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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1918
Page
7
A reflection on postwar optimism linking higher birth rates to congressional actions. The piece idealizes a baby symbolizing a new era of freedom and national renewal as America faces demographic and geopolitical challenges.
An ad extols Pape's Diapensin tablets for instant relief from dyspepsia and stomach distress after meals. It mentions wartime context in Seattle a rising birth rate and marriage surge, linking it to soldiers' leaves and sociology notes, with Kipling lines cited.
The report enumerates killed in action, missing, wounded, and other deaths by state and name, including Lieut. John M Reean and Pvt. Herbert Wilson. It also shows overall totals for casualties to date: 7,980 died of wounds 2,586 died of accidents and other causes 1,992 wounded in action and 22,000 missing including prisoners.
The section lists 467 casualties Sunday night and 479 Monday morning with divisions for killed in action, missing, wounded, and disease. It names Lieut. Paul D. Coles of Seattle severely wounded and includes several Washington state next of kin and addresses among the reported casualties and missing in action.
French troops push northeast of Rheims capturing St Maames and penetrating Hauvine as heavy fighting persists along the front north of St Quentin. German counterattacks fail to overturn Allied gains with continued combat near Bertricourt and along the Suippe front as the war office notes vigilance and renewed assaults.
A U S employment office in Chicago seeks highly trained mechanical engineers aged 30 to 45 for important war work with a $2000 annual salary. The call also lists teachers of raciotelegraphy, chemical engineers, engineers of tests, transitmen, rodmen, cargo and hull draftsmen, a chemical engineer for an electrochemical company, textile inspectors with chemistry knowledge, and analytical chemists. Full information at 110 Cherry St.
The Ladies Musical club concert featuring Adressenegarola and Anna Vitziu was canceled Monday night due to all theatres closing by health department orders.
W H Miller, a Puget Mound Dredge & Bridge Company supervisor, reports losing twenty pounds but recovering fully after taking Tanlac. He praises appetite return and peaceful sleep, noting his weight rose from 150 to 170 pounds. His wife also improved after starting Tanlac, with Bartell Drug Stores selling the medicine in Seattle.
The notice highlights six illustrated styles and five additional designs, featuring Japanese Crepe Dresses in stripe and plaid patterns. Colors include blue lavender green and yellow on white grounds with bright plaid ginghams in blues greens yellows and browns. Solid browns and blues appear among the options.
Cotton milled Tex84ined blankets in blue pink gray rose and tan with silk bound borders. Gray cotton blankets with wool‑like finish and pure wool assortments in multiple designs. Flobes den couch traveling bed covering or auto. Sizes from 20x40 to 66x80 inches with prices from 1.00 to 2.95. MacDougall leatherette and gray linairs.
Four styles of Crepe de Chine blouses offered in colors coral navy maize flesh and white. Semi-tailored and tailored models feature hemstitched frill fronts cross tucked fronts and tucked fronts. V-neck styles present in flesh gray maize and white for feminine options.
An advertisement for MacDougall's Blouse Shop and MacDougall Southwick's Men’s Shop features Georgette blouses with shadow stitch embroidery and bead trim in white navy flesh taupe and printed frills. It also promotes stiff and soft cuff shirts in sizes 14 to 17 priced from $1.45 to $7.95 and silk crepe shirts at $7.95.
Linoleum printed cork with burlap back at 1.15 yard. Inlaid linoleum in choice selection 1.50 yard. Inlaid linoleum with line tile patterns for kitchen and bath 1.65 yard. Heavy inlaid linoleum in moulded patterns 1.75 yard. Heavy inlaid tile linoleum 2.00 yard.
The ad markets wool mixed Union Suits at 3.25 in natural gray, steamshrunken and tailored for sizes 34 to 50. Heavy white Lisle Union Suits at 3.50 plus long and short sleeve styles for 34 to 48. Wool shirts and drawers priced 2.35 each or 4.65 per suit, and other wool options up to 8.95. Men’s Shop, Just Inside the Door.
The Women’s Knit Sale offers Union Suits in wool mixed material with sizes 4 5 and 6 and multiple neck and sleeve styles. Fleece lined options priced at 1.50 and 1.75 with white elastic ribbed suits in sizes 34 to 44 and various neck and sleeve configurations.
The MacDougall Southwick's Nation Shop on the first floor advertises bulk bargains across sewing and tailoring goods. Stock includes full 300 count Nation Steel pins cards many sizes Safe pin rustproof jars and assorted trims with many colors and designs each priced at 25 cents or 2 for 25 cents.
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