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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1918
Page
13
A report claims a German scientist developed a hunger alleviator for use before meals, provoking cautious skepticism in Berlin press. The piece notes the idea, not confirmed, and predicts it won’t reach court or public favor amid German hardship and wartime strain.
Representative Kitchin urges Washington to avoid mockery in wartime morale efforts and to exclude draft age men from noncombat roles. He labels the current political tone as dangerous and calls for scrutiny by war management to ensure justice for front line soldiers.
An English boy age twenty falls in France and leaves a comforting letter to his parents about sacrifice and life’s measure. In Spartanburg South Carolina a man is sentenced to two years at hard labor for bigamy.
A health tonics advertisement touts organic Nuxated Iron as superior to metallic iron. It claims three million users annually, highlights stronger blood, muscles, and nerves, and urges readers to consult a physician or buy the product from local druggists. It features testimonials from medical figures and a money-back guarantee.
A collage of humorous verse and light notices from the Traveres Florida Herald style page. Includes playful reflections on marriage celebrations at the Duncan home, a misnamed restaurant order, and light poems about appetite and wartime jokes. Mentions Kaiser rumors and German tanks with ironic tone.
The piece outlines projections for a hypothetical 3,000,000 strong army. It compares their length shoulder to shoulder from New York to Tampa and Seattle to San Diego, drinks, boots, and supply costs, and estimates annual pay and equipment costs. It uses dramatic scales to convey the financial and logistical heft.
An article by Max Cook urges readers to spot and report potential German operatives among daily contacts. It outlines widespread sabotage in 1917 including fires, munitions losses, and port damage, and urges vigilance against any suspicious person who could be an agent.
A period advertisement extols neurasthenia as a nervous exhaustion symptom and claims self cure through patient effort. It promotes the bookDiseases of the Nervous Systemand a treatment by Dr Williams Pink Pills as a non alcoholic tonic for nervous, neurasthenia sufferers with an offer of free books and mail order pills at 50 cents per box, six for 2.50.
A Harrisburg Oregon reader attacks Mennonite residents over war bond refusals amid WWI patriotism. The writer claims they profit from prices while avoiding service, urges confiscation of wealth, and cites a local merchant praised for supporting the war effort.
A letter argues value lies in usefulness to others not self wealth. It contrasts human toil behind goods with the supposed cost in stocks and bonds and urges the law of universal brotherhood over selfish gain. Author WM McElphiney emphasizes love, service, and acts that aid others as true worth.
A Cincinnati chemist offers a small bottle of Freezone for a few cents. Apply drops to tender corns and pain stops instantly, allowing easy removal of the corn with fingers. The product claims not to irritate surrounding skin and works on hard and soft corns and calluses.
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