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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1915
Page
5
Advertises Grafonda Leader models at $75 with record rack and $85 with Push Button interior, plus a complete outfit of records priced at $90.85. Offers no interest and terms as low as $6 to $7.60 per month.
Detectives swarmed the depot as allied loan commissioners arrived in Chicago for a visit. They will be under close guard while seeking Western support for a $500,000,000 loan proposal that has drawn a chilly reception from Western interests.
The county commission will hear arguments October 5 at 2 o'clock on whether to strike the $35,000 first payment for a new county farm from the 1916 budget. The next day the $35,000 ferry item for Seattle Vashon Kiteap will be discussed. The general budget hearing opens October 4.
Theo Karl Johnston, the tenor, bade farewell to Seattle on Tuesday as he heads to finish his musical studies. About 2,500 people attended his last concert at the First Presbyterian church on Monday evening, enjoying the performance. An Italian claims to have invented a device that can hold an object motionless in space, which could address what to do with ex presidents.
Patrolman Ed Hagen, reassigned to a residence beat, was shot on Monday night near the Madrona car line while pursuing two men suspected of planning a streetcar holdup. He suffered a shattered left biceps and a thigh wound, fired back but may not have hit the assailants. Hagen, known for local boxing bouts, had been considered a potential national prospect years earlier.
Ardmore Oklahoma witnesses a deadly explosion and chain of fires in the business district. The latest toll lists 40 dead and 200 injured as workmen dig through ruins and fire crews battle ongoing blazes under martial law.
Paris Sept 28 The great battle of the Western front intensifies as Allied forces renew brutal infantry attacks in Champagne and Artois. German defenses from Arras to the sea falter yard by yard while Crown Prince Rupprecht rushes reserves to stem the French onslaught.
Berlin reports the Allied advance on the Western front was halted after an initial push. German forces expect a stronger counterattack but remain confident the offensive will stall in trench warfare before the weekend. No gains were achieved from Arras to the sea.
An advertisement touts a home face treatment using ordinary wax as a peeler to shed old skin and reveal a fresh underskin. It also claims a saxcolite and witch hazel lotion smooths lines and improves facial contour with a brief facial bath.
Russian warships bombarded German positions near the Gulf of Riga and silenced the Teuton battery. A German shot killed Russian commander Prince Wiasemski and two officers. eight others were wounded. Fighting grows around Dvinek and southeast of Riga as Germans refill supplies and bombard Dwina positions.
Thanksgiving day will feature the laying of the cornerstone for the new Masonic temple at Harvard avenue and Priest street. A construction contract for the temple, valued at $200,000, was awarded Monday night to Hana Pederson.
A Spokane figure who claimed Inca gold in Peru faced arrest for child abandonment amid a ongoing legal fight over the boy Fred, allegedly kidnapped by a nurse maid. The matter links to Swiftwater Bill’s multiple marriages and evolving public image as he battles custody in juvenile and superior courts.
R L Fromme supervisor of the Olympic national forest reports hunters are killing dozens of elk in the reserve. They remove the teeth and leave carcasses. He estimates about 7 000 elk in the Olympics with 5 000 inside the reserve.
A fragment recounts a man called Swiftwater Bill famed for sweeping mustache and a life of gold hoards. It follows his Klondike ascent, a half million in six months, travel to St Michael and Washington, and two children named Clifford and Fred amid a restless, lucky journey.
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