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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1918
Page
4
Washington reports over 1,300 Army Nurse Corps personnel serving in the war effort with 2,700 others in reserve or training. Miss Dora FE Thompson leads the corps, planning to recruit from 4,500 to 25,000 nurses to meet army needs. She urges young women to enter hospital training now to free graduates for front-line service.
Mis-spelled ad copy touts Cascarets as a cure for headache biliousness indigestion bad breath and constipation. It promises relief within hours and claims to be harmless and non-gripe with 10 cent boxes available through a druggist.
E N Furman establishes a Northwestern Shorthand Reporting School aimed at training stenographers. The new program promises efficient methods and practical instruction to improve court and office reporting quality.
Mary Louise Rochester daughter of Judge G A C Rochester sails for France to lead entertainment for soldiers at an American base under the Y M C A. A telegram from New York confirmed her appointment and asked her father’s permission, which was granted immediately. Her two brothers already serve.
University of Illinois forestry building on campus, housing the university museum since 1909, cannot be saved from decay caused by fungi. Assistant Professor J W Hotson of botany and H L Trumbull of chemistry report failed attempts, including X ray experiments, to kill the growth.
Fifty thrift meetings will be conducted in Seattle's largest plants and institutions starting Wednesday noon in observance of Y M C A Thrift Week. The plan was set at a thrift dinner Monday night by the thrift clubs of the Y M C A and Y W C A.
Cynthia Grey helps readers interpret wartime customs and family law. Notes cover adopting soldiers, founding papers cost about $25, Valentine origins and traditions, and Montana divorce remarriage waiting periods of two years for the innocent party and three years for the guilty party.
Inquisitive query lists officer ranks from lieutenant to general. A goose sold in Greenfield Iowa for 2912 dollars and previously at Winterset for 2559 dollars, totaling 5471 dollars, with both sales at Red Cross auctions.
A Seattle optical shop on First Ave offers a free examination by a graduate optometrist. They grind lenses in house and state glasses are not prescribed unless absolutely necessary, with a promotion titled Best $2.50 glasses on Earth.
A wife reflects on differences between love for adopted twins and her own child. Donna plans to adopt a red headed boy and rushes to complete legal steps, while the narrator questions readiness and feels mixed nerves about a second child. The scene includes a trip to a Baby Shop and excitement over clothes.
More than 100 veterans attended the Washington Volunteer Association banquet at Washington Annex to celebrate the 19th anniversary of the Battle of Santa Ana. Speakers included Chief of Police Joe Warren Sheriff John Stringer City Attorney T. J. L. Kennedy and Camp Lewis MP chief Capt. Hopkins.
Herring, abundant in Puget Sound, may be packed and preserved for off season use. State Fish Commissioner Darwin Mayn says Beotch packing method could work with local herring. The Key City Paving Co. of Port Townsend has shown interest and requested detailed information.
The article promotes morning internal baths using hot water and limestone phosphate to flush the stomach liver kidneys and intestines. It claims daily elimination prevents toxins and a range of ailments while selling a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from drugstores as a small cost to become a devoted advocate.
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