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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1917
Page
8
Money Day clearance offers include Dress Ginghams Cotton Petticoats and Women's Handkerchiefs at deep discounts. Third Floor features Girls Wool Skirts in navy and plaids priced from 2.48 to 5.00 with waists sold separately. Fifty Odd Waists in White Lingerie and Blue Linens priced at 1.38 each, originally 1.95 to 2.50.
At American Lake on September 25 soldiers endure rapid inoculations for smallpox and typhoid amid a bustling process. Doctors inspect, fingerprint, and vaccinate in a single building as officials report patients roughly every forty seconds.
A steel price cut is expected to unleash a construction surge, provided government demands remain limited. Supt. J. D. Ross of the city setting department says the new hydro electric plant could save several hundred thousand dollars.
Enrollment for Seattle night schools opening October 1 is expected to exceed last year's 7547. Two new sites Weat Seattle high school and Main Street grammar school join 60 minute evening sessions three nights a week from 7 15. No age limit, with courses in commerce industry and English for foreigners, plus wood turning and wartime sewing and millinery.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo will address a mass meeting in the Arena at noon on Tuesday October 9. He tours the country promoting the second Liberty loan. the sale begins October 1.
Property owners in Kirkland urged the county commissioners to approve a new ferry slip with two approaches to handle rising traffic. The Duwamish dock project was awarded to the P. P. Church company for 34000 dollars.
Mrs. E. C. Marker, mother of Walfred Marker held at Ft Lawton for resisting the draft by failing to appear, says she never stated he belonged to a religious sect opposing the draft. She calls him a conscientious objector and notes he belongs to a religious group that opposes war.
Rev. Carter Helm Jones of the First Baptist Church told a noon Transportation Club audience in the L. C. Smith building that a true patriot shows unwavering support for the nation. He urged steady patriotism without crondstanding during his Monday address.
The regulation specifies bullion must contain at least 11 000 part gold with 8 to 10 base to be accepted at United States assay offices.
Mothers relatives and friends of men who left with the Washington signal corps will meet at the Armory Wednesday a p m for a gathering and support event.
Frederick and Nelson advertises Athena Undergarments emphasizing fit without stretching or wrinkling, with supportive shoulder straps and a woven waist. The line includes Union Suits from $1.25 to $5.50, Vests and Tights from 65c to $1.75, in cotton, silk blends and wool varieties.
Seattle inventor William J. Pugh, of Skinner & Eddy, perfects an underwater gun mounted in a submarine. He met Rear Admiral Ralph Earle after passing officials’ tests and aims to present to the Navy Ordnance Board in Washington. The weapon fires underwater, range about 38 000 feet, with low projectile cost versus torpedoes.
A wartime appeal pledges a $1 500 00090 subscription to provide cheerful inspiring books for soldiers at the front on land and sea ensuring morale through reading material.
Horace V. Winchell, a prominent geologist and mining expert, arrived in Butte after six months in Russia and declares Kerensky the central figure shaping Europe. He believes Kerensky can meet the challenges of the revolution and the war with optimism about outcomes.
Dr. W. H. Gage was tried in police court for violating the dry law in Seattle. He was found guilty of selling liquor prescriptions indiscriminately and was fined 75 dollars.
The British army aims to open recruiting stations in every town and city in Washington. A station is already in Tacoma, with further stations planned for Bellingham and Aberdeen.
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