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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1913
Page
5
A brief health column explains composure and system as paired virtues. The text links their cultivation to increased work capacity and more leisure, presenting them as aids to wellbeing and self discipline.
A wedding note on Jessie Wilson’s pick for the bridegroom’s offspring. The young man Frank Sayre is described as clean, stalwart, with fine ancestry and a future in service. His path includes Grenfell’s Labrador work, law studies, and a potential role at Williams College to mentor boys. The piece lauds his unselfish, faceful character and wishes the couple well.
The text critiques a London affair scheme where men are hired as escorts for women to avoid intimate relations, noting it would not fit American working men. It also reports a Cincinnati saloonkeeper dying after learning his license was granted, amid Ohio-wide license cancellations.
Advertises Knowlton's Dandeline for 25 cents promising to cleanse dirt and oil, stop dandruff and itching, and make hair grow long and abundant. Claims hair becomes soft, fluffy, lustrous with roots strengthened and scalp invigorated when applied with a cloth to each strand.
Citizens debate saving tax money by letting Peter Miller finish his sentences. If acquitted on other charges, should he face the murder count? The Star letters discuss trial costs and justice.
An old advertisement explains a cold cure using two ounces glycerine and half an ounce globe pine compound mixed in good whiskey with dosed tea spoonfuls after meals and at bedtime. It promotes Catandir Compound for indigestion with pepsin and ginger syrup and claims no equal.
An advertisement touts Mayer's Wonderful Stomach Remedy for stomach ailments, indigestion, and related issues. It claims wide usage by prominent figures and encourages readers to request a free booklet from Geo W. Mayr, chemist, in Chicago, with Seattle availability via Owl Drug Co.
An ad touts a homemade tonic using one ounce of Torts compound and one ounce of syrup of Barcaparilla to be mixed in half a pint of cod whiskey. It promises rapid relief after the first dose and urges demanding the original sealed Toris compound from druggists.
Dr. Wilfred Grenfell extols Francis Sayre as the ideal American in a report on Jessie Wilson's forthcoming marriage. The Labrador doctor praises Sayre's courage, charity, and self sacrifice in Arctic work, noting his role in building St Anthony’s orphanage and his readiness to serve over wealth.
A reflection on the value of gas as a modern convenience and its impact on daily life, noting its affordability and the comfort it provides in cooking heating and transportation.
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