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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
4
Portland reports paving crews form the Warren Spruce Company to supply spruce logs for aircraft production. Idle trucks and engines will be mobilized for logging in the Styslaw Siletz districts under a contract with the army aeroplane production board.
An advertisement touts Olive Tablets as a remedy for bad breath. It promotes the tablets as a pure olive compound and suggests taking one or two daily for a week, noting a price of 25 cents per box at all druggists.
A narrator and her hostess Donna discuss marriage freedom and the alchemy of influencing a husband. Donna recalls a widow’s clever control, the lure of independence, and the cost of companionship as they ponder love, loyalty, and the limits of matrimony. The piece ends with a reflective pause.
Police and firemen join a citywide drive to secure salary increases. Night shift crews meet Friday at 1 40 and day shifts at 8 p m in the old Press club rooms to plan concerted action.
Washington authorities report that the Big Five packers face renewed pressure from John Fitzpatrick and the Chicago Federation of Labor to meet with employes' agents. If no conference occurs, they will press for government operation of the packing houses. Both sides accuse the other of breaching a December 26 mediation agreement.
A Seattle woman reports relief from sour stomach gas and bloating after using Adlerika with buck thorn bark glycerine and other additives. The ad claims the product flushes the entire bowel tract and prevents appendicitis with instant action, marketed by Bartell Drug Co and Swift Drug Co.
A reader asks whether women will embrace trousers as a national costume, replacing skirts and demure dress. The query ponders impact on dignity, femininity, morale, and practicality, inviting letters for publication.
A wife asks if her parents can take her baby and interfere as gossiping neighbors push trouble. Cynthia Grey warns parental meddling damages the home and stresses the wife’s duty to protect her marriage and child. She notes parents cannot remove the child while she remains wife and mother and urges firm boundaries.
A medical note explains indigestion as hyper acidity causing fermentation in the stomach. It recommends four ounces of Jad Salts per day, dissolved in water, to neutralize acid, reduce gas, and promote digestive juice flow for a week. The product is described as inexpensive and widely used with excellent results.
Marguerite Edwards reports in Cleveland on the rise of the Hoboettes of America, a 4000 member lady hobos group. The mutual aid society aids women without work or money, helps them find jobs and rail fare, and grants membership after 60 days of steady work. Members describe the pledge as a simple, kept oath.
A reader argues against labeling men as cowards and defends the idea that a real man protects a lady’s dignity. The letter urges women to evaluate marital independence, and notes a stenographer’s youth while praising restraint and respect as masculine virtue.
A reader asks if her fiancé can demand she stop writing to her cousin who lived with them. The adviser says the fiancé has no right to supervise her correspondence, notes the letters are a family duty, and defends continuing the friendly family contact as reasonable and not selfish.
Axel Carlson is detained in the city jail under a federal investigation alleging failure to register. The case centers on postwar security or militia implications and involves ongoing scrutiny by authorities.
An old time remedy for darkening gray hair, Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is advertised as a convenient ready to use product sold in drug stores. It claims to completely darken gray strands by morning, add lustre, and create a youthful look without indicating any disease treatment.
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