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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1919
Page
20
Edward Stroble, a first class engineer of U. & 8. Ramsey, woke on a lawn at the city outskirts and found $360 missing. He accused Anna Black and Lawrence Bouldiey, a taxi driver, of drugging and robbing him, and reported the incident to the Hall of Justice.
General Salvador Alvarado, as Carranza’s governor, halted peonage by wiping out indebtedness and overhauling land abuse, demobilized most troops, freed prisoners, and built a nationwide school network. He deployed 2000 teachers to educate children in cities and plantations, transforming the rural reform drive.
Narrative chronicles General Alvarado implementing mass education, wage growth, and social reforms across Yucatan and beyond. He nationalizes schools, builds savings banks, raises worker pay, hours, and welfare, frees peon families, and drives economic modernization while steering civil governance and press reform.
Bartell Drug Stores lists numerous soaps and prices including 10¢ items and multi pack deals. Brands mentioned include Wrisley’s Crabapple and Colonial Dame, Peets’ Peroxide variants, Swift’s Glory Glycerine, Palmolive, Colgate’s, Pears, Jergen’s, Resinol, and several castile soaps with 3 for 25¢ or 3 for 40¢ and 3 for 50¢ offers.
Cool cleansing device attaches to any faucet. Complete with all attachments priced at 3.00.
An assortment of tooth brushes and tooth pastes is advertised with many brands and prices from 10¢ to 75¢. Products listed include Colgate Cream 10¢, S. S. White Paste 25¢, Sozodont 25¢, Listering 12¢ to 85¢, and Lavoria antiseptic 25¢ to $1.00. Also shown are Lavasepsia mouth wash and Lister Alkaline Solution at 25¢.
Miscellaneous toilet needs include 21¢ oval sponges 18c bath sponges in various sizes, 10c to 50c brushes, aluminum soap boxes and toothbrush holders, Smirnoff's shampoo powder and bath blocks priced at 25c, all noted with standard shop wording and pricing.
Sartell Drug Stores advertises bath brushes with detachable handles in plain or white enamel. No. 12 items include regular 59% brushes and No. 12-2 black medium bristles at 81.00 each. No. 32.5 is a 1 inch white soft bristle brush priced at 1.00.
Wash cloths knitted with embroidered edges in purple blue pink or yellow priced from 10 cents to 25 cents each. Men's shaving mirrors plain and magnifying with gilt or nickel edge finish priced at 1 dollar 60 cents and up.
East New York reporters say soft drink sales declined amid prohibition. Bottlers cite the closing of several loan facilities handling much output and higher living costs plus increased beverage prices as factors. Materials costs rose sharply while beverage prices rose less.
London report notes gravediggers say funerals at Uxbridge have fallen, with fewer than one burial weekly in the last three months. Officials consider declining death rates and changing burial habits affecting their work.
The Rhodes Co offers American Lady Floyal Worcester and Rhodesa Corseta in atyliah models for glender, medium and stout figures at 1.50 2.00 2.50 and 3.00 dollars on the Upper Main Floor.
The Garment Section features a belted smart model priced at 95 cents with back belt wear for a flare or full belting. Plain box models with large collars turn-back cuffs and a new bell sleeve are also shown. A pair costs 35 cents, eight pairs for $1.00.
In Los Angeles on September 5 officials from the street railway systems and Pacific Electric announce that key lines will run through tonight while unions hold firm on demands. Although some lines operated only until 10 p.m. last night, management says normal conditions are nearing.
In Newport Wales on September 5 a thunderstorm ended in tragedy as Edward Travers aged 16 a farm hand was struck and killed by lightning while carrying a hayfork on his shoulder.
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