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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1917
Page
3
A roundup of historic American defiance quotes from figures like Ambassador Gerard and John Paul Jones. It catalogues bold refusals to bow to foreign threats and includes Pinckney, Gen. Dix, Commodore Dewey, and other noted replies that shaped early American resolve.
El Paso dispatch notes Texas, Arizona, California and New Mexico have refused to be alarmed by border raids and invasions by inspired Mexican forces, signaling a cautious stance amid tensions and rumors of enemy activity along the border.
An article urges avoidant eating for dyspepsia and favors magnesia antacids to curb stomach acidity. It then shifts to border warfare rumors about German forays into Mexico, noting few crossings since February and mentioning U S troops. The King County Democratic Club plans a Jefferson birthday dance at the Lincoln hotel.
Sparta New Jersey April 18. A feebleminded man watched flames consume Mrs Emma Shaughers small home and then told others who, understanding his limited mental capacity, winked at each other and pressed on.
Stomach relief in five minutes with Pape's Diapepsin. Take a fifty cent dose from the pharmacist to neutralize excess acid, stop sour stomach, belching, gas, and heartburn, and prevent headaches or dizziness. A home remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia.
Cardinal Gibbons argues universal military service strengthens preparedness and discipline. He says compulsory training builds character, fitness, and will, while fostering fraternity between rich and poor and foreign-born youths, deterring invasion and promoting peace.
In Fremont on April 13 Flo Van Camp 19 and Lillian Ackerman 20 dueled with hat pins for a bonnet at a dance. Mins Ackerman the telephone operator pleaded guilty to using a hat pin and was fined plus costs. Van Camp showed injuries from the incident. she claimed the hat was borrowed while Ackerman asserted it was hers.
Letters from Ridgway Pennsylvania and Tennille Georgia describe relief from backache fatigue and uterine symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Women credit improved health and ability to manage households and gardens. Special advice offered by the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A San Francisco hotel offers live fresh flies to order at five cents each or six for a quarter. Mrs. Theresa Preston of New York, a hotel guest, brings a pet lizard that needs six live flies daily and requested the finest flies in season.
Baltimore reports a 12 year old girl whose height has exceeded six feet after three years of rapid growth. Doctors at Johns Hopkins hospital are studying her growth pattern and expect she may become a prodigy a veritable giantess.
The United Wreckage Syndicate at 1509 Fourth Avenue promotes a widespread sale with endless buyer turnout. Vast crowds join the event as thousands seek bargains, urged to attend tomorrow and over the next two weeks before the sale ends.
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