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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
4
Ad extols Cascarets candy laxative for children, claiming it cleans stomach liver and bowels, prevents bile fermentations and constipation, and never gripes. It promises safe gentle relief with 10 cent boxes and doses for aged one year and up.
Eastern Washington farmers who met Seattle promoters returned home distressed by an $18 million Klickitat irrigation plan. Bonds floated to fund the scheme were dispersed to banks and brokers, leaving farmers with mortgage liens but no usable irrigation, while the project proved unconstructive and risky. Irrigation expert Joseph Hinkle warned that many bonds rest on promises rather than land, harming landowners and investors alike.
A vintage promotional piece extols Knowlton's Danderine for instant gloss and softness. It claims dramatic effects within minutes and weeks, including dandruff elimination and new hair sprouting across the scalp, urging drug stores as the source.
Advertises supply of vegetable herbs and old reliable remedies in dry herb liquid or tablet form. Claims freshness and purity, home treatment guidance with a 250 recipe booklet priced at She, promotion urging readers to obtain herbs locally from Jacob Aal the Herbalist at 51 Pike Place Market Seattle WA.
Far and near notices tell Ned Schramm of 426 Senithat amid telegram that he has been commissioned a lieutenant in the aviation corps. Other items note Chapin Yok’s family, a Chinese colony death, land survey offers of 5,000 acres, and various local incidents from a barber protest to hospital care, theft, and minor crimes.
Paris votes a four thousand dollar cost to award Marshal Foch the sword of honor. A design competition among artists will grant prizes of two hundred dollars to the first ten models. The total expense mirrors the artists’ prize fund.
A longtime sufferer credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy with curing stomach and liver trouble, bloating, and heart flutterings after 15 years of yo yo symptoms. The ad claims the remedy cleanses the intestinal tract and reduces inflammation, with a money back guarantee and distribution at Owl Drug Co and Bartell's stores.
Milton Bronner explains Uncle Sam could bankrupt the allied nations by demanding payment on demand rather than on a fixed date. He notes total obligations around 6.69 billion dollars to Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Belgium, Greece, Cuba and Serbia, mostly unsecured IOUs. The article contrasts government credits with prewar securities and suggests final settlement may be postwar.
Martha and Harry Dion proprietors of the Richelieu hotel at 815 Third Ave were bound over to the grand jury after a hearing before U S Commissioner R W McClelland on charges of selling liquor within the five mile limit zone.
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