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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1918
Page
8
Advertisement touts STUMEZE tablets as instant help for sour gassy stomachs and indigestion. It urges readers to buy a 25c box at their drugstore and claims benefits for health and personal appeal.
The journalist observes Alsatian women and children occupying fortifications as German troops retreat. Frontiers across the Rhine tighten, Basle becomes a refuge for nobility and propagandists, while Switzerland hosts refugees, Red Cross workers, and prisoners in transit.
A mob of thousands at Exchange station was dispersed by U S soldiers after wrecking 28 shops run mostly by Germans in retaliation for overcharging Americans. Loss estimated between 4 and 7 million francs. Trouble sparked when a soldier was charged 2 francs for a chocolate and 2 for an apple. The Luxembourgers, protesting high prices, resented the charges.
Paris dispatch reports about 500000 German troops retreating from Russia as they cross Poland under severe hardship. Villages are pillaged by retreating forces and confronted by hostile Polish resistance during the withdrawal.
Archangel dispatch says American and Russian forces recaptured the town of Karpagoraki, a provision depot, about 120 miles up the Pinega river from Pinega, as fighting returned to the offensive.
An old advertisement urges readers to obtain St Jacobs Liniment from a druggist and apply it to the painful area to stop neuralgia instantly. It claims immediate relief for face, head, or any body part, asserting the product is harmless and non staining.
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