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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1919
Page
10
A frantic bargain sale at a Seattle store slashes prices on coats suits shoes and more. Merchants advertise drastic cuts with garments marked as low as 27 cents and 5 cents while touting big profits and rapid sales. The scene is crowded with shoppers seeking dependable values and reduced prices.
A reader describes a six month habit of standing on a streetcar with left side up, causing left leg weakness. The responder advises alternating sides, using straps on each side on different evenings, practicing to restore balance and return to normal gait.
A reader urges reporting a man with LW. W. literature who keeps four girls, three of school age, from attending school. The letter suggests contacting the truancy officer via the school board for action.
Jorcey Williams, a renowned American actress at the Imperial Theatre in St. Louis, shares a low cost home mixture to darken gray hair. The formula uses water bay rum Barbo Compound and glycerine applied twice weekly, claimed to render hair soft glossy without coloring the scalp.
Note: brief OCR fragment appears garbled but suggests inquiry into the scope and content of materials related to the office of the prosecuting attorney. No explicit facts, dates, or named entities are readable for concrete reporting.
A married woman seeks to compel her husband to return after he left during a quarrel. The text notes that the state has no funds for extraditing deserters from other states or countries. It advises visiting the state where the husband resides or hiring an attorney to pursue the matter.
A reader explains military sleeve colors where a blue stripe marks less than six months in the country, a silver stripe indicates six months of service here, a gold stripe shows six months of foreign service, and a red bar means honorable discharge.
G Mackie stationmaster at Pal Kirk Eng retires after almost five decades with the railway. He recalls 1873 practices when luggage rode on carriage roofs on lines like the London and Edinburgh and was secured by tarpaulins.
A narrator recovering from wartime separation enters a posh sanitarium under a new identity. Dr Mandel and Miss Dennia, plus the Lorimer wealth, guide her stay as she plans to outwit Eloise and await an Atlantic departure. The plot shifts between luxury and confinement as secrets unfold.
In Lenox Massachusetts Miss Hishon Bishop demonstrates sled dogs trained to carry US mail along a snow covered road to the Lenox post office. Postmaster John M Johnson was tossed into a snowbank as the team sped toward the post. Cortlandt Field Bishop imported Malemutes Husky and Saisky from Ruby Alaska to keep on standby for government emergencies.
Under Rev. Dr. Mark A. Matthews extension plan a Seattle Presbyterian group will begin a new four story school type building on Sixth Ave near Main St. The $200000 facility will house the Japanese mission of the First Presbyterian Church led by Pastor Rev. O Inouye.
Sixty lines of industrial research are studied by students at the University of Washington under the direction of the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club.
Dry Squad Officers A G Ford and Co D Legate seized 18 pints of booze as evidence against Watson near the King Street station. The suspect was taken into custody and is awaiting further charges.
This classic ad claims instant relief for indigestion, heartburn, gas, and dyspepsia. It touts Pape's Diapepsin tablets as inexpensive and universally effective with fast action and wide drugstore availability.
The advertisement touts a long used remedy that stops coughs and colds before they worsen. It claims men women and children of all ages have used it for fifty years and continues to sell in generous bottle sizes priced at 606 and 1.20.
A historic ad touts Dr Kings New Life Pills promising clear bowels mind and digestion. It claims mild effective relief and urges purchase at drug stores nationwide for a fresh start each morning.
A Northwest newspaper highlights Star Want Ads as the region’s largest audience for classified notices. Readers are urged to place ads for sales jobs and services, with spaces opening daily across multiple sections and platforms. Local merchants report brisk early responses.
San Diego Feb 17 Lieutenant James McCullough of Ream aviation field is named the gunner who shot a whale ashore at Imperial Beach last week. Reports say the whale rose two miles off shore and spit defiance. the aviator fired with a machine gun, riddling the whale’s back. The feat may popularize airman whale hunting along the coast.
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