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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1919
Page
15
A reader describes a morphine addiction ending after a Southern doctor's treatment costing 25 dollars. The writer, now recovered, urges public exposure of the cure and criticizes those who sell to beginners while seeking to share the doctor’s name through The Star.
A critique argues cities waste white paper on rural uplift while claiming efficiency. It contends urban workers idle when industries calm, while country farmers feed the world with relentless labor and low rewards, noting no eight hour day and constant toil.
The article surveys early aviation advances led by W. J. Beach and Curtiss flyers. It notes a vertically rising aircraft and a world aerial passenger service planned by the Great Northern Aerial Syndicate. It cites air mail growth, costs, and safety figures while imagining a flying car era.
A rambling letter page discusses a recent Oak Park murder sprouting town pride and calls for unity against crime. The note mocks speed legends, notes phone service declines, and humorously questions oil investments and local gossip.
Poet Edmund Vance Cooke celebrates the abundance of summer through fruit imagery, praising cantaloupe grapefruit and the year’s fullness. He links national symbols to fruit and notes Uncle Ichabod’s quip about profiteers while praising diverse lands and flavors.
A chronicle notes events dated October including migrations to Connecticut in 1634, Hartford Windsor and Weathersfield settlements, John Vanderlyn born 1775, poet Robert Herrick buried 1674, a British ship surrender over $290000 aboard, 1814 army skirmish with four dead, composer Thomas Hastings born 1784, and a clash between the USS President and the Swallow in 1812.
An old advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in Bayer package with directions for Moead ache colds pain neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. It claims Bayer means genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years and notes handy tins of 12 tablets costing a few cents.
Excerpt discusses opposition to using force to enforce opinions and laws. It argues liberty as cure for repression, cites Bolshevism and anarchy as dangers, and defends free speech while critiquing coercive measures. The piece references Abraham Lincoln and Bernard Shaw as contrasts to forceful governance.
A reader defends the paper's Saturday Robbery piece and praises the reporting tone while noting figures quoted. The letter supports the Chronicle’s approach and invites clarification of data.
The old gardener warns cabbages are hard to keep over winter as they decay quickly. Store in sand or leaves, in trenches with hay or straw projecting above ground, and mulched as weather cools. A frozen cabbage keeps well but thaws poorly.
An old public notice extols an organic phosphate treatment to combat extreme thinness and nervousness. It claims phosphorus deficiency causes frailty and outlines benefits of early use, including improved vigor and appearance, with a caution to avoid fattening foods if weight gain is not desired.
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