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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1918
Page
11
Northwest lumber prices have risen about 23 percent since July 1, 1916, with timbers up from 15 to 22 per 1000, No 2 dimension lumber 15 to 17.60, and No 2 flooring 29 to 35. Lumbermen cite labor, logs, and equipment costs as primary drivers.
Senate favorably reports the daylight saving bill and it is expected to become law this summer. The plan shifts clocks forward one hour March 31 and back October 27, with the aim of creating additional after work daylight and benefiting industry health and recreation.
Bruce C. Beck, assistant food administrator for Washington, told the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club on Thursday that American soldiers at the front are in the best possible mental and physical condition.
Cheap seeds yield poor crops and waste space and effort. Buy well known varieties from reputable firms. sow early cabbage tomatoes cucumbers eggplant in hotbeds or greenhouses now. Plant onions lettuce radish turnips spinach potatoes late cabbage leek carrots beets peas cauliflower in prepared soil, and save seeds fresh. More on soil sowing to follow.
Camp Lewis reports on heart examinations used to weed out unfit soldiers. 416 of 1,650 examined were discharged for heart disease, with tests including chest inspection, palpation, stethoscope, blood pressure, pulse, and even X ray and polygraph.
Mrs Josermine Kimble of Portland Indiana says a displacement left her unable to stand or work and kept her nervous at night. After trying physician treatments without relief she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and regained strength and ability to do her own housework. The ad invites letters to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for helpful health guidance.
Information from Capt. K. M. Tupper of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police reports Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, may endure grave illness on his current expedition. Tupper met him at Herachel Isle on January 12, noting a severe fever and delirium.
Yakima residents felt a Thursday afternoon quake that rattled kitchen utensils and shook houses without causing damage. No injuries reported as residents described the shaking and general alarm in the Yakima valley area.
Noel West attempted to assault a woman after Dreamland closed on Thursday night. Officer Jennings ordered him away, he fled, the officer fired four shots to stop him. Bail set at $25.
An 1890s style advertisement condemns atomizers and inhalers for catarrh and urges cleansing the blood with S S S a vegetable remedy. It claims long market presence and offers free medical advice from Swift Laboratory in Atlanta via Swift Specific Co. Georgia.
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