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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1917
Page
5
An old advertisement extols Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle liver and bowel tonic to prevent a sallow complexion and eye bags. It claims the vegetable compound clears impurities, tones the liver, and offers boxes priced at 10c and 25c, available from all druggists.
The U S missionary Robert Allen Hadden died when the French liner Athos was sunk by a submarine 216 miles east of Malta on February 17. The State Department announced the casualty, received from Consul Keblinger at Manta.
Paris reports a French detachment at night breached German trenches north of Senones in the Vosges. A German raid near Wisembach earlier today was repelled by French forces.
An advertisement touts Tiz as a cure for aching swollen tender corns bunions and foot misery. It claims instant relief instantly reduces shoe tightness and swelling and offers a year of comfort for 25 cents with a call to buy at drugstores or department stores.
Wilkes players bring the famed drama Within the Law to the Orpheum for Sunday matinee, marking the troupe’s Seattle anniversary. Cast features Phoebe Hunt Norman Hackett John Sheehan Fanchon Everhart William C. Walsh George Rand Addison Pitt with strong heart focal scenes and multiple principal roles.
The first shipment of Petaluma ogen arrived yesterday with strong demand. Buyers purchased many erg items, preparing them for shipment north. Hutter in Portland raised to 42 cents, signaling firm market tone for wholesale vegetables including cabbage, celery, and garlic amid varied per unit prices.
A vintage advertisement touts Cascarets as the best gentle liver and bowel cleanser. It promises clearer heads, sweeter stomachs, fresher breath, and more energy, claiming to ease biliousness headaches constipation and bad breath. The copy also lists grocery prices and meat and produce rates alongside the ad copy.
A reader asks about marrying across faiths between a Protestant man and Catholic woman and delaying marriage for insight. Another letter discusses a wife starting a bank account on a low income, advising careful budgeting to cover rent and essentials and to seek joint expense planning with the husband.
A letter from a young man asks if he should annul his marriage after discovering his wife’s lack of virtue. An adviser says separation was right as she did not try to start anew. A second reader questions eugenics claims while a father of nine defends responsible parenthood and caring for many children.
A letter to Miss Grey argues that Rome named only one Saturday and the remaining days derive from Anglo Saxon and Scandinavian origins. Albert N. Rust is urged to verify the origin of weekly day names.
Tina Lerner, noted pianist since age 16, will perform with the Philharmonic Orchestra Monday night March 5. Born in Russia, she rose to prominence as a child soloist with Moscow Philharmonic at 15 and has won wide praise from critics in Europe and America.
Miss Ida Tarbell spoke at the YWCA on Industrial Idealism urging shorter hours better sanitation and worker cooperation. She said employers must study labor conditions to gain good results and that prosperity comes from millions of happy workers not lone fortunes.
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