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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1917
Page
4
A New York reform group, the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, claims sickness causes 96 percent of poverty after visiting families. The piece warns bad living quarters and diet drive illness and poverty, urging慎 thoughtful treatment over sweeping cures and questioning the group's conclusions.
The note reflects on consumer pressure from high meat prices and the struggle to afford fresh produce, citing strawberries as an example of tightening household budgets and the impact of economic stress.
A garbled text fragment catalogs quirky sayings about animals travel myths and beliefs. It mentions a fish bathing in Africa on Yacahaca mountains and oats in leg positions, plus a boy and shoes, umbrella indoors luck, and a few twisted lines about love and kicking.
Baseball star Tris Speaker has surgery to remove a small bone fragment from his nose. The operation is described as minor with a quick recovery expected for the famed outfielder.
Ian Fogarty earns a sergeant stripe through hard work but chides Private Muldoon for losing his facial hair. Muldoon claims the mustache removal was for appearance. Fogarty threatens trouble if the incident repeats at parade.
A public notice style ad explains why women wash hair with a shampoo made for rinsing and whitening. It advocates a home made canthrox mixture costing about 4 cents per shampoo and dissolves dirt and oil for fluffy, lustrous hair.
Polly travels with Dr Dudley to Mrs Jocelyn’s and meets Aunt Jane in a crowded tenement. Aunt Jane forcibly takes Polly home to meet Uncle Rastus Bean and adjust to a harsh new life while Polly clings to a hope of visiting Mrs Jocelyn again.
Grandma used Sage Tea and Sulphur to darken gray hair. Modern Weeths Sage and Sulphur Compound comes ready to use in drug stores for about 60 cents a bottle and darkens hair without obvious residue. It promises a soft luster and youthful look, not a medical cure.
A vintage drug ad promotes Cascarets as a gentle liver and bowel cleanser that relieves biliousness headaches and sour stomach. It claims no aftereffects like calomel and urges mothers to give a whole Cascaret to sick or feverish children.
An old advertisement claims Dr F M Edwards treated many women for liver and bowel issues over 17 years. The remedy, Dr Edwards Olive Tablets, supposedly cleanse waste and toxins with olive color tablets costing 10c or 25c, marketed as a safe calomel substitute.
A health claim urges flushing kidneys with four ounces of rad Salts mixed in water before breakfast for several days. It says the drink, made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, cleanses the kidneys, reduces bladder irritation, and supports overall urinary health.
The Ukulele club at the state university has postponed its gatherings until after February. Office boy Al notes the delay stems from weather not conducive to a Hawaiian mood and tempo.
Fred W. Kelly writes in support of Jud Yoho and his anti littering proposal. He notes city ordinances ban advertising matter on streets and urges fellow eighteen members to unite, even if it costs him a vote, ahead of the February 20 city council primaries.
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