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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1917
Page
6
A reader asks how long a guest should stay after afternoon tea. The columnist advises depends on crowd size. in crowded rooms guests should move on to welcome new arrivals, while smaller gatherings allow longer stays. Suggests a range from one-half to three-quarters of an hour for a happy medium.
Dear Cynthia Grey instructs cleaning piano keys with a soft cloth moistened with alcohol then dried with another cloth. Do not apply alcohol to the wood as it can injure the varnish.
A letter to Miss Grey rebukes a man for breaking hearts and urges removing the cause of the breach. The write suggests the wife, though wounded, should be treated with care to recover love and trust, and implies she may move on if not repaired.
Information on entering the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis or the Army at West Point. Guidance on regulations, eligibility, and where to obtain official details. Seek assistance at the federal building or from your congressman for authoritative notices and contacts.
National Army recruits begin basic drill at Camp Lewis with officers to be chosen from among the new men. Regulars from Vancouver Barracks arrive to instruct as 247 San Francisco recruits and 122 from Oregon join the medical corps ambulance unit.
A delivery auto skidded across Union on Second Ave pinning 16 year old Frank Anderson against its side. He sustained a bruised knee. Two other boys in the car were uninjured.
A vintage advertisement touts a cheap freckle remover by mixing lemon juice with orchard white in three ounces and shaking to a quarter pint. It claims daily facial application will fade freckles and blemishes and whiten the skin, marketing as harmless care.
The War Department orders conversion of Pacific Coast coast artillery to field artillery to match infantry and support France. Fifteen hundred national army members will report to Camp Lewis and train at Puget Sound Fort, displacing regulars and guardsmen to camps for intensive field artillery training.
United Freeland Wie Washington dispatch reports Dr. Robert F. Griggs and a National Geographic expedition reach Kodiak Alaska after touring the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. They map Katmal crater nine miles around and 3600 feet deep and note a river of mud extending 17 miles.
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