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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1918
Page
4
Readers discuss whether to place British soldiers on a US service flag and how to report tax dodgers. A column also prints unsolicited advice advocating hatpin use to deter male harassment, with warnings about public safety and propriety.
Garden Primer outlines selecting dwarfs like American Wonder for small plots. It details soil needs, sowing times from mid April to June, row spacing 18 to 24 inches, and succession plans with cabbage or corn between peas. It notes frost tolerance, harvesting, and suggests sending name and address with a two cent stamp for a National War Garden Commission primer.
A narrator recalls Mother Trent as a self centered widow who resents last week’s flowers sent to honor Mr Trent. Dick confronts his mother over a memorial arrangement, defending its quiet dignity while she insists it be hidden from view. The scene ends with Dick insisting the floral tribute stay at the casket.
Sailor boys of Uncle Sam’s submarine chaser No. 298 appeal through the columns to relieve monotony at sea. They want ukuleles to provide pleasure and entertainment while on patrol after the ship’s recent commissioning last week.
A home remedy advertises Orlex Powder to color gray hair to black brown or light brown. It costs 25 cents per box with a $100 gold bond guarantee and claims to avoid harmful metals while not rubbing off and leaving hair fluffy.
Helen Westerman appeals through the paper for readers to send phonograph records and ukuleles to Submarine Chaser No. 298 at Remerton or via Main 252 Seattle. The note emphasizes sacrifice of sailors escorting transports and asks locals to provide entertainment gear as a small but meaningful support.
President Wilson sent to the Senate nominations for U S district judge eastern district of Illinois George W English of Centralia Illinois and U S marshals Jos McKachin of Reno Nevada Stephen J Doyle of Fargo North Dakota to fill federal offices in the listed districts.
Inability to locate Katherine Keller daughter of the late Theodore Keller delays the Keller estate settlement. She was last heard from in Seattle en route to Alaska and has not contacted her family since. The estate lists a large homestead and Sherman R. Chamber serves as executor.
A Holstein bull donated by EF H Stewart to the Red Cross at the Pacific Northwest Breeders' show in Kent sold for 700 dollars on the first day and changed hands five times with buyers returning the animal to the Red Cross. John F Benson of Kent ultimately won the bull and plans to keep it.
Nearly 150 Russians lined up Monday morning at the office of W. J. Dyke deputy customs collector in the federal building. Applicants seek passports to return home to families or to work as seamen, with some recalled for service. Sixty were called by the fleet corporation.
In France a nationwide salvage effort employs more than 6,000 women who repurpose materials, with even old boots being collected and put back to use, reflecting wartime frugality and resourcefulness.
So called stomach troubles arise from excessive acid secretion in the stomach. A teaspoon of bisulated magnesia in water after meals or when symptoms appear neutralizes acidity and relieves gas and sourness. Available from druggists in powder or tablet form, ask specifically for Bisulated Magnesia.
A health note advocates daily hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels before breakfast. It promises brighter complexions and fewer ailments like headaches biliousness and constipation urging purchase of a quarter pound from the drug store. It ends with a plug for the Third Liberty Loan.
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