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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1917
Page
10
A terse health care notice urges patients to seek value by choosing the provider offering lower costs and high quality treatment. The message emphasizes affordability and superior care as a selling point to attract patients seeking medical services.
A. A. Atwater of the Atwater Potter Realty Co. reports 11 000 miles on a Buick with Goodyear cord tires. He traveled to Miami and back, the tires showing only one small puncture and remaining apparently good for many more miles.
An early health advertisement urges readers to evaluate their condition and purchase Hood's Sarsaparilla Pepticon and Hood's Pills. It claims the trio can remove tiredness pale appearance anemia weakness backache kidney trouble constipation and rheumatism and suits many patients though some may need only one or two products.
An advertising notice touts Q Ban hair tonic as a cure for gray or faded hair, claiming it darkens to a natural lustrous shade. It states gradual, undetectable change with guaranteed satisfaction and money back, sold at Bartell Drug Co Owl Drug Co and other drug stores.
Lexington reports sales up 1000 percent in three years and claims exclusive benefits from a specialized factory network. Highlights include Moore Multiple Exhaust System boosting power and fuel savings, new Sportcur, and convertible Sedan options. Models R and O priced from 1345 to 1785 with wire wheels optional. Prices fob factory and subject to change.
A letter dated November 17 from Sagaken Japan, written by Hiroaki Mizokami, applauds Seattle Auto Company advertising power and bargain used car prices. He notes Japan’s growing auto fever and demand for seven passenger cars to operate like jitneys between stations, prompting sales manager Harria to consider foreign markets despite no prior plan.
Senator John H M Bankhead chair of the senate committee on post offices and post roads led a Washington to Atlanta road journey. The trip showcased his advocacy for a linked highway from the nation’s capital to the Pacific coast with speeches and educational talks during the drive. President T S Plowman and H M Rowe joined as key supporters of the Bankhead Highway efforts.Secretary J A Rountree aided as expedition accelerator.
President Woodrow Wilson commends the American Automobile Association for dis continuing motor race sanctions during wartime. The letter to John A. Wilson praises stopping automobile racing until after the war to conserve materials and fuel.
A comment in the American Motoriet likens the so called expert driver to a pest, praising the skilled mechanic while criticizing reckless street behavior. It describes dangerous driving patterns near garages and cites a city-wide missing person case, Maude K. Wright, a 34 year old widow last seen December 13 at A. & Kennedy, 7935 58th Ave. 8.
Harry Austin of the Washington Oakland Company notes rising business and locks his private car during the day to protect sales signals. H FR Battenberg of Western Motor Sales is out of town likely to push Kleiber trucks to Uncle Sam at Camp Lewin. 8 C Renner of Northwest Radiator and Fender Works celebrates a new building rising rapidly, due for completion after the new year.
The automobile industry begins full wartime cooperation with the government as the War Industries Board hosts the first automobile industries committee meeting. Chairman A W Copeland pledges 650 plants and 1080 parts makers to war needs and notes production will shift to support munitions while limiting passenger car output to reduce impact on 27000 retail dealers nationwide.
Police were informed Tuesday that Isabel Heba, 18, who left her home at Redmond Saturday for Seattle had not returned. Her father Louis Beba described her outfit as a brown dress and a long brown coat during the shopping trip to the city.
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