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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1917
Page
12
In the Fine Arts building at Fourth, Mabel Empey leads a Girls Relief bazaar effort. She handles letters, donations, and logistics, likened to a wartime commander coordinating a drive to support the base hospital behind French lines.
An advertisement touts home made cough syrup using Pinex pine extract, claiming quick relief from throat inflamed membranes, tickle, phlegm, and cough. It sells ounces of Pinex for 9 cents and notes a refund guarantee if not satisfied, from The Co in Ft Wayne Indiana.
New Yorker Edward J 1819 C mails his book free on health improving tobacco cessation. He claims rapid banishment of craving and benefits include tranquil sleep clear eyes strong memory and better digestion and vigor.
An old sales pitch claims young appearance comes from healthy bowels and liver. Dr Edwards of Ohio purportedly created a vegetable mix with olive oil to purify the system. Nive Tablets are described as gentle yet effective and sold at 10 cents per box by druggists.
The piece recounts Kerensky averting full capital punishment, sparing Korniloff despite a failed coup. It notes Korniloff’s push for dictatorship, the Winter Palace turmoil, and Kerensky’s arrest attempt while sparing the rebel commander. It concludes with Lenins and aristocratic officers unpunished, aiding Kerensky’s fall.
Washington dairymen plan December 13 and 14 gatherings in Sequim the largest ever held in the state. The Olympic Peninsula hosts the first association meeting in 25 years and Sequim prepares a welcoming program with a free banquet and complimentary tours of local sights.
The railroads of the 15 states in the Central military department cut passenger service by 10,657,636.96 train miles yearly since the war entry. The reduction saves 1,176,085 tons of coal 469 locomotives 203,839 barrels of oil and 1,941 men according to figures released by the railroads war board.
Eight American Steel and Wire plants in Cleveland were shut down today for lack of fuel. About 10,000 workers were sent home for the time being as operations halted across the facilities.
The article traces three periods in mobilization at Camp Lewis as thousands of draftees are outfitted and trained. Men shift from eager civilians to soldiers through lectures on military courtesy and intense drill, with French and English experts teaching gas mask use and trench work. The piece notes growing conformity, homesickness easing, and questions of future direction echoing through barracks. Ide late superintendent of the county city building will address a session at the University Undertaking chapel Tuesday afternoon.
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