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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1919
Page
9
Local display claims a walnut dining room set of nine pieces priced at 438.50. The suite includes an eight foot extension table, 60 inch buffet, china cabinet, five blue leather upholstered chairs, and an arm chair, all in fine brown walnut. The ad touts broad Northwest presence and easy credit.
Ivory bedroom furniture in demand with beau grain effects from French walnut suite. Four-piece set includes full-size bed large dresser with plate glass chiffonier and mirror dressing table. Also offered are a 48 inch top dresser and re-mirror at 296 dollars.
Magnificent showing of the finest mahogany pieces. The four piece suite includes a full size bed a 48 inch top dresser a chiffonier and a triplicate mirror dressing table priced at 329 dollars.
The Pacific fleet shifts headquarters to Monterey Bay with the New Mexico admiral’s flagship and battleships Mississippi Texas and Wyoming plus 19 destroyers arriving for a week. The force will celebrate before a San Francisco review by Secretary Daniels with events from rodeos to dances and shipboard entertainments.
The grain corporation in New York announced unlimited flour in sacks at 9.45 dollars a barrel and 10.45 in wood with delivery anywhere in the United States. Only three cars were ordered and two canceled as buyers refuse soft wheat flour while hard winter wheat flour sells for higher prices.
Tibetan people use prayer flags hung on long lines to move with the breeze. The flags are believed to record prayers for the benefit of those who set them up.
Fragmentary OCR reads a quirky riddle about money and life with garbled wordplay. It cites purchases like suit and coat and mentions a FlorenceUpstring Store with references to street names and a rent payment context.
Los Angeles faces a looming general strike as streetcar and railroad walkouts expand. About 7,800 workers across Pacific Electric and railroads halted operations, leaving the city isolated and raising worries over meat and gasoline supplies as producers close plants and shipments stall.
Railroad Director Hines ordered an immediate investigation of labor conditions in Los Angeles where switchmen and brakemen refuse to handle freight from the Pacific Electric Co. Steam line workers deny a strike and continue normal business. Hale Holden may report before action.
Rome Aug 24 Premier Nitti issues a circular to prefects urging workers to speed production cut consumption and curb extravagance to avert food shortages and loss of raw materials. He warns strikes are treasonous and cites Europe’s worst crisis in centuries as Italy relies on credit for imports.
A persuasive health warning argues that neglecting bad teeth endangers overall health. The piece claims abscessed teeth cause many diseases and cites medical authority, stressing urgent care to prevent painful dental infections.
Thousands suffer rheumatism while dental abscesses go untreated. Painful abscesses release poisons that travel to joints and organs. fixing the problematic tooth promptly can end the trouble. The ad promotes first grade dentists, modern equipment, strict sanitation, and a free examination with no obligation.
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