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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1917
Page
13
The system claims patients can be treated without pain shocks discomfort or after-effects using no dangerous drugs or gases. This bold claim highlights a perfected dentistry method advertised as safe painless and without anesthesia or side effects.
In Evanston New Brunswick or Evanston NL women aim to take control of city administration this spring. They drafted a system to place women in key posts including school director and justice of the peace, while men hold public roles in Chicago.
New York April 6 Willie Diman leaped into fresh snow and fell 123 feet into an open sewer manhole unseen beneath the drift. Frank Baden aged 12 volunteered, was lowered by rope and rescued Willie despite the perilous dark shaft and distant street cleaners unable to help.
In St Marys hospital, a jackknife blade over two inches long and an inch wide was extracted from the right jaw of Marion Chavis, described as Mexican. The surgeon said the blade seemed embedded for about five years and the patient regained enough ability to explain the incident.
The article compares the price of torpedoes and naval artillery. It notes a torpedo costs 7 000, a 14 inch shell 7000, a 12 inch gun firing salvo cost 15 000, and a German 42 centimeter shell at 9 000. It emphasizes wartime expenditures and the impact on worker wages.
Waukegan Illinois April 6 A Lake county circuit clerk Lew O Brockway was away when a couple came to obtain a license The clerk telephoned for him and arranged for his arrival to handle the matter in a businesslike way The report notes his proactive role and courtesy in the courthouse atmosphere
An ad notes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier for scrofulous or impure-blood conditions and Pepticon Pills as an Irontonic for gnomic or nervous-gyoug related ailments. It claims many suffer from gland swellings, neck lumps, eruptions, and sores. taking both after meals is said to amplify benefits. Purchase via your druggist.
Andrew Ritzmeo, returning from Chicago with his bride, realized in Fort Atkinson that a $20 pocket was missing after a honeymoon trip due to heavy spooning. In Uniontown, three unidentified men saved 75 passengers on a Buckhannon and Northern train by stopping the locomotive with lit matches when a 20-ton bowlder rolled onto the track.
A circuit clerk states he earns eight dollars for every divorce, while a young woman questions why anyone would be interested in their case. The remark highlights the financial incentive in divorce proceedings.
In Pittsburg on April 6 a 72 year old messenger named William Jones, grandfather of three, works for the Postal Telegraph company. Despite age he runs errands with vigor, rain or shine, showing the energy of a younger worker as he speedily traverses the streets.
Buenos Aires reports the city government extends Sunday closure ideas from saloons to groceries. Clerks would gain a day of rest each week, an experiment not tied to religion. Front entrances close, but side-door trade remains large as stores keep doors shut.
Mrs. Dewitt Sincebaugh of West Danby New York testifies of nervous troubles easing after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nerves and female complaints. The ad touts sleeplessness irritability backache and headaches as symptoms and claims the product is a forty year old tonic for women derived from roots and herbs.
A terrific smashing of prices throughout the store offers sensational shoe bargains from the Ross department.
In Youngstown Ohio on April 6 Charles D Palmer declared he wants an immediate divorce after two weeks of marriage. He testified that his wife introduced another man as her other husband and said he would move in, prompting Palmer to swear off matrimony.
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