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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1918

Page

4

Shipping Board Chiefs to Stick Until War Ends

Philadelphia advices report emergency fleet corporation leaders plan to stay until Germany quits and will resign within six months if conditions allow. Charles M. Schwab and Howard Hurley among those already arranging departures. others named include Charles Pies, Howard Coonly, M. D. Tuttle, A. Merritt Taylor, John Beyworth.

Philadelphia Emergency Fleet Corporation Germany Chas Pes Pies Chas. M. Schwab Howard N. Hurley Shipping Board Charles Pies Howard Coonly M. D. Tuttle A. Merritt Taylor Housing and Transportation John ©. Beyworth Wooden Ship

Mrs Allington credits Tanlac for her recovery in Tacoma

Mrs Adeline Allington of 2907 Fast B street Tacoma says Tanlac eased years of indigestion gas headaches and back pain. After taking Tanlac she gained weight regained appetite and can sleep walk and work again. She praises Bartel Drug Stores in Seattle for selling Tanlac under a special representative.

Adeline Allington Fast B Street Tacoma Tanlac Taniac Seattle Bartel Drug Stores

Building Owners Endorse Purchase of Seattle Traction

The Building Owners and Managers association of Seattle through its investigation committee backs buying the traction system for 16 million dollars. Senator Ralph D Nichols says the deal is a good business proposition citing lower fares and civic efficiency, while warning against a potential state franchise that could raise price to about 25 million. Haight argues public bonds and improved service add value, and that the city as sole agency can provide proper service justifying the price.

Nichols Traction Company Olympia Nichola Beattie James Tl’. Haleht Thuilding Owners’ Association Haight

Kellogg Urges City Takeover of Beattie Streetcars

J Y C Kellogg, former councilman and progressive leader, appeals to voters to approve a measure to take over the Beattie streetcar system. He warns service will decline and costs rise if the city does not act before the 1934 franchise expires, praising negotiations led by Mayor Hanson.

Beattie James Y. C. Kellogg Progressive Party Kellogg Traction Company Hanson

Mail Carriers Help War Drive Distribution Effort

Rural mail carriers will distribute War Work drive literature under permission of the Postmaster General. Headquarters open at Columbia and Second Ave with a front line hut reproduction to be run by returning veterans during the drive starting November 11. A London dispatch notes a prophetic pun tied to General Sarrall’s Near East command.

United War Burleson Columbia At Seecond Ave France

Tobacco Habit Easily Overcome

A New Yorker Edward J Woods offers a booklet claiming easy rapid banishment of tobacco addiction with calm sleep clear eyes and improved vigor. The free mail order book cites relief from nervous irritability and reduced morbid desire for pipes cigars snuff or chewing.

New Yorker Edward J Woods Station BE New York City

Oxygen Vapor Treatment Promoted For Afterflu Ailments

An advertisement touts Oxygen Vapor Treatment as a cure for post influenza weakness and lingering conditions. It claims to relieve bronchitis asthma and anemia and restore normal health after an influenza attack. Trial treatment is offered at Parlors 817 18 Seaboard Building.

Seaboard

Leaky Wooden Ships Probed by U S

A five member inquiry begun in San Francisco into the mysterious foundering of the Coast built wooden ships Blackford and Coos Tay off Mexico. The investigation seeks broader probe into Pacific coast wooden shipbuilding with hearings in Seattle and Portland.

Blackford Coow Tay Mexico San Francisco John H. Hoaneter The Shipping Board Pacific Coast Seattle Portland Aberdeen Coos Bay San Francisco Bay District Daca Puget Sound Charles W. Saunders Matson Navigation Co Harry Gray United Engineering Co John H. Ringer Pacific Coast Steamship Co W.rank Stone Charles T. Foster

Easing of Federal Food Rules Affects Livestock Feed

Federal food administration rules are being gradually revoked allowing resumed feeding of wheat to livestock and urging inclusion of coarse grains. The old rules were suspended Tuesday benefiting Northwest livestock and dairy interests. Butter fat limit on sweet cream also suspended. The Ruby schooner from Seward will sail to Seattle but must return due to navigation closure on the Kuskokwim river.

Federal Food Administration Northwest Kuskokwim Trading & Transportation Cos Ruby Seward Alaska Seattle Kuskokwim River

Plan to Spend 1 759 000 To Improve Plant

The city council discussed an ordinance to authorize 1 755 000 in additions and improvements to the municipal debt and power plant. It provides for bond issues to pay the debt and a special fund for principal and interest. Plans call for interconnection between the traction company plant and city stations. A second ordinance directs work on approaches to the Northage N. KB bridge at about 107 000. Police department accounting improvements were urged by KE G Shorrock & Co.

Board of Public

Freezone Corn Cure Promises Painless Lift Off

An advertisement touts Freezone as a magical cure that removes corns painlessly. It claims instant relief with a drop, and that a tiny bottle eliminates hard and soft corns and calluses without irritation. The copy credits a Cincinnati genius as the source of the ether discovery.

Cincinnati

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