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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1919
Page
15
A health blurb urges drinking hot water with lime phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels. It claims skin pores cannot remove toxins while the stomach and organs do and suggests a teaspoon of lime phosphate in hot water followed by limestone phosphate for cleansing.
Frederick M. Kerhy reports on a wartime trade test system to quickly classify job applicants. Ten simple questions per trade, drawn from army research, can determine skill in five minutes, guiding examiner judgments and future nationwide adoption.
A list of ten exam questions for a bench hand covering terms such as cotter pin split pin taper and cap chisel, blueprints showing dotted lines for hidden parts, Prussian blue usage for bearing high spots, caliper and micrometer measurements, and a morphodite caliper variant.
Special sale offers coats for children and misses and gingham dresses priced at 2.50. Dresses come in small and large plaids with pique collars and cuffs, pleated or plain skirts, durable gingham. Sizes for girls 6 to 12 years. Third Floor.
Friday only offer on 20 dozen seamless bed sheets 81 by 99 inches in good weight. Priced at 1.45 each with a limit of six per customer. Located on the second floor at ae Lil.
Exceptional value offered on a splendid dining suite in quartered oak. Includes a 45 inch top table, a buffet, and five leather seated chairs all finished in fumed oak. Special price available.
A catalog listing introduces No. 194-a a slender figure corset with a wide elastic waist and long hip, priced 94.00. It also details No. 110-a a full figure corset with reinforced abdomen and white coutil, priced 84.00.
Fragmentary OCR mentions color combinations such as old gold and blue Chinese red and white green and gold rose and white blue and gold with numbers 213.75 and floor details. No clear event or entity identified.
Local listing promotes Axminster and rag rugs with 9x12 and 8x10 sizes at reduced prices for Friday specials. Describes patterns in soft colors and chenille borders, with printed cork linoleum and other floor coverings offered at marked discounts.
Beige 40 inch curtain veil offers 250 yards at special Friday pricing 20 cents per yard. Marquisette 36 inch wide curtains 214 yards long in white ivory and ecru priced at 1.25 per pair during special sale. Filet Curtain Net 36 inch white cream and beige priced at special 20 cents per yard.
Special to The Star reports on a British plan for economic independence, producing German imports domestically and in colonies. The scheme creates 20 engineering sections, labor guidance, and raw material safeguards within the empire to benefit Britain and its allies.
Washington February 20 protests against bills to repeal daylight saving are sent to Congress. Florence King of the Women s Association of Commerce wires support for keeping the extra hour of sun and recreation. Victory garden backers urge health and bigger crops by not repealing the law. Farming interests oppose moving the clock forward last Sunday in March.
In Marietta Georgia on February 20 Solicitor General Dorsey opened an inquiry into allegations that Naomi V Campbell head of a local orphans home traded a girl inmate for a cow and thirty dollars. The charge followed the arrest of Campbell during a broader probe into the institution's treatment of children.
Eight women have been selected to represent the University of Washington in debate this year. The chosen team includes noted speakers from campus organizations and honors programs and will compete in regional and national forums throughout the season.
London reports Great Britain constructed more than two hundred submarines after entering the war. The largest reach about 3,000 tons, 250 feet in length, with steam turbines, four inch guns, and eight torpedo tubes. One submarine monitor carried a 124 inch gun with a 25 mile range and a 350 pound shell.
Advertises Paper's Cold Compound as a fast remedy for colds and grippe. A dose every two hours to three doses relieves head congestion nasal discharge headache feverishness sore throat and sneezing. Claims prompt relief without inconvenience and notes genuine product availability at drug stores.
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