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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1919
Page
2
An appeal stresses that healthy teeth prevent deadly diseases traced to gums and teeth. It urges immediate action to avoid regret and claims sound teeth boost health, efficiency and appearance, noting comfort and pleasure come from good dental care.
Norman M. Wardall reports valuable furniture theft at his home 2215 41st W. Missing items include chairs a reading lamp and a rug. The incident was filed with police as a reported burglary.
The Central public library distributed 2 952 books to adults last Wednesday breaking the prior peak of 2 852 set February 3 1917. Of the total 1 800 were fiction.
A former US Army soldier writes to Miss Grey complaining he has not been paid since discharge, noting promises of two weeks’ delay and three months of silence. He seeks guidance, blaming a Washington clerk and requests action via his district representative Lindley H. Hadley, Congressman from Washington.
An inquiry asks whether formal design schools exist or if entry to a fashion position and on‑the‑job learning are advised. The writer seeks guidance on starting age, training paths, and practical steps toward a clothing design career.
The narrator awakens despondent but resolves to act. She admires the Belgian woman and hatches a plan to enter a sanitarium in a bold switch with Eloise. In a tense morning, she encounters Bob in a rare, cheerful mood and confronts Eloise about exchanging places in the asylum.
Berlin reports a shattered labor movement as the postwar economy bites. Karl Liebknecht’s sect claims mass strikes, but actual turnout fades. unions shrink from 2.5 million prewar to under 1 million now, with wages lagging and food prices high.
Mayor Hanson and A W Leonard of the traction company back a contract letting Seattle purchase the system for fifteen million dollars in public utility bonds. The contract rests on a test case currently before the state supreme court at Olympia.
Mrs. Foot Root, chief officer for Southern California Women’s Christian Temperance Union, travels to Japan to organize dry forces there. She aims to establish Tokyo headquarters, train Japanese lecturers, and spread temperance education nationwide, funded by the National Dry Federation over five years.
In Paris a gray clothed man at the American peace mission press room proclaims he alone understands the League of Nations. He speaks of a Great Secret and departs, leaving reporters stunned and whispers of secrecy in his wake.
Mothers are urged to give Cascarets candy laxative instead of castor oil or calomel to children. The ad promises quick relief from white tongues sour stomach or cold and claims Cascarets are loved by kids, safe for tender bowels, with directions in every 10 cent box.
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