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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1917
Page
3
Grandmother’s recipe promises to darken gray hair and restore youthful lustre. The ad promotes Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use home treatment, claiming natural, even color and thicker, glossier hair after a few applications. It notes no disease cure.
John Breen known as Iriehman was ordered to purchase a Liberty Bond within an hour as the final test of loyalty before naturalization. He returned with a $50 bond and signed to complete his citizenship. Robert MacPherson the Scotchman was told to buy a $50 bond and attend eight classes to prepare for another citizenship hearing.
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a rapid, harmless liniment for rheumatic pain and related ailments. It claims instant relief at the tender spot, warns against internal treatment, and urges readers to try a small bottle at drug stores for relief from soreness stiffness lumbago neuralgia and sprains.
A medicinal remedy advert promises instant relief from sour stomach gas pains belching and fullness after meals. The J O T O product from Bellingham Chemical Co. Washington is offered through druggists with a sample upon request.
Paris reports that government war pictures boost morale as audiences erupt in support of France. Officials show raids on cathedrals and art, mutilated statues, and German surrender scenes to convey front line realities and sustain civilian zeal for victory.
A Berlin Zeitung am Mittag report details an impostor in Danzig who posed as Prince Henry of Prussia, received honors, and fled after leaving bills for jewelry. The scam spanned multiple cities with further deception involving a romania-bound officer's wife. The man was identified as drawing master Artur Traeder, a deserter from the 146th infantry. Professor Riesser comments on postwar debt and economic recovery. The German press argues for continued paper supplies to sustain wartime public opinion and press function.
A Star want ad lists a house for rent available now. Details include location and rental terms. Contact information is provided for interested applicants.
In Minneapolis on October 26 Nels Johnson of Paynesville offered a meal at a sandwich wagon to several hungry youths. While paying his bill one boy forcibly snatched the money bag containing seventy dollars, then the others helped themselves to the meal as Johnson tried to settle the bill.
On the Greek island of Fano near Corfu, women are forbidden to speak while most men work in the United States as waiters. The tradition follows men marrying their beloved, then seeking fortunes abroad before returning to their brides, leaving wives silent during the long separations.
A classic reader friendly ad touts Papes Diapepsin as the fastest surest stomach antacid. It claims instant relief from gas sourness and upset stomach and urges readers to keep a fifty cent case at home for family digestive mishaps.
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