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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
5
A Western Union executive rebukes the president amid board discussions on Taft plan and war-time telegraph service, proposing arbitration and employee-led unionization as paths to stability. The speaker insists on fair handling of issues and stresses the need to protect service reliability and discipline during wartime.
Three generations of women in a country have used and recommended Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound as a trusted standard remedy for women's ailments. It contains no narcotics and is made from roots with safe field conditions, urging every woman suffering to give it a trial.
A wartime meeting led by Justice Read Whitehead and Mrs. Anna Walker pressed action against rent profiteering. Attendees debated fixing rents to a fair return on investment, government inquiry, and public opinion as the main remedy. Judge Hall urged citizen pressure and reporting to local councils, with Walker and Hall taking formal roles.
The text contrasts the Walsh Taft plan with the employees association arguing that collective bargaining rights exist via the association and dismisses coercive union tactics. It notes no pay or hour disputes and no anticipated strike, praising workers as patriotic and burdened for the nation.
Seattle households are restricted to two pounds of sugar per purchase with rural allowances up to five pounds. The order from King County food administration also notes each customer must be recorded, and canning remains allowed with proper entry. The measure targets total purchases across varieties and applies to granulated and leaf sugar alike.
A thrift stamp program encourages daily purchases to support the war effort. Citizens are urged to collect stamps as a small but steady defense, with schools, churches, and communities promoting participation and savings.
A council hearing heard a plea to increase speed officers and officer pay to curb rising accidents. A civil service note said fourteen fire engine crews will switch from steam to motor engines. An open patriotic meeting is set at Longfellow schoolhouse Tuesday with Sergt Knight of the British recruiting office among speakers.
Advert says common soaps and shampoos contain excess alkali harming scalp and making hair brittle. Recommends plain melted coconut oil as pure greaseless cleanser, inexpensive and effective. Apply with water, a teaspoon per shampoo, lathers richly, rinses easily, leaves hair soft, fluffy, bright, and free of dust and dandruff.
An advertisement promises hair removal with a simple paste of water and powdered delatone. Applied to the hairy area for a few minutes, then rubbed off and washed, it allegedly leaves hairs gone. The notice warns to ensure the delatone is genuine.
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