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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1917
Page
3
The Employers' Association of Washington changed its name on Thursday to the Industrial Association of Washington to prevent the guns. The item also mentions a physician or signer named Grove and references a product called Bromo Quinine.
Lose Your Fat Keep Your Health touts the Marmola Method as a safe way to shed two to four pounds weekly. Marmola Prescription Tablets sold at 75 cents per large case or via mail order from Marmola Company Detroit Michigan. They claim to be harmless and not cause wrinkles or flabbiness.
In Olympia on February 16 the emergency clause was used to block a referendum on Reed's first aid bill. Labor unions oppose the measure, arguing it shifts medical costs to employers, while the bill otherwise would require equal payments by employers and employees for injured workers' medical bills. The State Federation of Labor supports a Senate bill by Phipps that assigns all costs to the employer.
Chicago business leaders warn the embargo on exports will halt shipments and threaten thousands of jobs as railroads suspend freight. Grain elevators hold tens of millions of bushels while Detroit reports ten million dollars in cars awaiting shipment and military fears rise over wartime impact.
Mrs Story, president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, calls 95000 members to ready for possible wartime service. She will organize them to participate in Red Cross work and aid the nation if war comes.
Representative Randall of California drafts a bill to grant the president or secretary of war authority to seize distilleries and regulate saloons during war. He will introduce the measure at the onset of armed conflict with Germany, he stated today.
Olympia finds Mark A Reed of Mason County the lone legislator wary of legislating while holding the House whip. He leads the GOP floor efforts yet avoids the nerve of hard politicking. The piece contrasts ambition and duty among lawmakers at the capitol.
The article extols combining Peptiron Pills with Hood s Sarsaparilla to boost blood purification appetite and liver stimulation. It highlights Mark Reed a Shelton timber magnate with political lineage and a poised nonconfrontational style. It notes a Gen Pershing letter praising the Red Cross chapter for aiding troops on the border.
Advertises a remedy claiming to stop hair loss and clear dandruff by rubbing a recent bottle into the scalp. Describes feverish scalp irritation and shrinking hair roots, then rapid shedding, with results said to occur after a few uses.
In San Francisco, two men are dead and two others believed dying after a delayed blast exploded during a series of 24 shots. Twenty four blasts were set off in rapid succession and workers waiting behind a hammock saw 23 shots before the 24th doomed the crew of about 29 men. The Star will begin Julia Page's life story next Monday.
In Dickinson North Dakota on February 16 a man known as J. C. R. who arrived from near Waseca Minnesota years ago with speech and memory loss failed in a second legal attempt to prove he is Jay Allen Caldwell. District Judge W. L. Nuessle dismissed the suit after ten days of trial.
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