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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1922
Page
2
An old fashioned warning touts California Fig Syrup as a gentle bowel remedy for constipated infants and children. It claims gentle action, no cramps, and urges asking a druggist for genuine syrup with full directions on every bottle.
State Superintendent Josephine Corlins Preston analyzes initiative measure 46, arguing the 30.10 school tax proposal would hinder rural progress, limit district consolidation, and shift funds. She warns it would reduce the 2,000 day attendance bonus, alter county fund apportionment, and end free high school education for rural pupils.
Portland reports an 11 percent increase in October bank clearings over the previous year. Total clearings reached 172,799,063.42 with October 1926 at 155,774,920.86, a gain of 19,014,142.54.
Rev B M Bridges of Mooresboro North Carolina testifies Tanlac improved his appetite and digestion. He suffered indigestion for ten years with poor sleep and nerves before finding relief and weight gain. He recommends Tanlac to others and notes his renewed strength. Tanlac sold by all good druggists.
A reader letter from John Downie criticizes the Beattie building trades for endorsing former labor party candidates Wiley M. Scott and Join Downie in the upcoming election. He asks readers to expose corruption and support correction.
An unidentified woman was knocked down Monday night at Sugumit ave and Seneca by a car driven by Harrie Emmone of 1443 24th ave N and sustained only minor injuries. W M Davis, 72, was bruised at Third ave and Madison st by a car driven by R A Gemmill of 863 Third as. Alfred F Smith, 307 2ard Ave, was slightly injured at Third Ave and Yesler Way when a vehicle driven by Mrs Alice May Brown of 208 15th Ave struck him.
Building permit values continue to rise through the year with a steady month to month increase, reaching a notable figure in total construction indications.
Grays Harbor and Northern Railroad Co organized with John Cain as president and Oliver Morris as chairman. The venture aims to build a railroad into the Olympic peninsula, with capital around 1,000,000. Cain will seek lumber industry backing in the East. bonds to be backed by timber resources. Other directors include Fred W. Hastert, Aberdeen, J. W. Lawson, and A. Dice.
Revved in Seattle during October to taled $2,249,035 and brought the total for the first 10 months of the year to $16,731,540. It is possible that contemplated building operations during the remaining two months of 1922 will bring the total for the year to $20,000,000 or more, according to Superintendent of Buildings Robert L. Proctor. This mark has never been attained in the history of the city.
Rex Strickland, Democratic candidate for state representative in the 44th district, issues a statement endorsing the reestablishment of the Women's Industrial Home and Clinic, opposing university tuition, urging fiscal cuts to reduce taxes, supporting banking code revision, opposing public utility restrictions, backing a strict blue sky law, favoring higher injured worker compensation, and proposing a teacher pension.
The Brighton grade school launches with a 7 p.m. ceremony Friday under the Brighton Parent-Teacher Association. Speakers include Principal Beulah Dimmitt Superintendent T R R Cole School Board President Carl E B Croson and Dr Don Palmer. The piece notes ants developed complex societies long before early humans formed communities.
The advertisement touts Cascarets as a candylike laxative for headaches biliousness colds indigestion and dizziness. One or two at night supposedly empties bowels by morning with no stomach upset, costing ten cents a box and appealing to children.
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