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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1918
Page
4
An aged advertisement advises relief from ringing ears and head noises with a home remedy. It prescribes mixing Parmint with water, taking a tablespoonful four times daily, to ease catarrhal congestion and improve breathing. It targets those hard of hearing or with persistent nasal mucus.
An old advertisement touts Olive Tablets as a gentle remedy for chronic constipation and torpid liver. It claims the sugar coated olive colored pills soothe the bowels without griping and provide quick, sure relief with one or two tablets at bedtime.
Editor notes describe the Spanish flu as a hidden germ with a taste for sugar and beef tea. Health officials in Seattle, led by Commissioner McBride, report driving the influenza enemy from the city and anticipate its surrender soon in World War I era reporting.
A wartime era health column warns that skin diseases originate in the blood and touts a blood medicine as the cure. It also discusses influenza germs, their transmission, and a controversial vaccine approach using dead bacteria. Public health perspectives contrast surface remedies with targeting the disease source.
The piece notes the accused Hun who sent Edith Cavell to death amid pleas and tears from Brand Whitlock and the Spanish minister. It claims he is now proposed as chairman of a Brussels vandalism commission, linking past crimes to a future role.
The Broadway W C T U members arrange to meet every Thursday at Mrs A McBeth home 237 18th Ave once the ban is lifted to sew for the Belgians.
Mrs. Louise Herrick of Seattle says Tanlac restored her strength after an Appendectomy and years of weakness. She reports a six pound weight gain, relief from headaches and back pain, and improved sleep and appetite, enabling her to resume daily housework. Bartel Drug Stores sell Tanlac in Seattle through a special representative.
John H H Kommeter of the Shipping Board orders a federal inquiry into contracts for wooden ships and shipyards on the Pacific coast. The probe follows the wrecks of Blackford and Coos May and examines possible haste for profit by yard owners amid a disabled Forester bound for the Hawaiian Islands.
Local items report professor Ira A Willkcns arriving in Beattie to teach ceramic work at the University of Washington. Sugar remains cheap due to Hoover Cuban contracts, per Max Mayfield in Seattle. Ensign Odean B Hallum sails for France. David Dietz is knocked by a light globe from a trolley. Seattle Metal Exchange to become a public inoculation site. Richard V. Higbee sails to Fort Douglas. Red Cross seeks 30 to 60 year olds for camp service. John Pachintoff bound over on whisky charge. Guy Negley dies aboard U S Pittsburg. John Gerard asks for air by a field. Col C B Blethen named colonel of the 24th artillery at Ford Worden. Canada’s war chest passes 150 million on day one of week two. EF Milbourn joins tank corps, receives watch. Rainier Grand leased for seven years. Larry Williams dies of pneumonia in France. Seattle schools urge pupils to lead fruit pits and gas mask shell campaigns. Olympia calls for 450 limited service men to Fort McDowell.
Germans laid lines of six inch shells with fuses removed and detonators wired to boards on the ground to trap tanks. Advancing tanks knock over the boards, triggering explosions, but hundreds of mines have detonated without crippling armor. only one small French tank was damaged.
R Yashima vice president Tokyo Chamber of Commerce leads a Japanese business delegation through Seattle en route East to expand trade. Three bells at Christchurch New Zealand, originally from Germany and thought cast from Sedan cannons, will be melted and ingots returned to France per British orders.
At the Versailles conference a resolution was adopted to cooperate with Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria to provide food and other essential supplies for the civilian populations of those nations. Col. House reported to the president that the supreme war council authorized making available necessary life sustaining aid.
The Freie Zeitung Bern reports Prince August Wilhelm and his wife visited Brombers institute for blinded veterans. They spoke with each man, shook hands, and the prince presented each blind recipient with a copy of his photograph as a token of appreciation.
Reported air raid over Rome drops metal pencil cases packed with dynamite. The devices are said to explode when picked up by children, raising safety concerns for civilians in the capital.
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