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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1916
Page
14
An old fashioned testimonial style advertisement touts Tiz as a cure for aching burning tired feet corns and callouses. It promises immediate relief with a scent box available at druggists or department stores and a money back guarantee.
The excerpt promotes using coconut oil for shampooing instead of harsh soaps. It argues soaps with high alkali harm the scalp and hair, recommending coconut oil to create a rich lather that cleanses dirt and dandruff while leaving hair soft, fluffy, and manageable. Easy to obtain and inexpensive.
The narrator describes a dreamlike chamber unlike the lurid stereotype of a vampire lair. Sapphire blue velvet dominates the room with old ivory furnishings and a polar bear rug by the bed. A 14 piece amber monogrammed toilet set was sent from an unnamed wealthy benefactor who once stayed in a sanitarium and later attended a cinema showing A Fool There Was.
The second annual mother and son banquet will be held at 6 15 Saturday night. Ethel Web Livesley and Mme Hesse Sprotte are among performers. Rev Hugh Elmer Brown and K K K camp boys will present a morality play as the First M E Church orchestra provides music.
San Francisco reports that patrol boats found no wreckage or signs of survivors from the North Pacific liner Roanoke disaster. Only quartermaster Elb and two Mexican firemen survived, drifting ashore in a lifeboat with five dead.
Bamboo can grow rapidly with some species adding two feet in a day. The collection includes about 30 varieties, from the smallest at six inches to the tallest reaching about 150 feet.
Local pharmacies Owl Drug Co Bartell Drug Co and Swifts Pharmacy report carrying nuxated iron supplements as a popular tonic option. Consumers seek enhanced energy and vitality amid rising daily demands.
Excerpt shows a narrator waking exhausted and reflecting on emotion, friendship with Mollie who understands without mawkish sympathy. A sardonic tale within a tale begins with a joke about a range man and a cowpuncher, ending with a grim line about an automobile tire anecdote.
Roosevelt writes to Guy Emerson, national secretary of the Roosevelt Nonpartisan league, thanking the group for a four page advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post outlining his peace principles. He urges awakening patriotism toward concrete and efficient action for national and international duty.
Floodwaters from the Columbia threaten fronts at Portland warehouses with several firms moving goods to higher ground. Some lower docks are underwater, but warnings were issued and no damage reported.
Joseph Thebaud, a promoter in the Orient and Siberia, urges Northwest cities to cooperate to seize vast trade possibilities in Siberia and other Russian territory. He warns the East is competing and will win unless the Northwest acts. A Pan-American fair is planned in San Antonio two years hence to honor Franciscan brothers who brought civilization to the Southwest.
Parents should know of a mild laxative for children Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. The preparation uses simple herbs, avoids opiates, and aims to restore regularity without griping. A trial bottle is offered free by writing Dr W B Caldwell at 464 Washington St Monticello Illinois.
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