McGrath and Kempster detailing ownership and management links under Stone & Webster.
Petrograd dispatch reports Minister of War Vedkhovesky announcing a full replacement of the supreme Russian army command with officers the soldiers can trust. He also said the number of troops on duty behind the front would be reduced.
The piece argues that delaying dental care harms success and health. It links decaying teeth to germs, poisons, impaired digestion, rheumatism, eye trouble, spinal issues, and poor appearance, urging immediate attention to dental health as essential for efficiency and well being.
This large, fully equipped Seattle clinic proclaims it occupies the entire doorway, features the latest improved apparatus for painless dentistry, and vows to spare no time or expense to provide the very best dental service in the city.
The advertisement asserts sanitation, high quality materials, and a written guarantee signed by the operator and owner L. R. Clark D. D. S. It emphasizes licensed dentists and painless methods, inviting readers to a free examination and estimate with no cost.
United Press dispatch from Calexico reports that the Cantu administration as first chief of Lower California will end October 1. David Zarate, ex mayor of Ensenada and Carranza’s key supporter, will assume the governorship by Carranza’s appointment.
Advertisement notes refined atmosphere with music and dancing at the Hotel Butler offering a dinner and an atmosphere aligned with budget constraints.
Amusement zone of 100 acres near the cantonment is being organized by Gen. Greene and aide Stephen Appleby. The plan includes theatres, movie houses, shooting galleries, and bowling alleys for 18 000 soldiers. Blankets, clothing, and equipment shipments are being accelerated to outfit the troops. Library fund for Green Lake districts seeks $25 000, with Sept. 24–29 as the drive window.
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