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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1917
Page
7
Herbert Hoover urges Seattle readers to join Food Pledge Week, stressing that food conservation by 22,000,000 homes is vital to feed allies and win the war. He calls on households, hotels, restaurants, and factories to reduce waste and substitute foods, highlighting meat, bread, fat, and sugar reductions.
The message urges increased savings for war bonds, arguing that higher early purchases reduce eventual taxes and shorten the war. It stresses readers should begin now, set aside money specifically for bonds, and avoid spending on other temptations before the next issue.
Bruce Beck, longtime Bon Marche executive and Seattle food administration chair, recounts his boyhood in Ravenna near Lake Washington. A Yale alumnus and former UW rower, Beck built a career in department store management and now leads civic efforts to conserve food.
At Camp Leavis Tacoma Oct. 28 a training camp will be held after December 1 for 100 enlisted men and college graduates who, in the opinion of examiners, would make good officers. Those who pass exams after training will be commissioned as second lieutenants as vacancies occur.
An Omaha Nebraska woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of female troubles and enabling her to have a baby girl. The advertisement claims many childless women become mothers after using the remedy.
A vintage ad promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound to darken gray hair naturally and evenly. It claims quick results with a sponge or brush, describing the product as a delightful toilet requisite not for disease treatment.
A collage of short items from a women's viewpoint and reader notices. It mentions a Chicago girl reporting a poison needle tale, a debutante shortage affecting suitors, wartime finances and diet questions, and a humorous auto biography project by Kid Brother Howard. It includes light personal sketches about a father and musings on food conservation.
Delia Delight Pinney complains gas bills rose after her family reduced usage and meters were hard to read. She argues meters should be read for citizens not billed by utility, asks who funds meter testing and who bears meter expense.
A quarter ounce of free zone purchased at a drug store rubs on corns and calluses to stop soreness instantly. The remedy loosens and removes the corn root and tissue without inflaming surrounding skin and costs very little.
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