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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1918
Page
6
Beginning Thursday a new special sale features flannel shirts from 2.85 with gray flannels and silk blends. Also includes silk ties, Madras shirts, Lisle hose three for 1.00, handkerchiefs at three for 50c, ribbed cotton shirts and drawers, Stuttgarter wool sets, and cotton Lisle union suits in multiple lengths and sizes.
Births list multiple infants with dates and parents at various addresses including East 76th Aurora and Sunnyside. Divorces filed in superior court include Phyllis Jenningsen vs Henry Henningsen and Regina Janiak vs John Janiak. Deaths announce Tenora McDonald and several others with ages and hospital or address details.
A list shows numerous couples from Seattle Tacoma and beyond with ages and residences. Names include Ole Lee and Hertha Thorsen of Seattle, George W. Gwinn of Clinton, Minnie Voviteky of Portland, and John L. Cunningham of Chico.
A wartime thrift stamp drive promotes defense funding as community members participate in a national effort to support the war and hasten victory. The program urges schools churches and families to purchase stamps to aid the war cause.
Lieut. G. G. Garland arrived in Beattle to recruit volunteers for the U B tank corps known as the Treat Em Rough Boys. The campaign targets physically qualified Seattle youths deferred in draft classes two three and four with entry to Camp Colt Pa. and quick deployment to France or England for action against the Hun.
An advertisement extols organic phosphate, sold as bitro phosphate, as the best remedy to treat thinness. It claims rapid weight gain, improved health, and reduced nervousness and fatigue, while warning against use by those who do not wish to gain flesh.
For six years in Seattle the office has treated hundreds with bronchitis asthma anaemia and nervous rundown conditions. The piece argues drugs only mask symptoms and promotes oxygen vapor as a cure that addresses the cause. Free trial treatment offered at Fos Parlors 41718 Seaboard Fourth and Pike.
Washington August 20. McAdoo orders rail workers to stop the public be damned treatment under government control. He cites complaints of disrespect to the public and disclaims excuses blaming Uncle Sam or McAdoo’s orders. The directive demands utmost efficiency and courtesy.
Special to The Star reports forty British prisoners tortured to death by German captors in 1914 Antwerp area. Captives forced to work behind the German line were tied to poles as bricks were removed, left to hang feet six inches above ground for hours nightly across 14 nights amid extreme cold.
The item list highlights small zurban pieces priced at 5.95 featuring velvet and chenille fabrics in combinations of navy and sand navy and race purple and sand turquoise and sand black and green and plain purple and black with velvet to match.
A prisoner released from a nine month stay in a German hospital at Lwow Coustrow recounts horror from World War II. A lance corporal in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders endured harsh treatment and long recovery.
The Rhodes Co presents serviceable and stylish Autumn Style Suits in plain tailored flare and belted models. Made from wool poplin serge gaberdine and Oxford cloth with silk collars or cuffs, in shades brown green Oxford Pershing burgundy navy and black. A standout Oxford cloth suit bound with flat silk braid is priced at 24.50.
A vintage beauty tip explains squeezing two lemons into three ounces of Orchard White to create a lotion. Used daily on face neck and hands, it promises to fade freckles sunburn windburn and tan while whitening and smoothing the skin at low cost.
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