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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1918
Page
7
The article argues that buying Thrift Stamps up to the limit now yields greater future value as dollars saved today buy more than they will tomorrow. It promotes saving through thrift stamps as a prudent financial move.
Federal Farm Labor Board member Herbert Quick cites widespread labor shortages as many farmers go to war. He proposes city and town labor organization and a card index system to match farmers' needs with available labor to mitigate reduced cultivation.
R E Warren of Seattle Construction Dock and president C W Wiley urge safety reforms to cut shipyard injuries. Warren proposes a safety first man to work with labor to locate hazards and prevent accidents as unions and management back the plan.
The report sketches Rev. Billy Sunday flying to Chicago for a climactic confrontation with the devil. Guards, choir, and trumpeted cheers greet him as April 2 elections consider wet or dry. A German family spends 26 cents monthly on subsistence per a Holland report.
Advertises S. S. S. as a blood cleansing cure for catarrh arguing local sprays fail. Promises guidance from a medical director in Atlanta after sending case description. Claims the germ travels in blood and that only a blood medicine can cure. Cites a half century of sales and urges immediate purchase.
Paris dispatch details women workers in a large French factory turning out war matériel for the front. A marcelled iron worker demonstrates precision in shell casings while a bustling lunch hall serves Meals from motor-truck service. The piece praises rapid French industrial mobilization and the shift of women into skilled labor.
A reader criticizes the park board for leaving a torn flag flying at Woodland park and questions if Old Glory has ever been removed since first raised. The letter mentions the Spanish War Veterans plot and urges the issue be addressed promptly.
Let us congratulate Bll Gaines of the city registration office who finally secured No. 1 state fishing and hunting license after six years of failed attempts. Rumors of graft in Clerk Morrin Kennedy's office circulated, but Gaines now carries the license.
Ezra Meeker and Petra Meeker, pioneer and food administrator, organize a Seattle conference on potato flour manufacture. Senator Wesley L. Jones backs the effort to arrange with Charles Hebard, state food administrator, to produce flour cheaply and sell at cost.
Three deputies exposed a camouflaged liquor cache on the Duwamish river. Deputy Sheriff Julian Von Gerste and deputies Walter Kerr and Walter Miller uncovered the hiding place and seized 32 gallons of dago red.
In Los Angeles on March 19, 19 year old Hartmann formerly known as the boy burglar was ordered not to wear men’s clothing again as a condition of probation after being arrested for burglary. The case reveals Hartmann’s gender was revealed upon arrest.
A thousand people are to participate in a monster rabbit drive near Marysville California on Sunday March 24 to benefit the Red Cross. Rabbits will be shipped to San Francisco and to Hayward Fiddler and Hattle Border have telegrams held for insufficient address. The first telegram notes the death of a sister and the second reports the serious illness of a mother.
Governor Lister proclaims Wednesday as War Saving Stamp Day urging citizens to purchase stamps and support the war effort. Local schools and organizations coordinate drives to boost savings and national morale.
Secret service agents arrested Tom Gunn a Japanese national in Detroit on charges of evading the draft. He allegedly traveled the United States conferring with wealthy Chinese and posing as a Chinaman while maintaining a headquarters in a fashionable hotel with aims to restore the Chinese monarchy.
Workmen wrecking an old adobe house in Perris California uncovered a treasure box hidden behind adobe walls. Inside were gold nuggets and $20 gold pieces valued at more than $1,000, unearthed on March 19.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Liniment for sprains pains and swelling. It claims rapid, penetrating relief without skin burning and promotes strengthening of muscles nerves tendons and ligaments. The copy urges readers to obtain a trial bottle from any drug store to regain mobility and ease pain within moments.
The demand today is for people strong in body mind and will to endure hardships and triumph over adversity. Nerves must be cared for first so strength can grow. Physicians recommend organic phosphate bits, known as bitro-phosphate, in compressed tasteless tablets taken with meals.
An advertisement claims Marmola Prescription Tablets rapidly reduce two to four pounds weekly without exercise or dieting. It urges readers to visit a Detroit address or write to Marmola Co for a large case, promising safe results and urging immediate action.
A mixed reader letter page quotes E D K and M Knuttie on thrift stamps and waste disposal aboard steamers. The column riffs on lake and coast cities Mt Vernon and Mukilteo, plus odd notes about wildcats bonds and a Billy Sunday parade, with local notices and a plea for thrift.
A vintage recipe excerpt detailing two variations using Fisher's Milo Maize Flour with sour milk or buttermilk and a sweet milk version. It lists ingredients such as baking powder salt cinnamon ginger cloves brown sugar butter substitute and eggs, plus instructions to cream fats, mix dry and wet components, and bake in a moderate oven or on a hot greased griddle.
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