Formaldehyde and its uses as a preservative explained
The Star presents Dr. M G Byers explanation on formaldehyde or formalin. It covers production methods secrecy, uses as embalming and disinfectant, health concerns about toxicity and cumulative effects, milk preservation risks, and claims about plant chemistry linking formaldehyde to plant carbon metabolism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. G. Byers
University of Kington
Northwest
Permaktehyde
Hyde
Frederick
Cleveland
Tanser
Miscellany of Fragments and Quips From the Era
A collage of satirical lines and social notes mentions public procrastination, political jests about Roosevelt and Pennypacker, theatrical allusions, and humorous asides about urban life. References span Zoe Angeles, Booker T. Washington, Bavarian royalty, and local transit, with playful wordplay and antiquated casual humor.
Noted Altercation Report Sparks Arrest Request
A citizen reports an assault across the way by a man who threatened to repeat the act. An officer refuses to arrest without witnessing the incident while the requester insists on action.
Beattie Captain Offers Free Loon Steamship for Canal Cargo
An offer from Captain Wim J. Jones of Beattie to supply the steamer Loon free of charge for transporting a Beattie rate cargo to South America is reported. Jones describes a plan to bait in Lake Washington canal and capture the rate, then imprison them with chloroform to ship toward Smiths Cove, a Beattie Spirtt move tied to canal prospects. The proposal, though unusual, is presented as a local effort tied to Puget Sound canal rights rather than a real estate scheme.
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Star Duat Bureau
Washi
D. C
Cultus
Peter Cadent
Ashington
Dot
Senator Foeter
Puyatlup
Wim. J. Jones
Beattie
Hieates
Puget Hound
South America
Poster
Ways and Meane Committee
Captain Jones
Star Dust
Lake Washington
Smith's Cove
Puget Bow
Tipping Industry and Canal Progress Commentary
The piece praises the Take Washington canal project for rapid progress and projects major future work. It argues the effort could surpass private contractors in twenty years and hints the work will soon finish with only locks and water to install. A separate crime note reports a burglaried Seattle home at 2208 South Thirteenth Avenue stealing $11 and a watch. police notified.
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Washington Canal
Seattle
John Guerin
Sooth Thirteenth Avenue
You Will Like It Our Men’s Underwear Line Price List
Brooks & Co offers a line of men’s underwear with attractive prices. located on Md Ave in Arcade Building.
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BN. Brooks & Co
Ugh md Ave
Arcade
Charter Oak
Ohte
Majestic
Bock
Standard
Do It Today Hat Sale at 914 Hat Ave
Purchase a Gordon $3.00 hat and have $2.00 on hand. New blocks arrive under the King Tiron collection at 914 Hat Ave.
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King Tiron
Hat Ave
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Montana
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Zoe Angeles
Union Street
Lake Union
Patti
Bob Grover Cleveland
the Milkman's Defense Cell
Luke the Loon
Eneus
Earnest Thompson Seton
Aesop
Marion Building
Fifth Fout
Bomwarmbullet Scott
Rip van Winkle
Josh
Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Pennypecker
Bavaria
Munich
Adeline Patt
Mr. Scott
Booker T. Washington
Aooo
Woodcock Te
Pollet
THE
Rochester
New Swell
Fred’s F. Adams
Noa
iLeSé Piper (Co
Tvet Ave
Boring
Btoweet Pluture Annex
First Ave
H. Lewis & CO
Weat
Chase Tone
Northern Pacific Dynamicore
Spelger & Hurlbut
Cline’s Pianohouse
Dabney & Woodhouse
Pike Street
Rhones
John
Ind
Ranke
G.A. Lindauer
Kirk
1St Ave
Ayers
Pei
Prifs
Sam Pwres Colman
Agi Favertnd Co
James Ie
Jacobson Beszasts
First Avenue
Opp
Louch-Augustine & Co
Port Orchard
U. S. Navy Yard
Athion
Inland Flyer
Bremert
Ney
Charleston
Pacific Coast League
Ladies
Sacramento
Virginia
Opera House
John Cort
Mer
Henry Miller
Margaret Angl
Ellery
Madison St
Bremerton
Pacific Packing & Navigation Co
Alaska Pacific Express
United States Mail
Valdes
Juneau
Sitka
Yakutat
Kayak
Ellamar
Cook Inlet
Excelsior & & Banta Ana
Ao Dock
Caine
Main
Jack McClellan
Pittsburg
Rafe Turner
Armory Hall
Auspicee—Reliance Club Ricee
Mgr. Phone
Jaba
Stalum Bi
Chiaffarelli
Nordica
Thepolitan Opera House
Florence Roberts
Ny Ai
Peery
Josh Spruceby
Sam Crapehee
Boe
Idaho
New York
Richard Manefield
Revenue Cutter
Perry
Colonel Kutchin
Treasury Department
Karis C. Kravuceunas
San Franchsco
MotCulloch
Port Townsend
Arcata
Ebert Ward
John Greenwald
Washington Street
Greenwald
Ward
Matinee
Niagara Falls
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