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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1918
Page
5
A fragmented line notes Canadians at Vimy Ridge with a humorous or satirical angle. It presents a quirky or misheard wording, suggesting a lighthearted take on war remembrance. No clear date, location, or individuals beyond general national reference.
An advertisement touts Bitro-Phosphate a five grain tablet described as a genuine nerve builder and stimulant. It claims to relieve nervousness sleeplessness and general weakness while promoting appetite weight gain and improved mood with users reporting plumpness and pink health. A caution notes it should not be used by those not seeking flesh growth.
U S District Attorney Robert C Saunders announces Seattle enters a federal dry zone owing to Fort Lawton and the university naval training camp. Liquor sales will be restricted to in person physician prescriptions and drugstore shipments will be refused. Authorities vow full enforcement to curb illicit traffic as bootleggers peddle liquor substitutes to service members.
Theda Bara film version of Salome opens with next Saturday's matinee at Levy's Orpheum. The production cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and recreates ancient Jerusalem from Jaffa Gate to the royal palace with grand biblical sets and battles.
The National Dental association convention opened in Chicago with discussions on providing dental service to soldiers' dependents left behind. Surgeon General Gorgas, army medical officials, and Senator Porah were among speakers. The event runs through August 9. Also noted was Wisconsin club's annual basket picnic at Woodland Park on Sunday.
Fairbanks and Ray headlining at Levy's Opera House with "Heart of the World" in its fifth Seattle week and last show Friday. Liberty presents Charles Ray in "A Nine o'Clock Town" plus shorts and news reels. Clemmer features Kerrigan in "Turn of a Card" with war pictures and a comedy. Coliseum screens Douglas Fairbanks in "Morocco" with a desert chase. Strand shows Hayakawa in "Jang Lung" and Mission hosts Edith Storey in "The Demon" alongside "Tarzan of the Apes" at Colonial.
Derina Martin of Nashua New Hampshire describes severe monthly pains causing fainting after two years of sickness. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief and urges other girls to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A fragmented listings page shows multiple film titles and performers. Mentions include The Torn of a Card with Warren Kerrigan and The City of The Paces with Harvekane, The Kerman with Dadith Storey, and Terran of the Apes featuring Jerden Griffith.
Major B. W. Brown, U S public health surgeon, says free blood test clinics should be established and funded by the municipality to aid victims in the anti vice disease campaign. He emphasizes treatment for those who refuse private physicians and notes Gov. Sister’s support after returning from Olympia.
C Graves, president of Cheas ty's, has been appointed merchant representative of the federal food administration. He will organize the local merchants in a food conservation campaign.
A King and Kitsap county Democrats platform advocates Kaiser Wilhelm execution, government control of railroads and telegraphs, stronger federal laws since 1914, woman suffrage, equal pay for women, and child labor reform. A petition urged Col. J M Hawthorne to run for Congress in the First district, accompanied by a $75 filing fee.
Lawrence Ridgeway, 30, of Chicago, a traveling salesman for a musical instrument company, jumped from a fourth floor window at Franklin hospital in San Francisco and died instantly. He had been admitted the previous day after a sudden hysteria attack.
Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white. Shake to make a quarter pint freckle and tan lotion at a very small cost. Apply daily to face, neck, arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes and soften the skin. Harmless.
John Key and Joe Marshall, a Black man and a French-Canadian, respectively, escaped from Kent stockade on Friday. Precinct 95 minute men plan a meeting Tuesday night at Warren Ave. School to discuss security.
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