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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1916
Page
3
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast cure for indigestion gas heartburn and stomach discomfort. It claims relief within five minutes by digesting food, eliminating sour odors, belching, and nausea, and suggests a fifty cent case lasts months for the whole family.
An old beauty tonic claims Sage Tea and Sulphur darken gray hair to a natural glossy color. Advertised Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound promises to restore thickness and luster, stop dandruff and itching, with easy daily use.
Dr J M Morgan 89 a Seattle physician of old school died Monday by suicide at his California place Alki home after years with his wife who died December 5 1915. He left a letter saying their love never wavered and he could not endure loneliness and grief. He gave up practice to be with her and wrote he would be better off with his little love his angel and God.
Mayor Gill urges aid as unsolicited contributions totaling $485 fund helps homeless and persecuted Jews in Russia Poland Galicia and the Balkans. Donations may be sent to The Star Times P.I. Town Crier banks or to treasurer BE Shorrock of Northwest Trust and Safe Deport Co at Second and Union.
Market list shows prices paid to producers for vegetables fruits and dairy items. Alaska rutabagas cabbage lemons strawberries and apples appear with varying per pack or per crate rates while onions potatoes and peppers cover multiple varieties. Livestock and poultry prices include hens ducks turkeys veal and pork with selling prices to retailers and storage notes for dairy products butter cheese and creamery terms.
San Francisco aims to reclaim supremacy as a port for Alaska trade. Plans by the Pacific Coast Steamship Co would run Nome and St Michael service from San Francisco all summer, disrupting Seattle routes and boosting local shippers. The Nomember Senator will depart May 30 for Nome, signaling a shift from Seattle where vessels previously operated for 15 years. Steamship lines plan direct Alaska liquor shipments from San Francisco after losing Seattle profits.
Bluccasunna New Jersey January 22 William Doremus once hailed as a model young man is revealed as a bigamist. He is jailed in New York City after his estranged wife filed a complaint. His second wife, married two weeks, lies prostrate from the shock.
A 19th century style advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless, fast acting remedy for rheumatism sciatic pain and related ailments. It claims quick relief from soreness stiffness and swelling and urges readers to obtain a trial bottle from their druggist. It cites decades of use and broad effectiveness for various pains.
Ten years after his father’s Bank role George Rand contemplates Wallet and The City. A big moment at the American theatre asks if The City strengthens or weakens country youth, with twelve prizes for correct answers including theatre passes.
The big five act feature The Great Divide plays at the Coli seum through Tuesday night with House Peters and Ethel Clayton in leading roles. The production was filmed on the same site that inspired poet William Vaughan Moody.
An old time drug advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle bowel cleanser for children and adults. It claims quick relief for crossness feverishness and tummy trouble and warns buyers to demand the 50-cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company and to beware of counterfeit syrups.
A sale offers dressing sacques described as stylish lightweight garments with small figured crepe prints in colors. Not all items are 98 cents but many patterns are offered at a very special value of 50 cents each.
Lot 3 offers numerous waists with short sleeves in white or white with stripes. Prices described as very special and affordable with many items noted as excellent value.
A six reel war feature showcases German battlefield scenes with dense information. Five vaudeville acts fill the Hippodrome bill. New York Globe praises Marie Doros in The Wood Nymph at Liberty and Cleo Madison leads A Soul Enslaved, a drama about double standards.
Fred Wilson a 33 year old waiter and Britt Long a 38 year old man are identified as alleged ho op men and opium smugglers in the city Monday. One suspect allegedly tried to jump from a lodging house third window on Washington Street as detectives Montgomery and Sunday arrested them.
Dennis K. Howard, 70, a Seattle hotel man, died after a long illness. He passed Sunday in the hotel at 1003 First Ave, where he was proprietor.
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