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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
4
A market listing shows prices paid wholesale for vegetables fruits and staples including celery corn green peas potatoes hay and grain. It notes prices for hay and grain products and animal feeds, with miscellaneous notes on pegs poultry veal and pork values and a final line of figures.
State Fire Warden Joy warns coal burning locomotives threaten fires as fuel oil shortages push Western divisions to coal. Railroads must patrol rights of way during summer fire months under new law. No new fires reported except a small blaze near Chop in Pierce County as cooler weather helps containment.
Exhibits New Apple M. F. Jones of Ravenna heights shows a red cheeked large apple with a gentle sour flavor at Meves cafeteria. He reports distributing 1000 trees grown from the seed and has 200 more.
Twenty pretty English girls in khaki are in France tending soldiers’ graves, performing the sentimental duty of keeping them green. The story notes the women’s Army role and the solemn task they undertake amidst wartime.
A reader writes that she has dated a young man for two years and learned he loves another woman. The adviser suggests jealousy is natural, questions the definitiveness of the claim, and urges the writer to try to forget the remark.
A city ordinance bans girls under 18 from entering downtown public dance halls without a proper chaperone. If a minor is found there, she would likely be sent to one of the girls' training schools as a consequence.
A letter asks for a definition of vampire describing a dead spirit that arises at night to drink the blood of the living, especially the young. It notes regional prevalence from Greece to Russia, and explains Christianized views where excommunicated bodies are said to be made vampires by devilish means.
An advertisement touts De Miracle as a superior depilatory that removes hair under the skin to prevent regrowth. It claims a money back guarantee and offers a free booklet, with pricing 60c 1.00 and 2.00, from The Miracle Chemical Co New York.
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