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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1918
Page
4
Ground glass in candy sickened about 120 Sind infantry soldiers at Camp Forest. The Base hospital treated many with serious injuries after they consumed candy from the army canteen, which reportedly had been shipped from Kaorville, Tennessee.
A crowd of about 4000 gathered Sunday at Dreamland after a large parade calling for immediate release of Tom Mooney and other San dynamite defendants. The group urged appealing to President Wilson by telegram and backing a nationwide May Day strike if Mooney remains imprisoned.
A promotional pill ad touts Cascarets as a gentle liver and bowel cleanse to improve digestion and energy. It claims bile buildup causes biliousness, headaches, dizziness, coated tongue, bad breath and sour stomach, and urges adults and children to use Cascarets nightly.
Paid advertisement outlines J. D. Blackwell's platform. He cites university studies on $1 505 annual living costs for wage earners and pushes public ownership of utilities including light water gas telephone and railways. He appeals to democracy and wage earner opportunity against millionaire cost-boosters.
A reflective dialogue between Margie and Dick centers on Mollie’s relief that Mother Trent will stay at a hotel, while they debate ideas versus tyranny of thought. Dick counsels balancing ideas with humanity, noting Victorian virtues and changing roles of women as Chad’s influence lingers. (To Be Continued)
A special election within 60 days may put a $20 monthly salary increase for municipal employees to a vote. The move was approved by 250 city workers at the labor temple meeting led by police and fire committees. An expert will survey salaries if Councilman Hanna's bill passes.
At the Masonic Soldiers Relief Fund bazaar held at the Masonic temple the popularity contest concluded with Mrs. Fred P. Gorin of 3403 Bella Vista Mt. Baker park winning. She secured 291000 votes out of 600000 total.
Mrs. F H Stein of Worcester Massachusetts credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving monthly weakness and pain after doctors failed. She says the remedy restored health, allowing her to work and care for her baby, urging other women with displacement irregularities inflammation and nervousness to try it.
A reader argues for sensible dress by climate and era, noting trousers for cold regions and skirts for warmth, with examples from Bequimoc and ancient Greece. A second letter counsels moving on from a past love, urging the wife to forget and rebuild life with her husband. A third asks how to meet a soldier's mother, advised to invite rather than wait for invitation.
W W. Sadler denounces claims of his I W W ties after a February event at the Labor Temple. He asserts no I W W presence, clarifies he attended late, and states his role as Cas sidy campaign manager within the socialist, AFL framework.
Analysis argues Germany can press on with actions against France while pressuring Italy, amid rumors of a large Ludendorff reorganization and new gas. Austrian and German forces shift from Russia to the west, with war weariness growing and political shifts at Bautzen signaling changing support for the Kaiser.
A sharp push for St Jacobs Liniment claims immediate relief from rheumatism pain and stiffness. The ad says most rheumatic pain needs no internal treatment and promises quick results for sciatica neuralgia lumbago backache sprains and stiffness with a small trial bottle available at drug stores.
Cream colored Scotch Madras with small pink blue or yellow figures described as fast color and ideal for bedroom or living room curtains. Priced 50c 65c and 85c per yard with a small down payment and weekly payments. The offer is titled The Free.
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