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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1917
Page
7
An advertisement promotes Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer promising even gray coverage without dye or medicine. It claims safe, permanent results and urges 50 cent price at Martell Drug Stores Seattle, with free booklet on Hair Culture and related Q-Ban products.
A chaotic program lists films and shorts including The Nick of Time Maby and The White Raven dramas, Mutt and Jeff animated comedy, Love Flame romance, and Max Comes Across riotous slapstick. It notes Old World stars Vivian Martin Ethel Barrymore, Gloria Swanson, and Douglas Fairbanks in scenes and theaters like the Coliseum Rex Strand and Clem mer.
A letter to The Star attacks economist and author Charles Edward Russell for his war predictions and views on U S neutrality. The writer challenges his logic on ending monarchies and urges an embargo on foodstuffs to ease living costs. The piece cites John Quincy Adams on national duty.
New York February 19 Dorothy Gray, known for her work with rich clients, has insured her fingers for 50000 dollars, her press agent says. Report notes her fingers have developed notable fleshy tips that raise her value to wealthy clients.
Five more ships join efforts to block submarine routes to Europe as war warnings intensify. The Mongolia Algonquin Czarita Tsuyama Maru and Casse Terre are set to sail from New York with Algonquin possibly delayed for lack of crew after clearing for London.
Washington reports that Count Olya Tolstoy, son of the famed author, was denied permission to speak at Columbia University. A Woman's Peace party committee wired an invitation for him to address a mass meeting in the city. They also invited Mrs Skeffington, widow of the Irish patriot barred from Harvard, to speak, promising to host more speakers if others are silenced.
A local ad promotes a free medical examination and prescription service at the Right Drug Company located at 169 Washington Street. The notice emphasizes careful exams, cost savings, and high quality treatment for those who are sick.
Val Martin and Ray Edwardes, both 24 and 28, photographers at the Blackstone hotel, will outfit a Ford as a darkroom and carry stereopticon lectures to advertise Seattle and Washington state. The plan, approved after discussion with the Chamber of Commerce, includes lecturing in cities and towns to fund the journey.
Seattle women volunteer for the Red Cross, sewing hospital supplies. Directors welcome workers daily from 9 am to 5 pm in the Cobb building at Fourth Ave and University St. Supplies stored for war or catastrophe use. Martin J Rumin notes many central and allied power subjects seek U.S. citizenship.
An old remedy suggests Hamburg Brust Thee as a vegetable, inexpensive cold cure. A tablespoon of the tea steeped in boiling water, strained, and drunk relieves congestion by opening pores and loosening the bowels, claiming quick cold relief.
A mother’s unending work drains her strength and shows in dimmed eyes and careworn expressions. An advertisement promotes Heart’s Emulsion of Norwegian Cod Liver Oil as a strengthening tonic to build nerves and energy. Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N J, claim Seattle’s Emulation is alcohol free and widely famed.
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