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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1919
Page
10
City employees seek a flat $60 monthly wage increase to begin August 1, rising from the September 1915 levels, endorsed by the Central Labor council, presented to the finance committee of the city council during Monday’s session.
Col. George B. Lamping's appointment to the park commissioners was ratified by the city council on Monday in a unanimous vote.
Mrs Martha E Freemyer wife of Samuel Freemyer of 1419 Yakima Ave died at her home Tuesday night. The body is at Home Undertaking Company awaiting funeral arrangements.
Edna Wilder touts a home remedy claiming Oatmeal and Derwillo will rapidly transform skin on face hands and arms. The ad promises a single night result with no hair growth and a money back guarantee if not improved. It urges购买 from local stores including Bartell and Ow! Drug Co.
Advertisement notes artificial teeth options with teeth chosen to resemble originals. Thorocain used for painless extraction at no extra charge. Dental nurses attend, and the notice requests readers to note the location.
The 449 officers and men arriving at Camp Lewis from overseas are being discharged Tuesday. Thirty six Seattle veterans are in the detachment under Capt. F. B. Judge. A second train with 100 more foreign service men is expected to pass Seattle en route to American Lake Cantonment. The listing includes officers led by Capt. Judge and Capt. Warren with many Seattle enlistees in the 10th Engineers and 20th Engineers among others.
The Odd Fellows of the state opened their annual convention in Odd Fellows hall at 10th Ave and Pine. Decrees were conferred and elections followed as officers in multiple lodges were named. The grand encampment and Rebekah assembly met Monday with elected officers and trustees announced for the coming year.
Washington June 10 Colonel Will D Inglis commander of the Second Washington praised the officers and men saying they earned the highest praise wherever they went. He noted the regiment furnished more officers than any other unit and did not lose an officer upon federal muster. Inglis, resting after gas exposure, previously commanded the Fourth Regulars and led the regiment into Germany. This unit was the first to reach the Rhine.
Council refers recommendation by Robert B. Hesketh to utilities and finance committees to name the near finished Tenth Ave bridge University Bridge. Bridge expected ready for use by July 1.
The Latona school held a student and staff picnic Monday hosted by the Parent-Teacher Association. A declamation contest Friday awarded top prizes to Dennis Dean and Lola Baseford.
Catherine Kuhn and John Kuhn, married sixty years, were buried together in Waashelli Cemetery after Catherine died of pneumonia. John, in apparent good health, died from loneliness days later, fulfilling their wish to be laid to rest side by side. Born in Germany, Catherine was a carpenter by trade and the couple lived in Fremont for many years.
The Seattle city council passed an ordinance to appropriate 195000 dollars and authorize a pipeline from the new Cedar River reservoir dam to the power house. Another 14000 dollars funds the Ballard substation and a Fastlake avenue station. A hearing on a trunk sewer on 63rd Ave is set for June 30.
An advertisement touts kidney cleansing as the key to youth and vitality. It promotes Gold Medal Haartem Oil Capsules imported from Haartem Holland, claiming 200 years of Dutch health tradition and urging readers to buy from their druggist in sealed packages.
A vintage ad claims a simple nightly method using liquid silmerine bought from a druggist. Applied with a toothbrush along the hair length, it promises a natural fluffy wavy look by morning with no grease or gummy residue. Marketed as a beauty tip from The Club woman.
A dense listing of marriages from various cities and ages, followed by court filings and decrees, then a sequence of death notices with names ages and addresses, concluding with an ad noting Portland Rose Show crowds and a car bed promotion.
Complete stock of Hampden and Clinton patterns silver plated ware on main floor. Includes set of 12 with 6 knives and 6 forks for 4.50 dollars. Dessert spoons six for 1.95, teaspoons six for 2.25, forks six for 2.50. Individual pieces priced: berry spoons 1.00, cold meat forks 0.55, pickle forks 0.50, sugar shells 0.35, butter knives 0.35.
Through a special purchase Rhodes Co presents 75 garments in New Second Moor 6 dye, featuring navy serge capes with silk braid trim, plain styles, and Dolmans in Silvertone Velour Bolivia and Serges, fully silk lined. Sizes 36 to 44. Choice at sale.
The advertisement promotes brown corduroy knickers for boys ages 7 to 14 with sizes in stock. Lined knickers are priced at 1.95 dollars and unlined at 1.50 dollars, claiming hard wear and value for mothers seeking durable apparel.
A patient claims sixteen years of pain from gall stones and digestive ailments were cured by Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. She says the simple preparation clears catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and reduces inflammation, claiming one dose convinced her and offering a money back guarantee through local drugstores.
Upper Main Floor UK displays a new shipment of summer Georgette blouses in white flesh blue sunset bisque lavender and tea rose. Sizes 36 to 46 feature tucks medallion lace soutache braid beads for a timely fashion choice.
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