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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1919
Page
8
Seattle police chief Charles B. Tennant says the city will face a new crime wave following the war. He notes the brutalities of global conflicts have unsettled morals and heightened passions for loot and blood, predicting a surge in Seattle crime.
An advertisement touts Gets-It corn remover as painless and guaranteed with claims of easy use. The text shifts to an editorial commentary on wartime psychology, crime waves, and winter crime spikes, urging public help to assist police and curb crime.
A Swiss inventor unveils a flying motorcycle with a retractable biplane wing. In a one mile demonstration at a height of 15 feet the craft reaches 56 mph in the air with a 30 horsepower engine and 2 speeds. On land it can reach 40 mph.
Venice report states gondoliers voted to strike asking for a 50 percent wage increase to raise pay amid labor tensions. The action floods city canals with halted service as crews rally under strong union support.
In Landon on October 24, news reports the first fatal mosquito bite in England. Mrs Annie May Taylor aged 19 was bitten on the face in a park, developed swelling and infection, and died after ten days of illness.
Tokyo reports the government offers bounties on all sheep aged five months to five years brought into Japan. Animals undergo port inspections by the Ministry of Agriculture.
A remedy sold at drug stores claims quick relief for colds and grippe. Take one dose every two hours for three doses to open nasal passages stop a runny nose and relieve headache fever and sneezing. The product costs only a few cents and contains no quinine.
Special to The Star reports Flint Michigan plans 1800 living quarters with 4000 workers on site. GM teams with Du Pont to build model workingmen homes costing over 6 million dollars. In England a cement steel town near London aims rapid, safe housing. In Camden Town James Naith dies from blood poisoning after a carpet tack scratch.
An advertisement touts Peptiron as agreeable to the stomach and easily assimilated restoring health by combining tron with nux and pepsin. It claims to aid anemia nervous and dyspeptic conditions, improve appetite nutrition and sleep with testimonials from P. Winkley of Gossville and H Hood Co Lowell.
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