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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1922
Page
3
A nationwide sale advertises 9,000 tires and tubes at less than half price. Various fabric and cord casings, oversize and nonskid tires, rebuilt and retreaded options, and guaranteed used tires are listed with specific sizes and prices, highlighting limited stock and steep discounts.
Max Stern, a Star and slater newsman, recounts his trip on a salmon ship with the Chinese labor crew. The voyage features brutal conditions, vermin, crowded bunks, delayed meals, and a grueling escape plan. Stern notes waste, low standards, and the tough reality of contract labor in Alaska.
Police hunted Friday for A. 1 Cortright after he was charged in a justice court with false advertising. Investigators say Cortright sold exclusive rights to a patent auto valve at $260 each across a territory, amid broader Alaska cannery scenes and labor observations in a lengthy descriptive account.
Urges mothers to give a teaspoonful of California Fig Syrup to constipated or ill children to promote bowel action. Claims it prevents illness and never cramps or overacts. Advises asking a druggist for genuine product with full directions on the bottle and warns against imitators.
Paris reports a French naval plan to restore prewar power within Washington limits. The defense ministry seeks about 20 million dollars yearly for twenty years, funding cruisers submarines destroyers and coast defenses amid aging ships and weaker aerial defenses.
The account details seasonal wages and harsh labor practices for Japanese Chinese and Filipino workers in Alaska canneries. Foremen skim wages, meals are poor, gambling thrives, and contract labor is condemned. Women in herring fisheries earn substantial income despite backaches. A strike of codfishers is noted at Pirates’ Cove.
Chicago police say 19 year old Mary Devine was kept in a cellar for two years with her sisters and brothers dancing above her. Police arrested her parents after finding the girl in an undressed and undernourished state upstairs.
An advertisement touts Parmint double strength as a fast, cheap at home cure for stubborn coughs and catarrhal symptoms. It claims one ounce mixed with a half pint water and sugar yields relief in minutes, stopping inflammation and mucus while promising global travel ease.
An fragmentary tale claims greed and harsh conditions in Alaskan fisheries rivaling histories of distant crews. The text references ancient Britain and Roman contact, alongside a dramatic scene of lovers and parental warnings, all conveyed in a mixed literary voice.
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