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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1917
Page
4
A piece urges personal reform as the key to improving humanity and reducing crime and vice. It argues that collective movements fail without individual purification of thought, speech, and action, and that cleaning up individuals will lead to public cleanliness, reform criminals, and lessen legal needs.
A letter-writer asks why stepmothers face hostility and how to improve relations with her husband’s three children. The reply notes old prejudice is fading and many families show unselfish devotion by stepmothers, but acknowledges the family’s strain and encourages persistence.
Advert says St Jacobs Oil eases neuralgia by rubbing into nerves with a small trial bottle available at drug stores. Claims include instant relief from face head or any body part without burning skin or causing injury and no return of misery.
Itching relief for eczema blotches ringworm and rashes with Zemo a penetrating disappearing liquid sold at drug stores for 25c or 1 for large bottle. It cleanses soothes heals quickly not greasy easily applied and inexpensive from The G W Rowe Co Cleveland Ohio.
Mary Pickford headlines the Clemmer with Artcraft films and a slate of comedies at nearby venues. Gladys Brockwell features in The Sins of the Parent at the Coliseum, with Lasky and Rex fare, The Libertine and Easy Street billed.
The Washington Automobile Chamber of Commerce explains why more cars exist than appear on personal tax lists. A Ford priced at 415 dollars loses value to 325 after three months. personal property tax uses half the assessed value, about 142.10 dollars. A married man is exempt from taxation up to 500 dollars under the statute.
Council of Social Agencies urged passage of a bill to establish a state home for feeble minded in Western Washington. Authorities report 313 such children needing care and supervision. Committee members include Austin E. Griffiths J E Crichton Albert Pillar M E Durham Judge King Dykeman Rev Sydney Strong Rev H D Brown Mrs V G Crahan Nellie Goodhue P Q Osborne and Miss Wagner.
Former Councilman Austin E. Griffiths traveled to Olympia to testify before the state senate constitution revision committee regarding Senate Bill 25. The proposal would allow voter consideration of an amendment to permit a state rural credit system, and Griffiths helped draft the rural credits law at recent land conferences.
The American liner St. Louis will not sail today and officials offered no comment on a possible later departure for Liverpool.
The state board of control arranged eye examinations at the state school for the blind in Vancouver. Operations in Portland hospitals helped four children gain sight. A girl operated Jan 10 can now distinguish color blocks on distant signs. her brother received a similar treatment. A boy born with closed lids had eyelid skin crafted and aluminum plates inserted. he can see through the window area. A girl with protruding eyes will have the eyes removed and artificial ones inserted.
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