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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
4
There are many aces among the aviators. An aviator that has brought down five planes. The text shows English sentences with French equivalents and a pronunciation guide. It explains long and short vowels and the special ue sound. Cut out these lessons and paste them in your notebook.
A reader letters page features readers asking Miss Grey about a friend’s engagement, a fiancée’s business openness, and a tan leather suitcase dye. Responses advise discretion, personal judgment, and practical steps like library coin guides and professional dyeing, plus a corn canning recipe from Mrs. L. E. L.
A simple lemon juice based lotion recipe claims to whitening and softening skin. Mix two lemons and three ounces orchard white, strain, and bottle to create a quarter pint of fragrant lotion for daily massaging on face neck arms and hands. It promises protection from weather and improved complexion.
Festyn Davies, a Seattle and Tacoma choir leader, was fined 25 dollars in Tacoma for catching trout under six inches and breaking their necks to disguise the killings. The piece also notes a plan to read scenes from Pickwick Papers in Monday's Star.
Article discusses the selection standards for a new national army A surgeon general will accept or reject about one million recruits Physical standards are slightly relaxed but keep core limits Minimums include 5 ft 4 in height 120 pounds and 32 in chest expansion Data show many common recruits exceed these figures and most will be heavier and taller Rejections will total about 250 per thousand with causes including moral diseases heart disease and sensory impairments.
Central Council for Patriotic Service arranges flag presentation for Washington Coast artillery units to be called for service next month. Flags will arrive partly made. mothers of the soldiers sew on emblems. Young women will present flags to the governor at a mass meeting, who will hand them to the soldiers. Frank Gates, P. C. Shanstrom, Ancil B. Ball, and John J. Lee named to arrange flags for Sixth, Third, Seventh, and First companies respectively.
Local market rundown lists prices for cabbage lettuce celery cucumbers peppers and more. Florida Florida turnips Nebraska popcorn and Yakima potatoes are cited with unit prices and per crate or per pound rates.
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