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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1919
Page
9
Special to The Star recalls an early air mail stunt from 1870 during the siege of Paris. Pigeons carried thin film photographs, each film recording 2,500 messages. a single bird bore 30,000 messages. Today 300 tons of letters travel by film in modern airplanes.
The article warns rheumatism starts from kidney failure to expel poisons and uric acid crystals. It urges immediate treatment with Gold Medal Capsules to restore kidney health and stop disease progression, claiming many cures for rheumatism, back pain, sciatica, gall stones, and organ ailments. It promotes Sol Gold Medal as the genuine remedy and cautions against imitators.
A two-section troop train arrives in Seattle carrying 26 officers and 799 enlisted men. The first section, commanded by Lieut. Col. Bert W. Eddy, includes Headquarters and 361st Infantry units with 460 men. The second section, under Maj. Friend S. Dickenson, brings Molet and 362nd Infantry units, supply train personnel, and field signals personnel. Enlisted Seattle men are listed across multiple companies, detailing names and assignments.
Sailors of the Sea Wasps fleet recount a homeward procession from New York via the Panama Canal to the Pacific coast. Ensign Hanson praises the honor system aboard while detailing the crew roster of submarines and cutters returning to Everett and Beattie with tales of parrots, deer, and unusual shipboard entertainments.
War Memorial Auditorium association postpones its Tuesday night gathering to focus on the Victory Loan bond campaign. The group seeks signatures for Articles of Incorporation and keeps the list at city county building offices and in committee members' offices including Weir Wilson Mrs Aimee Cotterill Haight Dabney Gould Maeder Huntington Griffiths Field.
Eighty five members of the German peace delegation arrived at Versailles aboard a special train, met by Col. Henry’s staff. The party including fourteen women stenographers was escorted to the Hotel des Reservoirs under flashlights as villagers watched, amid security and welcome procedures ahead of credential checks and preliminary formalities.
Motorcycle Officer C F B Rix and Patrolman H T Kent apprehended Francisco Martinez fleeing the Markeen hotel at Fifth Ave and Washington St. Laborer J Kelly identified Martinez as pocketing him. Martinez was jailed on an open charge and Kelly kept as a witness.
Special to The Star reports Capt Horatio G Winslow, commander of Michigan troops, mutiny rumors at national socialist party HQ. He allegedly identified a former socialist magazine member and is linked to Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Joan E Winslow. The piece hints at ties to Maz Pasuman and Veraé writing.
A well known chemist claims a simple face cream can improve complexion, soften rough skin, prevent chapped hands and sunburn, and suit after shaving. The recipe uses glycerine and grexite dissolved in water to yield a thick antiseptic lotion costing only a few cents to produce.
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