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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1913
Page
5
An early 20th century advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a safe, gentle cleanser for children's stomachs and bowels. It claims to regulate digestion, liver, and bowels, easing feverishness, irritability, and poor appetite. The ad urges parental trust in the product and notes preparation by the California Company.
The Ladies' Tailor Suit Shop offers made to order suits for ladies priced at 25 dollars and 28 dollars with workmanship guaranteed. Located at h-30e Lum, the shop markets tailored women's suits with professional tailoring services.
Albert J. Goddard proposes a government canal area subway to Ballard traffic with a two mile route starting Fifth Ave N and Evanston, aiming to ease Ballard flow. A city engineer plan and cost estimates are to be prepared this afternoon as the measure advances. Wireless telegraphy is expanding in South America and Bolivia. A dentist advertises low prices and guaranteed work at 713 First Avenue, Seattle, with multiple offices and hours listed.
In the Drapery Section a display of Burlap Covered Screens offers big value for little money. Screens include B Panel, S Panel, and 3 and 4 panel variants in fumed oak or oak frames with burlap in green brown or tapestry borders. Regular prices range up to $9.75. specials from $2.50 to $6.50.
A $10,000 chef argues living costs rise as butchers waste prime cuts. He urges housewives to use cheaper cuts like short ribs with proper preparation, citing fat prices, dining habits, and misperceptions about meat quality. He explains trimming, cooking methods, and boiling times to tenderize inexpensive cuts.
Oven braised chuck pot roast with vegetables bay leaf cloves peppercorn and broth. instructions include browning in drippings, flour, water, onion with cloves, and catsup, plus fat removal and slicing for gravy. Also quick fried sliced chuck with onions potatoes parsley and cider vinegar. flank steak note with olive oil pepper salt and rare broil served with butter parsley and lemon.
A theater usher shares how singing helped him cope after a jilting and offers guidance to lovelorn youths and girls. Readers submit questions on love, marriage, and age appropriate outings, with Miss Grey advising on finances, timing, and social conduct.
An advertisement urges taking Cascarets to cleanse the liver stomach and bowels and end constipation by morning. It claims to remove sour undigested foods foul gases excess bile and toxin waste from the intestines and bowels with a 10 cent box offering long lasting relief for adults and children alike.
Eugene Walter’s Paid in Full is presented by Bailey and Mitchell at the Seattle Theatre this week. The sensational play adapts his novel about a modern young man who steals from his boss and schemes to atone through his wife. Tickets are inexpensive as the theater is not in the Theatrical Trust, with matinees on Thursday Saturday and Sunday.
A long pricing list details Parma Violet Talcum Powder and dozens of cosmetics. includes benzoin cream Arnica cream Bourjois powders eye pencils hair tonics toothpaste soaps shampoos wafers and fragrances with sale prices ranging from a few cents to under a dollar. numerous brands such as Pinaud Bourjois Woodbury’s Colgate Jergen’s and Rose Rouge appear with percent and unit price discounts.
Prince Rupert B C Feb 24 Word arrives of two prospectors who died or were gravely harmed while staking a claim on Silver Creek Alaska The trio faced winter with a closed trading post supplies scarce one man Lindeman went insane and burned to death Redmond survived after amputation of both legs and attempted retreat with his dogs to an Indian camp
Average buying prices paid to farmers and selling prices to retailers are listed across commodities. Items include apples, pork, mutton, poultry, and vegetables with variations by quality, location, and grade. The table shows specific figures for each commodity such as corn, hay, and dried meats, reflecting regional price spread and product readiness.
Seattle readers are urged to try a simple buckthorn bark glycerine mixture, advertised by Swift's Pharmacy at Second and Pike. The ad claims a single dose treats sour stomach gas and constipation by antisepticizing the digestive organs and drawing out impurities.
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