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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1905
Page
7
A vintage Seattle advertisement touts permanent hair removal by electrolysis and a full line of cosmetic care. It promotes scalp treatments, treatments for pimples and wrinkles, and bath bags to prevent tan, with a booklet available from the Electro Vibro Parlors at 223 Helper Building, Seattle.
The article weighs Carlisle School becoming an aboriginal West Point. Officers doubt military advantage while acknowledging discipline improves youth education. It notes history of Indian troopers as unsatisfactory yet newer training and Leupp’s reform plan may be viewed with respect.
In a Boston club address Curtis Guild Jr. denounces the respectable business man behind graft and praises government ownership as relief from graft. He warns the dangerous class is the man behind grafters and blasts social and political corruption. the Ballot and civic duty are urged against fraudulent ballots.
A Washington patent granted years ago launches The Welcome Factory Inc offering a home based business in Seattle. The firm promises steady growth, no retail stores, and profits by distributing a Welcome program nationwide with a $44,000 capital and a personal interview to explain how to increase salary.
A collage of quotations and satirical snippets from The New York Herald Memphis Commercial Appeal Kansas City Times and others. It reflects on morality wealth politics and social norms with wry commentary and references to public figures and events.
Young Seattle lawyer T N Tallentire and office mate J R Thorp built a one and a half story frame cottage on Spruce Street after hours to escape boarding house life. They handled stone wood and plastering themselves while a housekeeper managed meals. Tallentire praises his color tuned sleeping room with vivid reds and sky blue border.
Mrs Saunders laments poor hospitality after recent Boston visit as she serves breakfast to Mr Saunders. He notes ample resources but poor meals, blaming a lazy hired girl and old straw filling. She insists on monitoring biscuits doughnuts and pie while claiming she has endured hunger. A final quip about temper and flight ends the scene.
An old ad promotes Foot-Ease powder to cure chilblains damp sweating aching feet corns and bunions. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a sample offered by mail. Address Allen Olmstead LeRoy New York. The text also includes stray lines about bachelors club men and a jokish doctor remark referencing Prof Osler.
A warning against mercury containing catarrh ointments advises against their use without prescription and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by Fd Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio. It claims the remedy is taken internally and affects blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials and a 75 cent price per bottle.
The passage notes that Americans average over thirteen and a half pounds of coffee per person annually while questioning how much of what they drink they consider coffee. It hints at distinctions between perceived coffee and actual beverages consumed in daily life.
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