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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1917
Page
3
The United States civil service commission announces a forest and field clerk exam to be held here October 11. It seeks applicants with stenography, typing and bookkeeping skills and at least one year of clerical or business office experience.
Gene Knight and her Six Violin Girls perform at the Palace Hip with a self made instrument midway between violin and cello. The Portland based creation, built in her home city, emits cello like tones and has attracted many local string players seeking to master it.
W W Shepherd reports from Stockholm that Chas C Crane an American businessman and Russia commissioner believes Russia will resist but not seek a separate peace. Crane, traveling from Petrograd, discusses Bolshevik control, Kerensky’s cabinet, food shortages, and peasant- Austro prisoner marriages as winter conditions grow harsher.
The funeral of 90 year old Mrs. Laura Marsh who lived in Seattle for 25 years was conducted at her daughter's home 620 33rd avenue Tuesday at 11 in the morning.
In Boston on September 25 Clan Na Gael officers thanked Justice Daniel W. Cohalan for alleged Ireland support while he denied links to Zeppelin attacks. The group denounced England and the Wilson administration as betrayers for sharing Berlin messages, and credited John Devery and Cohalan for prewar efforts to free Ireland from tyranny.
The Western district board of appeals holds daily sessions at the public assets building and plans to adjourn soon. Secretary Robert L. Proctor says the district requires 2,957 men and 55 volunteers are needed to meet the quota, with work likely to resume after the next call.
Tacoma reports W. J. Moulton aged 64 died by suicide after five months of work on a timber cruise for 70 000 acres of army post land donated by the county. He handed his finished report to his wife for the attorney in condemnation matters. He had previously suffered a spine injury in a fall. Moulton was a timber cruiser for Weyerhaeuser and other large owners and was well known on the Coast.
A cautionary note on teenage development and health risks during adolescence. It emphasizes the transition from childhood to adulthood, potential declines in health, and stresses using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a preventive tonic for normal development.
Theresa Tromp, UW senior dubbed girl philosopher, recounts a summer of varied experiences. She crossed into Canada, worked as a sheep herder in Yakima County, pruned orchards, and tended 18 mentally disabled women at Medical Lake before continuing her exploratory journey.
The narrator recalls Miss Trump on a final pre university trip to Vancouver Island. She is described as a perfect shot who carries a revolver and earns all her travel money. Her optimistic philosophy centers on rousing belief that if there is good in you, a person will never want.
London reports Denmark negotiates higher horse exports possibly to Germany amid fodder restrictions. Farmers kill or export horses to ease cattle hunger, with Danish papers hinting America should consider Denmark’s economic plight. Export of horses would supply Germany with meat, a longtime German staple.
The motorship Seaborn will call Tuesday at the Columbia river to load lumber for Valparaiso Chile under charter to the Barden Copper Co of New York. It recently returned from an Orient voyage under H F Ostrander Co and may next operate in French waters. Capt H M Broadbent will be shifted to the Atlantic with Captain of Engineers Henry L Boyd to succeed him temporarily. In Vancouver British Columbia Neil Neilson says a 10 000 000 feet lumber order will be placed in Washington and Oregon mills due to vessel shortages. Theo Price criticizes tax policy for affecting capital wages while energy prices rise and notes many young men face drafts at low wages.
Seattle residents inquire about the address to be given by former ambassador James W. Gerard as the official US spokesman. The Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club announce no seats are reserved and the Arena will be open to the public with no charge. Also noted is the death of Mrs. Amy Walker at Lake View Boulevard.
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