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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1918
Page
5
An advertisement promotes Olive Tablets by Dr Edwards claiming they reduce irritation and improve appearance. The copy urges taking one or two nightly for a week and notes the product costs 10c or 25c per box with availability from all druggists.
Advice promotes Jad Salta as a remedy for rheumatism. It claims damp cold weather worsens uric acid buildup and that drinking Jad Salta daily for a week can flush impurities from blood and kidneys, reducing joint pain. It emphasizes affordability, safety, and wide use by sufferers.
Camp Lewis Tacoma February 28 Sixteen more soldiers born in Austria have been discharged and will be interned bringing the total enemy aliens discharged to 200. All copies of Fritz Von Frantzius book A Book of Truth and Fact in the camp have been ordered destroyed Brig General F S Foits holds the volume is enemy propaganda.
Relief comes instantly as a dose taken every two hours, up to three doses, to end misery from a severe cold. It opens clogged nostrils, stops discharge, relieves feverishness and sore throat, and costs only a few cents at any drug store. Be sure you get the genuine.
A vintage style home remedy claims you can make effective cough syrup at home by mixing 2 ounces Pinex with a pint of sugar syrup. It promises quick relief from coughs, sore throats, bronchial irritation, and fits with a low cost under 1 dollar, backed by a satisfaction guarantee.
Readers send thanks from soldiers in France to The Star for support via the Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund. A letter from WM. KE. DAVIS JR. of the American Expeditionary Forces describes front-line service, dangers from artillery and aircraft, and gratitude for donations that feel like home. Readers are invited to clip the coupon and contribute.
Maud Powell violinist to perform with the Philharmonic at the Metropolitan Theatre on Thursday night. The program includes Dvorak Violin Concerto in A major Op. 53 with piano and orchestra, Sibelius Pohjola's Daughter selections, Hartmann and Poldini pieces, and Dvorak Songs My Mother Sang. First Seattle performances noted.
The firm Gill Hoyt and Frye, suspended from practice for one year by state bar examiners, filed a brief in appeal to the state supreme court. They argue lack of jurisdiction by the bar examiners and that courts alone may censure attorneys. The Merchants’ Protective Association they operated is claimed not to practice illegally. Gill says he was not a member when he became mayor.
A collage of vaudeville style antics centers on a mischief making goat teased by extras before a rope is cut. Bill Hart triumphs in a boxing style duel while other films tease plots of love, divorce and espionage on local theater marquees.
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a quick fix for dandruff and hair loss. It claims within ten minutes scalp itching ends and after weeks new hair grows, while hair becomes thick, soft, lustrous and more abundant. It urges readers to obtain a small bottle from drug stores or toilet counters.
A health instruction urges drinking hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate each morning. It claims this practice floods out toxins from stomach and organs, cleansing the alimentary tract and improving digestion, energy, and complexion for those with constipation, biliousness, headaches, or stomach issues. It recommends obtaining a quarter pound from a pharmacist as inexpensive and nearly tasteless.
Today’s programs feature Hart in Wiee Hewden at Coliseum Hill, Mildred Harrie in The Price of a Good Time at Linerty, Mildred Manning and Wallace MacDonald in The Marriage Specification at Clemmer, Jack Mulhall in Madame Spy at Mission, Rex Keach in Footsteps of Capt Kidd at Strand, Elaine Hammerstein in The Co Respondent at Colonial, Hubert Warwick in The Argyle Case at Class A.
The store announces a sale on crochet cotton balls at 15¢ each and royal society varieties, plus 12 yard cuts at 15¢. Dress trimmings Braids in blue brown and gold priced 10c to 50c per yard with short lots. Women’s cotton hose, sturdy, fashionable leg and foot, about 30 dozen, two pairs for 26¢.
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