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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1918
Page
6
Winter sports peak as skating gains favor. The article highlights smart beaver fur skating caps styled like Russian Cossack hats. Caps cover head and hair with a flattering tilt and are adorned with flat silk braid buckles and corporal’s guards of butona.
Ad touts Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative suitable for the whole family. It claims gentle action with natural regulation of the bowels, without griping, and is sold in fifty cent bottles by druggists.
An advertisement extols GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules for backache and kidney bladder issues. It promises cleansing of kidneys and bladder, relief from pains and inflammation, and a money back guarantee if unsatisfied after a few days.
A reader asks Miss Grey who keeps the marriage license amid a dispute with her husband. Other letters discuss unfair treatment by in laws, leaving with children, and a woman seeking advice about joining her sister. Also addressed are questions on the Thirty Years War and War of the Roses and a confession about false registration for select service.
In a letter to the editor a teen speaker laments social scrutiny that delays courting. The columnist counters that families now educate daughters for the world beyond home and grant more freedom. Friendship between young men and women remains valuable and not to deter future courting.
Greek minister Georges Roussos and delegation in Washington in touch with Venizelos, signaling a shift to democracy in Greece. The embassy near Du Pont Circle at 1715 Massachusetts Ave. highlights Greece's mobilization, with about 200000 Greeks in America and a spring Balkan campaign seen as pivotal for the war effort. Thrift stamps urged as patriotic duty.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a rapid neutralizer of stomach acids, claiming relief in five minutes and a return to comfortable eating. It emphasizes quick, certain effect for indigestion and dyspepsia with a fifty cent bottle from any drug store.
In a tense clubroom scene Pat recounts a tragic life and a journalist’s pursuit of a scandalous letter. Annie condemns the woman's character while others debate decency and motive. Margie observes reconciliations among friends as Eliene’s support for Harry shines amid war thrift appeals.
An advertisement promises a dandruff cure using four ounces of plain squid arvon from a drug store. Applied at night, it claims to dissolve and destroy dandruff after a few uses, stopping itching and leaving hair fluffy and glossy.
A poetess narrative critiques male control in romance and urges men to accept women’s initiative. It argues that men often feel slighted when women act for their own happiness and calls for a shift toward appreciating women’s efforts to make partners happy.
An advertisement extols 8 S S as a vegetable blood medicine to purify blood and boost vitality. It promises stronger resistance to disease, urges readers to buy a bottle at the drug store, and offers free medical advice from the Swift Specific Co chief medical adviser in Atlanta Georgia.
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