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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1918

Page

3

Woman Reports Relief After Adier-i-ka Treatment

A Brock Texas woman says fifteen years of stomach distress ended after using Adierika. She claims the remedy cleanses the bowels and relieves constipation by expelling stomach and intestinal poisons. The product is described as a mixture of buckthorn cascara glycerine and nine other drugs sold by local druggists.

F. Parker Brock Texas Erika Mletka Bar- Wi Drug Co Swift Drug Co Td Lading Druggists

Pink frills replace khaki in wartime fashion call

From New York fashion headquarters cables report American front news. Yanks coming home want pink and white outfits with high heels, fluffy hats, and frills. Mothers and sisters urged to dress serviceable yet stylish, favoring pink ribbons over military uniforms. canteen workers and nurses praised as best girls, reprising wartime support with new spring styles.

Fashion Headquarters New York France Daughters of Fashion

Cynthia Grey column shares readers requests and advice

Letters discuss finding a setting hen a piano or a buyer for an $80 dog and renting front rooms Cynthia Grey explains she cannot perform these services and urges readers to use common sense The column also answers questions about seven day work weeks andEight hour laws noting no law prohibits long shifts if the worker consents and outlining wage expectations The writer reflects on the flu ban and home entertainment suggesting moderation and self reliance for youth.

Cynthia Cynthia Grey

Traveling painter seeks $1000 after feather pierced ear

Corrin Leland, a traveling painter, lodged in Crandall Bay inn and woke with a feather in his left ear. He says sharp quills pierced the ear from feathered pillows, causing pain and hearing impairment. The landlord offered $100, but Leland demands $1,000 damages.

Crandall Bay N. Y Corrin Leland Leland

Two Meet Death in Death Pact at Magna Rooming House

In Magna Utah Bert Walker 24 a boilermaker shot and killed 15 year old Glenda Titcomb Smith a war bride then shot himself dying eight hours later. The couple had registered at a Magna rooming house and the landlady heard five shots before Deputy Sheriff Maxwell broke down the door.

Salt Lake City Utah Bert Walker Uge Magna Glenda Titcomb Smith J. M. Maxwell

Drops Explosives, Is Blown to Pieces

Robert E Linder a well known resident of Placer and Nevada counties was blown to pieces at his home in Alta California when he fell while carrying a box of fulminating caps. He was transporting explosives from a shed to a barn and parts of his body were scattered, with one portion found in the top of a distant tree. The remains were taken to Colfax.

Alta Cal Robert E Linder Placer Nevada Linder Colfax

Confessions Revealed in War Bride Meeting

Mary Thomas apologies for abandoning the narrator at the Inn on Hear Mountain. A dangerous paper in the narrator’s beaded bag becomes the sought after secret as two men and a woman conspire to seize it. The reveal sets up a continuation of their tense tale.

Queen of Smiles Hear Mountain New York Lorimer Chemical Company Mary Thomas Lorimer House Mary Mrs. Lorimer

Weagant’s Wireless Invention Clears Ocean Messages

Roy A. Weagant, chief engineer of the Marconi Company of America, perfects a wireless invention claimed to remove static and end the era of failing radio messages. The breakthrough promises 24 hour ocean communication and may end reliance on tall aerial towers, with details reserved for France and England until peace is signed.

N. FE New York Roy A. Weagant Marconi Company of America Weagant France England

New Cargo Line of Boats Brought Here

Seattle becomes headquarters for five new cargo carriers after Universal Shipping and Trading completes a deal to secure the vemwela from Hansen and Holm Rhoderi of Porsgrond Norway and the Porsgrond Motor and Sell company.

Seattle Universal Shipping and Trading Company Hansen and Holm Rhoderi Company Porsgrond Motor and Sell Company Porsgrond Norway

British War Dead Would Stretch 1000 Miles

Maj. A Radclyffe Dugmore of the British Army tells the British American Relief Association at Eagles Hall that Britain's World War dead, if laid end to end, would span about 1,000 miles exceeding the distance from Seattle to San Francisco.

Caution and Ambition In Music Echoes

The lines suggest a tension between caution and ambition shaping creative work. If all acted with excessive care, fear could vanish, while prudent boldness might produce harmony that pleases the ear.

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