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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1916
Page
3
Carrollton Missouri November 15 Freezing weather likely caused the deaths of two duck hunters A L Shoop owner of a general store and George Grison a druggist found on Goose Island in the Missouri river by a hunting party of five men who located the bodies on the island.
Douglas Fairbanks stars in American Aristocracy at Liberty for the last time tonight with Keystone fun in A Tugboat Romeo anchoring the program. At Coliseum Mary Pickford in Less Than the Dust and Mme Petrova in Extravagance headline a music rich offering. The Velvet Paw stars House Peters and Gail Kane at the Mission, with Beatriz Michelena in The Unwritten Law at Rex and Gloriana at Colonial. Vernon Castle’s The Whirl of Life opens at Class A along with other program highlights.
Tacoma officials report the mayor will open a municipal bread counter at city hall to sell bread at about half the current price if leading bakers do not withdraw 15 cent loaves and lower prices. He says two nontrust bakers will supply bread at reasonable rates to support the move.
Miss McKenna of St Thomas Ontario and a Toronto University graduate has been appointed supervisor of the women workers in Canada at a munitions factory by the minister of labor after completing a course in social work.
Data from the university shows girls paying 118 dollars yearly for clothing and 24 for books while men spend 62 dollars on clothes and 44 on books. Girls also spend more on board and room, and separate education costs vary by field with dentistry at 646 dollars and chemistry at 369 dollars.
Seattle city council offered to buy about a quarter of Tacoma’s hydro power for three years as Seattle's own plants cannot meet rising demand Tacoma would supply 5000 kilowatts or 660 hours of power continuously at 1 cent per kilowatt hour, costing Seattle roughly 400 dollars daily or 146 thousand dollars annually.
An early 20th century beauty aid touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as the key to good digestion and preserved looks. It asserts digestive trouble ruins complexion and health, promoting a free trial offer and 50 package sales through drug stores or a mail coupon.
A compilation of questions and answers covers teen romance indecision, adultery and moral duties, reforming a wayward young man, luncheon planning, Long Island fortifications, authorship of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Canadian exile law, and a hypothetical third-term U.S. presidency.
An old remedy touts Hamburg Preast Tea or Hamburger Bruat Thee as a cheap safe vegetable cure for colds. A tablespoon of tea infused in boiling water is strained, then drunk as a teacup to open pores relieve congestion and loosen bowels.
In a intimate conversation Mollie counsels Margie on rekindling love for Dick after years of marital strain. Margie admits feeling growing apart since Sonny's death and a crisis that shattered pride and self respect. She wonders if emotional change is possible and asks how to love Dick again.
A compact lawn mower like tool is introduced as a facial shaver. The device features a spring powered steel roller with blades that cuts hair as it is pulled across the face.
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