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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1920
Page
2
Maurice Brown of the Cornish School of Music pledged 10 000 dollars to the drive for a new fine arts building during a Frederick Nelson auditorium meeting. About 1 100 students are enrolled as supporters discuss plans to raise 60 000 to 100 000 dollars to keep the nationally reputed school in Seattle.
Mrs Kuwahari detained for four months at the immigration station will be released to join her husband who entered the country illegally. Judge Jeremiah Neterer granted the writ in federal court on Wednesday noting Kuwahari’s ability to support a wife with more than $1,500 in the bank and earnings of $150 a month as a laborer.
An ad-like piece describes poisons irritating the body and causing rheumatism neuralgia and weak blood. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic to build blood strengthen nerves and improve health with a booklet and mail order option from Schenectady New York priced 60 cents per box.
Wire briefs note many lives lost in a tidal wave with passengers reporting from the Society Islands. Other items mention Ellen Calhoun elected editor at Stanford University, ships abandoned, a Santa Fe director dead in Santa Barbara, a whisky cargo steamer to be released, Canada’s population, Cuba peace treaty ratification, missing ship Argentina Maru, deaths of Hugh Strethern and Orville Milligan, charges of criminal syndicalism, a large estate left to Seattle heirs, and burglars taking a 500 pound safe with $200.
An old advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe alternative to calomel for purging. It claims they improve digestion, prevent dark tongue and bad breath, and relieve constipation with a vegetable formula blended with olive oil. Samples urge taking one tablet daily with color and ease in taste.
The city urges women to attend Home Nursing Classes at Red Cross Headquarters 915 University Street to prepare for influenza care. Red Cross Public Health Nurses operate hourly service. contact Elliott 795. A Red Cross Tea Room is open at Fourth and Virginia, and waste materials should be sent to the Salvage Department at Elliott 4512.
The Clemmer remains owned by original stockholders, all red-blooded Americans from Seattle, with no changes in ownership or management planned. Mayor Fitzgerald urges the public to observe Scout Week next week and adopt the motto Do a good turn to someone every day.
Starving and suffering exposure, C. W. McCune, 80, was found under a warehouse at 1717 Railroad Ave S S and taken to the city hospital. A misdemeanor charge in justice court accuses F. P. Otta of setting a burglar trap that injured Edward Allott, 13, and Earl McDonald, 12, on Tuesday.
This ad touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. It promises relief from belching sour stomach, fermentation, heaviness after meals, and loss of appetite by stimulating gastric juices. Sold at all druggists for 56 cents a box.
Edwin Beattie shoppers are urged to try Lavoptik eye wash with witch hazel hydrastic camphor and related ingredients. A girl with strained eyes improved after one application and her mother, who could hardly sew or read, benefited within a week. A small bottle is guaranteed to aid any eye case. Aluminum eye cup. Fred Swift Drug Co. and leading drugists.
A 88 year old Michigan blacksmith in Homer continues hammering at his trade after claiming his piles were cured by an internal treatment. He feels younger and remains active in the shop, underscoring the method's impact on his health and work life.
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