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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1915
Page
13
Testimonials claim Sargol tablets help gain 10 to 35 pounds in days and weeks. Quietly marketed claims say a 60 day course increases weight, with guaranteed refunds if unsatisfied, and lists Seattle druggists Bartell Drug Co. and Swift's Pharmacy as local outlets.
A home milliner guide shows making a willow cloth light frame for hats to avoid heavy wire frames. Steps include dampening willow cloth, wrapping around the frame, precise stitching, trimming, wiring the edge, binding with crinoline, wiring the head size, and covering with velvet for a ready frame.
From Toledo Ohio on January 15 a letter arrives from Valentine Webber of Tiffin detailing that six brothers were killed in a single engagement in Germany. An uncle narrowly escaped death at the hands of Russian forces.
Sen Iturbide describes a daring six hundred mile horseback journey across a desert in Mexico. He recounts escaping enemies and the perilous trek that tested endurance and resolve.
This ad claims a new scientific discovery that combines essential elements to aid digestion and convert food into fat laden blood. It promises rapid weight gain of 10 to 16 pounds, highlighting facial fullness and muscular enhancement, with a money back guarantee from Caudonie White Sarget.
A sensational diet pitch claims thin men and women can gain weight by using a product called Sarge or Sar eel tablets. It touts rapid fat gain, “healthy stay there” pounds and an easily assimilated formula, offering a money back guarantee and urging readers to buy at multiple dealers.
A health note promotes gaining weight by adding Sarge tablets with meals for two weeks and weighing yourself. It claims 5 to 8 extra pounds of healthy flesh without fat, using meals to build new tissue while reducing waist waste and improving nourishment.
A large yellow cat climbed a power pole on the Fox and Illinois Union line from Yorkville to Morris, short circuited the trolley wire and tied up traffic for about half an hour. Morris lights briefly failed as cars sat in darkness until the animal was found.
Sheriff James A. Corey retrieved a compact burglar tool kit along with a revolver cartridges a dirk and a blackjack from the cork leg of a prisoner arrested for burglary.
A simple advertisement claims dissolving dandruff with four ounces of liquid arvon applied at night will remove dandruff by morning. Three or four more applications allegedly dissolve every sign, halt itching, and leave hair fluffy glossy and soft.
The Commercial Club’s building committee outlines plans for a new Arcade Annex home with a fifth story, 14 000 square feet on a single floor, large windows, and ample natural and artificial lighting. The banquet room will seat the largest capacity in the city, with two smaller rooms that open to expand the hall. A quiet library and a heated lounging area with two fireplaces are included, and the facilities will be open to members and guests weekdays until 11 pm and Sunday afternoons.
Dr E M Randall former pastor of the First Methodist church will present a stereopticon lecture detailing adventures from a trip through Interior Alaska at Gilman Park M E church Friday night He traveled north on the first tourist ticket issued through the Kiondyke
Mrs George F Hanscom of Lynn Massachusetts is claimed as the youngest grandmother in the United States at age 32. She married at 15, and so did her daughter who is the mother of the grandchild.
A group of Japanese Red Cross nurses and surgeons depart Seattle bound for Southampton and the European battlefields. Dr Jero Suziki leads the team trained in Germany, prepared to treat British and French soldiers as they join the front.
Washington report recalls Dr. Harvey W. Wiley describing his 21 year old son who has never tasted candy cake or ice cream. The doctor notes the boy eats crackers at parties and argues sweets in infancy promote fatness, calling it a sin to begin fat in babyhood.
Miss Anta Lee and Bertha Martins told police that James McNeal 40 of Marion followed them and was slapped by the two women. Police found McNeal groggy from the beating.
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