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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1913
Page
5
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use Syrup of Figs as a gentle bowel cleanser for children with fever sour stomach foul breath and irritability. It touts quick results easing bowels without nausea and claims the product is the only reliable remedy, prepared by the California Syrup Co.
Local tooth replacement ads promise painless, natural looking restorations. They claim new plates replace missing teeth, even for full sets, with low prices and delivery of the finished product for customer testing before payment.
The Star announces a home economics series led by Mrs. Alice P Norton head of UC Chicago on common sense kitchen tasks. Mrs Senator La Follette writes on child-rearing while M Charles Laperruque discusses economical cooking terms. A $10000 a year chef will explain simple food science for households.
A reader aged 17 seeks help to break a late night social habit amid an unhappy home life. Miss Grey advises night school or college, warns against misplacing blame on men, and suggests lawful steps with juvenile court aid. Other letters discuss courtship, home duties, and pressures from parents and spouses. A ship news item notes the Dolphin’s arrival and Captain Manter’s death aboard the Pioneer.
Myrtle asks Miss Grey if a bashful orchestra musician will reveal love and seeks marriage and home. The column bluntly warns against illusion, urges self improvement, and declares no one has right to demand an easy path or marriage as a livelihood.
A historic advertisement promotes Dr Burkhart and his Vegetable Compound claiming health cures for stomach liver kidneys and constipation. The offer promises a 20 to 40 day treatment for 25 to 26 cents with a guarantee and druggist backing. It appeals to wide recognition and legacy from Dr Burkhart over 25 years.
In Larned Kansas on January 15 a nine year old girl, Anna Herger, nearly choked to death when a window affixed spring shut around her ankles. The family dog Shep dragged under the dangling feet and gave the support needed for her to free herself.
Elizabeth Floyd told Willesden magistrate that her husband turned her out two months ago and she has slept on his doorstep since. He and their son step over her as they leave each morning.
A bookkeeper at Bingen defied his sweetheart’s parents and entered her house by the chimney. He became wedged halfway down and suffocated before rescuers could reach him.
Paris dispatch reports the czarina of Russia is expecting a baby in the spring. The empress’s name will be omitted from all court functions until further notice.
A fragmented note discusses Mrs Hall and Cynthia Grey. It mentions court decisions on property rights, dates in 1876 and 1877, and guidance to consult Motion Picture magazine for moving picture firms. It also notes etiquette at toasts and requests information from the Art Museum on relics like a Soldier's pocket Bible and a violin from 1695.
A public notice explains letters may be unnamed and unanswered in the paper. It urges senders to include a stamped self addressed envelope for prompt replies, signed Cynthia Grey.
A reader asks who Cain’s wife was, proposing she may be She or a Nineteenth Century puzzle figure. Another correspondent suggests Twentieth Century science shows 6 000 years as Cain’s era allowing many potential mates.
A remark recalls Miss Pert once worked as a lunchroom waitress before marriage, highlighting her transformed status and public perception. The exchange notes her fetching manner and connects personal history to present standing.
A fragmentary notice notes Cynthia Arey and a search on a steamer Arizonian proving fruitless. It also reports proposed construction of three power launches for the forest reserve service in Alaska at a cost of $2,000 each.
Marcus B. L. Clyde of Clyde Michigan, eighty years old, married Mary A. Hiller of Vassar, aged 46, in Flint. Clyde, a Civil War veteran, called the moment his first kiss, in a bashful aside during the ceremony.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast remedy for sour stomach indigestion gas and dyspepsia promising rapid relief within minutes. It emphasizes safety affordability a money back guarantee and its usefulness for day or night stomach upset.
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