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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1919
Page
9
The piece urges Seattle voters to defeat Amendment No 9 claiming it curtails the health commissioner's authority to combat disease and transfers power to a council lacking medical expertise. It argues the health department should set rules and protect public health.
A small ad offering rent free house wood garden and pasture plus 50 dollars a month drew about 70 replies within 24 hours. The piece argues workers may prefer country living and urges fair chances for families to farm, noting many city workers could become farmers if given opportunity. The piece condemns agitators and calls for labor to seek home-grown opportunities.
A speculative essay extols water as a boundless force and the dream of taming H2O for energy and heat. It contrasts past failures and future potential, noting Germany, taxes, and Wilson era politics as context in a cautious, period voice.
The fifty sixth congress ended at noon today and is credited with rapid war measures and large funding but failed to push reconstruction. It convened April 2 1917 under Democrat leadership with Clark Kitchin Martin Simmons Lewis guiding a special session. It authorized bonds for national defense extended credit to foreign governments drafted men age 21 to 31 and allowed seizure of ships in war to curb German shipping. It enacted higher taxes elevated war revenues established war risk insurance and appropriated 3 281 004 541 60 for military and naval expenditures.
A historical overview of the 65th Congress actions from 1917 to 1919 and its wartime measures. It notes declarations of war on Germany, the Shipping Board creation, railroad nationalization, liberty loan acts, war finance, housing for war workers, veterans programs, daylight saving, prohibition, and failed reconstruction moves. Includes key figures like Congressman Denton, and references to the era’s fiscal and social policies.
A humorous collection of quips and cartoons about hens working under electric lights, a judge and a senator exchanging remarks, a boy waiting to be fired, and a newspaper man keeping his den pristine by living in the dining room.
An advertisement advises adults to take one or two Bayer Aspirin tablets with water after meals and repeat up to three times daily if needed, presenting a safe relief claim for rheumatism and similar pains.
Richard Oldham of Platte City Missouri travels 25 miles to obtain Tanlac, praising its effects after years of severe indigestion and gas, noting improved appetite and strength after three bottles. He cites a statement from a trusted Kansas City man as decisive and says Tanlac earned the credit for his continued improvement. Tanlac is sold in Seattle by Bartell.
The Sixty-Fifth Congress details House leaders Speaker Champ Clark Missouri Majority Leader Claude Kitchin North Carolina Minority Leader James R Mann Illinois. Senate lists President Vice President Marshall President pro tem Willard Saulsbury Delaware Majority Leader Thomas Martin Virginia and Henry Cabot Lodge Massachusetts with party tallies 62 Democrats 44 Republicans.
Mrs. Mia Prince of the Hotel Ben Ray reported jewels valued at twenty thousand dollars stolen from her handbag after boarding a Fifth Avenue bus near 145th. Detectives Donovan and Beale recovered the gems from under her pillow after an extensive search of Fifth Avenue buses and the 105th Street garage.
A private writes from Camp Lewin urging a fair discharge and better treatment for soldiers. He complains of men who farm and work while others with wealth stay idle and calls for a clear policy on discharge and privileges for soldiers.
The Supreme Court on March 4 affirmed lower court rulings that sustained fishing rights of the Yakima Indians on the Columbia River as granted by the 1859 treaty.
An old style cautions readers about exercise for health and promotes Cascarets laxative as superior. It claims Cascarets clear skin and improve complexion by flushing stomach liver and bowels and costs 10 cents a box. It warns that many sit in chairs and suffer headaches biliousness and constipation unless they use Cascarets.
New York physician Dr Ferdinand King argues women need organic iron to combat anemia and fatigue. Other doctors including Dr James Sullivan and Dr A J Newman endorse Nuxated Iron as a safe, effective treatment, urging blood checks for iron deficiency and home use tests. The ad-style piece touts improved strength, endurance, and youthful appearance after two weeks with two five grain tablets daily.
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