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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
3
An Enquirer style caution urges parents to use California Syrup of Figs for children's tummy troubles noting its gentle cleansing effect. The ad-like copy claims rapid relief from stomach ache, feverishness, and restlessness, and advises asking a druggist for a 60 cent bottle made by the Fig Syrup Company.
Mrs Belmont, wealthy New York society matron and wife of a famous millionaire sportsman, as president of the Educational Dramatic League, plans a community theatre to be used by schools settlements churches and other amateur groups for productions.
Philadelphia publishers followed Buffalo and Pittsburg by increasing penny paper prices yesterday. The white paper shortage is serious and the government plans to unify publishers with paper manufacturers to ease the supply.
Two men were arrested Thursday on fraud charges connected to a alleged lumber mill scam aimed at workers George P. Rossman and Owen B. Baker. Complainant Carl Anthony and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Ellis say applicants were asked to invest from 50 to 500 dollars, with more than 25 people said to have invested.
An advertisement touts Hamburg Breast Tea as an effective vegetable remedy for colds and grip. It advises a tablespoon in boiling water, strained, to drink a tea cupful to relieve congestion and loosen bowels.
Prisoner 7124 begins parole as the Star notes inmates at Walla Walla craft verse. The piece argues prisons suppress expression yet provoke art and poetry in men, listing poems and themes from hopeful resilience to bitter doubt.
Pittsburg reports a four year old boy from Youngstown Ohio named M Stearns suffered a fractured skull after falling twenty stories down an airshaft in the Oliver building. Despite injuries he has a fighting chance for life as of February 1.
Old Father Blizzard hits the Middle West then Seattle delaying service. The Olympian and Spokane local will be the only two trains running in the city today as most rolling stock is tied up in South Dakota. Northern Pacific trains were 12 hours late with Havre Mont temps 40 to 70 degrees below zero. Great Northern trains about three hours late.
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