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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1921
Page
9
An advertisement urges mothers to buy genuine Fig Syrup for babies and children, warning that only the California produced product carries the correct label and printed age guidance. It promises to prevent illness by cleaning the bowels and easing constipation, biliousness, feverishness, colic, and stomach ailments.
Maj. Carl Reeves backs restoring jitney service to Cowen Park as Mayor Caldwell leans in. City hall indications show council support, with final decision set for November 21. Reeves proposes 15 buses on specified routes, while F M Peterson seeks 30 cars and a 3 percent railway fund cut.
An advertisement touts Outgro as a harmless antiseptic for chiropodists that can reduce inflammation and pain from an ingrown toenail. It claims the solution toughens the skin and makes the nail turn outward almost overnight, with directions for consumer purchase.
Peter Witt traction expert receives many speaking requests as he studies Seattle municipal railway. He will address the King County Democratic Club at Meves cafeteria Saturday noon, the Transportation Club Monday noon, the Commonwealth Club Monday night, the Progressive Business Men's Club next Wednesday, and the Real Estate Men's Association the following day. He spends the days reviewing charts and maps and inspecting traffic handling during rush hours.
Tacoma reports Sperry Flour Co cashier Frank Searle aged 43 is jailed on embezzlement charges totaling 8000 dollars. Company manager J D Armstrong says Searle claimed grain purchases that never occurred, with theft spanning a year discovered during annual audit.
Mrs Rh P Burchard of Victoria British Columbia was to address the Seattle Garden Club Friday afternoon at the Fine Arts building University on gardens and methods of gardening in Washington The public is invited Her gardens in Victoria are said to be among the finest in the Northwest.
C. F. Roscoe of Everett told the Young Men’s Republican club that logging of unused land should proceed under a special state provision. He urged allotting land to ex service men to make timbered sections useful.
Famine is reported to prevail in Azerbaijan with people flocking to fields to eat grass after the Red Army seized all corn. This isolated wartime dispatch notes severe food shortages affecting civilians.
In Shanghai on October 28 a thousand Chinese girl students joined the Far Eastern Olympiad. Their dancing marching and athletic stunts drew complaints from many Chinese spectators who felt they stepped beyond traditional feminine bounds.
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