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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1918
Page
12
Special to The Star by N. BE. A. Paria Oct 25. Lord Derby British ambassador to France urges leaving unscarred ruins in northern France and Belgium as memorials to the dead. He favors restoring trade mines factories and agriculture after the war but would not restore cathedrals homes castles or ruined villages.
Special to The S. by N. BE. AD Paris Oct. 2 French police dogs of German ancestry are trained to fight and carry messages and find wounded at the front. They never make mistakes and will not take food unless offered by their handler.
Eight women, calling themselves the Gata, organize Nevada precincts to support Anne Martin as the first U.S. senator. The group includes Mabel Vernon, Kate Mullin, Jessica Granville-Smith, Mollie Condon, Ida Ostrum, Kathryn Lincoln, Margaret Long, and Ella Ruegel. They campaign house to house across Nevada, facing rough conditions and long hours in pursuit of the suffrage era victory.
An old advertising piece urges mothers to give California Syrup of Figs for constipation and minor illnesses. It extols a gentle inside cleansing, notes signs like coated tongue and feverish breath, and warns to avoid counterfeit syrups while suggesting checking for the California Fig Syrup Company label.
An advertisement touts Wizard Oil as a safe simple treatment for headache neuralgia and other pains. It describes quick relief from nerves sprains cuts burns bites stings and more and promises money back if not satisfied. The offer includes 26 cents per bottle and a pink pill product for constipation or sick headache.
Special to The Star by N FE A London October 26 retired admirals and rear admirals join captains and commanders in armed yachts to hunt U boats. They scouted mines and sank submarines keeping trade lanes open and one captain reportedly chased a vanished U boat, depth charges bursting and water turning black with debris.
Special to The Star reports war costs force Parisian blondes to switch to brunettes as peroxide of hydrogen soars in price. Once a couple of francs bought a large bottle, now scarcity and high costs push thousands to abandon the attempt and let nature take its course.
Paris reports that French prejudice against frozen meat faded after World War I as soldiers found it acceptable. Minister of Agriculture M. Victor Boret noted frozen shipments from Argentina aboard a new ship carrying 3,200 tons of beef. He cited the 1876 invention by Charles Tellier as the precursor to modern meat refrigeration for ocean transport.
Miss Kelly of Newark recounts a three year nervous breakdown improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes daily headaches ceased and she regained strength enabling normal work and she permits publication of her letter.
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