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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1918
Page
5
Advertisement promotes Mothers Friend a penetrating external preparation to ease pregnancy and childbirth. It claims to relax abdominal muscles and reduce pain, urging expectant mothers to obtain the product from Bradfield Regulator Company for use twice daily.
A testimonial from W. H. Brubaker of Salina Pa claims Adler-i-ka enables wife to complete housework and relieve side pain. The ad promotes Adler-ka as expelling gun and sourness, cleansing the alimentary canal, curing constipation, and preventing appendicitis.
In Berlin Gen. Ludendorff returns to inaugurate a family tomb in Herlin cemetery. The tomb honors his two sons shot down an airman and provides for the general. The monument bears the motto Fearless and Faithful and is topped by a German spike helmet.
A vintage ad touts rub on Mniment for sprains pains and swelling. It claims rapid relief without burning skin and urges readers to obtain a trial bottle from drugstores. The copy asserts long usage history and six cold medals for effectiveness.
London officials report two and a half million tons of coal are wasted as cinders annually with London alone losing about a half million tons. The suggested saving could exceed 10 million dollars yearly, and eliminating the waste would spare 11,008 miners’ yearly effort to replace the lost heat value.
Japanese steamship lines are establishing connections that will continue after the war. Traffic with India is rising as British shops are excluded from coastal traffic in Japan. Extensive trade with New Zealand and Australia is also developing.
London editorial notes Siberia’s mineral wealth forests and agricultural potential largely untapped and after the war will offer a vast development field. The region is likened to a fusion of the United States and Canada in resources and scale.
The report shows 626 009 women employed across all branches of industry in France. It details gains in manufacturing and services, highlighting sector contributions and regional distribution within the nation.
Special Prices in Men's Furnishings lists knit gloves jersey knit gloves oxford gray with stitched backs and black bindings strong handkerchiefs and 14 inch hems Southwick soft collars Madras collars Cheney silk mufflers silk lisle socks linen handkerchiefs washables tan cape gloves auto robes smoking jackets madras and crepe cloth shirts khaki oxford gray shirts with military collars bathrobes four in hand ties union suits and fleeced shirts and drawers with sizes 30 to 48 and 34 to 48 draw ers. Outing flannel pajamas in 1921 cloth sizes 15 to 18 and 18 years.
Salvage experts in London have given up hopes of refloating the Lusitania citing prohibitive costs. They may, however, attempt to recover the specie reportedly locked in the purser's cabin on the upper deck.
Destruction of libraries and art galleries in France by the Germans has led the duke of Newcastle to suggest that every picture and book thus wantonly destroyed should be replaced from German galleries and libraries.
W H Parsons of the Dexter Horton National Bank says Wall Street bets 2 to 1 peace will come before Christmas. He notes business leaders expect a gradual postwar readjustment, with munitions plants converting to peace industries and government contracts sustaining market security. Banks back government policy to support a strong afterwar economy.
An advertisement extols the health benefits of 8. S. S. blood purifier, claiming pure blood prevents serious illnesses. It lists conditions like rheumatism catarrh scrofula eczema and malaria as caused by impurities. The ad promotes 8. S. S. as a long trusted remedy and urges readers to write the Swift Specific Company in Atlanta for free literature and advice.
An advertisement promotes an ureliable Hyome inhaler kit with catarrh and bronchitis relief claims. The hard rubber inhaler is portable and uses Myomel and Hyomelia eucalyptus compounds to clear nasal passages and soothe sore throats with a money back guarantee. Bartell Drug Co and other stores sell the complete outfit and refills.
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