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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1917
Page
4
Berlin officials report 1916 air losses totaling 1,005 with Entente powers losing 734 and Germany 221. On the Western Front alone total losses were 920, of which 180 were German warplanes.
A vintage ad touts St. Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism liniment that relieves pain instantly when applied to the tender spot. It claims most cases don’t need internal treatment and urges readers to try a small bottle at drug stores for relief from rheumatism, neuralgia, lumbago, and associated symptoms.
London reports a forecast of renewed German ruthlessness at sea and on land. Allied leaders reject peace plans and Germany is said to prepare vast submarine forces and massed troops along the western front, with a plan expected to mature within a month.
Sam Barthelmy, Harthelmy Hardware Co. manager, crashes into a telephone pole on Interlake Ave and Stone Way after being blinded by an oncoming car. He suffers facial injuries from the windshield. his wife in the front seat is cut and unconscious, and a rear-seat sister-in-law suffers shock but is uninjured.
A historic market page lists wholesale prices for vegetables and fruits with items such as artichokes celery onions lettuce and radishes. Regional sources include Oregon Yakima Spanish and Australian browne with varied per case and per sack figures.
At the Coliseum the film House of Thousand Candles premieres with guards in frame. Douglas Fairbanks amid press trouble jokes about Kaiser Paris while Wallace credibly handles Damon’s fall as gargoyles loom as the real article.
A busy program lists Liberty,Williem Deemeond and Meracry Theompeca in The Iced Ballet, When Damon Well for Prthtas, CLEMMEN Mabel Taliaferro and Hebert Walker in A White by Vrcar, and The Carnage of Verte with Theda Bara. Also shown are The Darling of Paris at the Coliseum, The Dleciple at the Mission, and Tess of the Storm Country with Mary Pickford, plus news of the National Guard drill and other screenings.
An old ad copy promotes Ely's Cream Balm for nasal congestion from cold or catarrh. It claims quick relief by applying a small amount in the nostrils to open air passages, soothe inflamed membranes, and cure stuffed up breathing. The fragrance antiseptic cream is urged as a universal remedy.
Safe dependable treatment relieves itching and skin irritation almost instantly. Ask any druggist for a 25¢ or $1 bottle of zemo and apply as directed. Irritations pimples black heads eczema blotches ringworm and skin troubles disappear. The penetrating liquid leaves skin soft smooth and healthy. LK W Rose Co Cleveland Ohio.
Buenos Aires reports the German raider's prison ship Hudeon Maru left Pernambuco, hugging the coast on a northern course toward New York to avoid capture. Prisoners from the raider have landed at Pernambuco, while shipping circles speculated about the Brazilian steamer Sirlo being torpedoed, with no confirmation.
New York Jan 28 Germany intends to create a submarine barrier around England and France as a starvation blockade. Germany to notify February 1 of the move but call it a barrier. Plan includes 20 new supersubmarines capable of 18 knots and armed with heavier guns.
Instructions describe wetting and rubbing fur with whiting powder in a damp space, then brushing and shaking out dirt. It covers brushing the fur over a chair to remove bottom dirt, brisk brush strokes with wind puff, then a light alcohol treatment. The Q asks where to wear a wrist watch on the wrist bone.
A New York physician explains that stomach trouble often comes from acidity and fermentation in the stomach. Hot water increases blood flow while bisulated magnesia neutralizes excess acid and halts fermentation, offering a simple remedy after meals.
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