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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1920
Page
13
The Science and Invention editor urges practical devices to reduce worker load and improve household chores. He cites needs for a steam powered dishwasher and a non mutilating envelope letter, along with a reliable pencil sharpener and disposable paper collar ideas. He encourages inventors to pursue useful, affordable ideas rather than grand schemes.
A garbled OCR passage references voters, factions, and alleged manipulation of ballots. It mentions a Georgia grand jury investigation, Civil War era figures like Meade, Thomas, and Lee, and claims of gambling and orders to throw battles. Details are unclear and names unreliable due to transcription errors.
The piece argues prices in the country drift lower and speculators face losses while merchants who held goods benefit. It notes the Federal Reserve Board and Treasury aiming to keep prices high, refuse loans to hold last year’s cotton, and predicts broad effects on storage and profits, with government restraint as appropriate.
A 22 year old woman killed herself after being deceived by a man who refused to acknowledge her unborn child. A coroner’s jury found death by own action and condemned the man as deserving of the highest censure. The text condemns legal gaps and societal dismissiveness.
Sufferers urged to seek cure by treating blood germs rather than surface remedies. The ad promotes 8. 8. 8. as a blood remedy that supposedly reaches disease sources, promising free expert advice from the Chief Medical Adviser at Swift's Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
An illustrated vignette with summer in the city and a country idyll. A banker Masson Gaines courts Miss Mary Sewell at a bevy of socialites and a mock tournament on Chimney Rock while arguing for keeping city comforts during heat.
The article argues public opinion swings between extreme militarism and pacifism after wartime fervor. It endorses a permanent draft focused on labor service for youth, highlighting Bulgaria's plan to assign conscripts to irrigation, reforestation, builders, and mines under experts, with training and education during service.
Everett True argues for equal training in agriculture and public works and supports women performing wartime service. He envisions a constructive army that avoids revenge, reduces national egotism, and fosters patriotism through building up the country and aiding others, unifying the nation and expanding democracy.
E G Darnall of Bonham Texas reports Foley's Honey and Tar stops his cough and throat tickle. The remedy loosens phlegm clears air passages and coats inflamed surfaces with a soothing healing layer. It contains no opiates and is sold everywhere.
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