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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
10
A Puget Sound Navigation Co notice urges readers to take a Hood Canal trip next Sunday August 12. It promises a return to Seattle by 10 20 p m with staterooms available and 4 30 p m departure. Colman Dock Seattle serves as the origin.
London reports a paradoxical calm as Britons cope with U-boat threat. An Australian professor returning to England notes hidden gloom beneath leisure scenes. Hyde Park weekends are lively with tea, bands, and courting couples while air drills unfold overhead.
An old page ad promotes mixing lemon juice with orchard white to create a cheap freckle and tan lotion. It claims daily use will lighten skin and fade blemishes, noting lemons and orchard white are inexpensive at grocers and drugstores. The nearby wartime travel scene contrasts leisure outings with khaki-bound soldiers, and commentary on the U-boat campaign suggests the war will endure another year.
A collector of prices shows rump steak at 62 cents per pound and other items with varied costs while observers note high prices mask distribution issues. The piece contrasts food scarcity rumors with reports of sustained hotel rations and widespread eating life in London amid U boat pressure on Britain.
A swarm of bees has lived in a brick wall at Dr. Allen Wilsons home for three years. Wilson has not disturbed them and they have not harmed him or yielded any honey to him.
Yonkers New York Mrs H J L Feather says the compound cured her female troubles back ache nervousness and indigestion. Danville Illinois Mrs O A Coe credits it with saving her life from severe female troubles. Ridgway Pennsylvania Mrs O M Rhines avoided surgery after using the compound. North Haven Connecticut Mrs Florence Isella reports restored health after menopause symptoms faded. The testimonials urge other women to use the medicine.
A Belgian relief worker claims Germany inflated its population and reserves, citing annual birth cohorts around 800,000 and a larger total than French estimates. He notes deteriorating German physique since 1875 and compares German and British working-class conditions amid the war.
In Oklahoma City the interurban and street car service slowed for ten minutes after a cat chased a rat onto an iron frame of a substation. The cat tangled in two charged wires and a short circuit occurred, reportedly ending Kitty's nine lives.
A fragmented OCR shows prices such as 20¢ 45¢ 28¢ and 1.19 on a page. The text includes the fragmentary phrase we Pro with unclear surrounding context. No clear events or names emerge.
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