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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
7
The Navy Yard at Puget Sound expands rapidly with plans for 3000 workers and more, driven by shipyard needs and larger wartime vessels. Ole Hanson & Son promote Navy Yard additions with graded streets, close walks to schools, and affordable lots from $100, inviting buyers and workers to relocate.
A reader reports a long rupture cure found without surgery after years of pain and failure with operations. The note urges others to write to Eugene M Carpenter at 37!-C Marcellas for full information and potential life saving guidance.
More than 100 newspaper editors from the state gather in Bagley hall on the University of Washington campus for the fifth annual newspaper Institute opening session. The jovial group enjoyed a smoker hosted by the Seattle Press and Ad clubs with musical numbers, talks, verses, and a supper followed by an all-day meeting and a 7:30 p m informal session. The institute wraps up Saturday.
Sergt Putnam's dry squad nabbed lottery gamblers Wednesday night. Officers tailed ticket buyers into a small store at 510 Maynard Ave and confiscated marking ink and a suitcase full of tickets.
Dr J J Caldwell describes a distressing illness that does not end life but worsens in early years and fades after age forty. Attacks recur periodically. diet and palliative care help. Two antihamunis tablets at onset and one over two hours during an attack may shorten it. Anti kamnia tablets available at druggists under Air Tablets name.
Surgeons state men are slightly more subject to appendicitis than women. Seattle readers are advised that Adler-ika, a simple mixture including buck thorn bark and glycerine, is claimed to relieve or prevent appendicitis and related ailments. Swift's Pharmacies advertise the product.
In Chicago, January 11, a Burton report examines how livestock breeders and feeders argue for a government probe into meat pricing. The piece outlines risks to producers from price swings and losses in transit, and accuses large packers of manipulating profits while denying a real market pie.
New York January 11. Margaret Mason argues New Year’s is for mending and to patch up a face with makeup. She notes some husbands forbid cosmetics and suggests wives hide rouge and lipstick, warning it’s better to have a tarnished reputation than a shiny nose.
Port Orchard residents face a mayoral dilemma after a tie election produced a drawn winner. W F Lindekugel was certified, Hill protested, and the council then voted to grant authority to select a mayor amid party split.
The Seattle Central Labor Council supports creating a municipal public market funded by a general bond issue of 500000 to lease the property or 600000 to purchase outright. The measure seeks public market infrastructure in Seattle.
In the family of Mrs. William Burbank of Nelsonville New York five pairs of twins appear. Mrs Elizabeth Hodgman and Mrs Fannie B Asher are mothers of twins. Their brother Joseph Burbank is the father of twins, and Mrs Burbank herself is a mother of twins, as is her mother.
A writer questions whether producer losses are inflated by packers through market manipulation rather than natural supply and demand shifts. The piece asks how such a "controlled" market, if real, harms producers and what remedies might address the lassitude among producers.
Spindies are turned in Lawrence Massachusetts mills by Merrimac river power at a scale unmatched worldwide. Four hundred acres of mills employ 40,000 workers and produce 2,000,000 tons of woven fabrics annually.
Gray haired at 27 and 35 claims of restorable natural color through an easy method. The letter offers free full information to readers, asking for name, address, title, and a 2-cent stamp to receive instructions that allegedly remove gray hair without dyes.
The Seattle Yacht Club elected N. H. Latimer as commodore for the year after a unanimous vote on Wednesday night. Capt. J. T. Gibson was chosen vice commodore and W. G. Norris rear commodore. J. B. Chilberg retires as commodore and thanked the club. A dinner will welcome the new officers in two weeks.
More than 200 laymen and five bishops attended a banquet at the Aret club Wednesday night honoring the 16th anniversary of Frederick W. Keator's consecration as bishop.
United Presse reports the House Rules Committee defeats the second Wood resolution to probe Thomas W. Lawson’s charges and refuses the first resolution. Lawson is purged of contempt. Democrats oppose all probe measures while Republicans consider a minority report.
University of Washington students receive a letter outlining forming an overseas ambulance corps. Six months service costs 400 dollars covering fare, uniform and incidental expenses. Enlistees aged 21 to 55 are organized into squads of 20 and attached to front armies with Ford operations explained.
Anselmo Rancione, a farm hand, sues employer Peter Cerine in Superior Court Judge Mackintosh's court, claiming the bossy temper of the master caused harm and seeks $500 in damages.
Rancione faces a damage claim for 590 dollars after a cow kicked him several times, fracturing two ribs and causing humiliation, mental anguish, and physical pain for the farmer from Van Asselt.
Portland officials greet Ettore Fiordalisi the new Italian consul who opened offices here and says direct lines between Portland and Italian ports will likely be established after the war. The item also notes John Davis filing another lawsuit against F. K. Struve for allegedly purchasing property without authority while Davis was away.
The ad touts Brownatone hair stain as a lead free dye for gray hair with no itching. It promises uniform color from light brown to black and a monthly touch up with no fading. Sample offers and dealer restrictions are noted, from Kenton Pharmacal Co. and Owl Drug Co. locations.
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