Keep the Instrument With 16 Selections for $1 Weekly
Advertises owning an instrument with sixteen selections at $1 per week, total price $58.55, promoting a permanent home life feature and easy ownership terms.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1916
Page
5
Advertises owning an instrument with sixteen selections at $1 per week, total price $58.55, promoting a permanent home life feature and easy ownership terms.
The article warns that lack of fresh air weakens blood oxygen, slows liver function, and harms organs. It urges immediate action, open air time, deep breathing, and using a product called kerein from Bartell Drug Co to aid weight loss and digestion with noticeable results in days.
Henry Pauly, former hotel manager, rebutts Henry Gill’s charge that Austin Griffithe hired men for 50 cents a day from the Hotel Liberty. Pauly cites payrolls and county road work funded by county commissioners, defending the hotel staff and detailing payments and supervision under the Central Council of Special Agency Unemployed Committees during 1914-1915.
Early reports listed 20 dead and 100 injured but investigation shows two women died and 85 persons were hurt in a dynamite blast in Maplewood suburb near St. Louis. Fire in stored dynamite used for sewer excavation caused the explosion. several houses were wrecked.
The Hanna billboard ordinance failed after a 5 6 vote with five councilors supporting override. Supporters included Boin Fitzgerald Haas and Hesketh while Marble Erickson Dale Lundy Hana backed it. The bill would tax billboard space and regulate industry. The concealed weapons ordinance passed over the mayoral veto with Fitzgerald and Hesketh opposing. Erickson proposed quarterly utility revenue and expense statements.
The schooner Fifield struck a heavy sea while crossing the bar at Bandon at 6 45 this morning and lies on the beach 200 feet south of the south jetty. A large hole in the bow and port side to sea. The crew of 21 and four passengers escaped unharmed. The vessel carried a large cargo.
A naturalization banquet and program at 6 30 Tuesday evening at the Y M C A will feature addresses by Gov Lister and Dr Carter Helm Jones. George H Walker will be toastmaster. The event honors Seattle's newly naturalized citizens.
A vintage ad promises relief from burning, swollen and tired feet with a 21 cent bar of Tiz. It claims rapid effect for corns callouses and bunions, advises smaller shoes, and offers a year long comfort guarantee or refund.
A health note urges drinking hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims this routine flushes poisons toxins improves digestion and renews energy like a full body purification.
Mayoral candidate Gill rails at Griffiths blaming him for city finance woes. He cites staff cuts, salary policies, and Griffiths wealth while denying attacks on women and defending his own budget measures and Ballard extension opposition.
A drug store remedy promises quick relief from grippe and severe colds with a dosing schedule of every two hours for three doses. It claims to unclog passages, stop discharge, ease headache and feverishness, and to taste pleasant while costing 25 cents.
A fragmented Victorian letter reveals Mary describing affection for Max Pendleton, independence from bookselling gains, and hospitality to romance in Paris. She questions marriage timing while noting his charm, care, and a strong library connection as the basis for future union consideration.
An old advertisement promotes NOW-DOC PORE TREATMENT as a cure all for neuralgia rheumatism headaches and various ailments through topical rubs. It claims skin clarifying benefits and lists sizes for druggists. A separate fragment quotes a sentimental letter about love and marriage amid spring in Paris and family notices.
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