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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1916
Page
4
American labor groups denounce the Canadian act as forced service and slavery by prohibiting strikes during investigations. They warn it would enable employers to prepare, hire strikebreakers, and lay in supplies, hurting weaker and smaller unions while threatening overall labor rights.
A small white hearse bearing a tiny white casket leaves the home as grieving parents and siblings follow in sorrow. The father sobs aloud recalling a last remark and the mother steadies him as she tries to comfort him.
The piece argues freight rates drive the presence of the American flag on the Pacific, claiming business lacks sentiment and profits dictate flag display. It asserts patriotic concern over flag placement tied to dollars and private pockets as war prosperity ends.
A shopkeeper teases a celebrity actress by offering a massaged alligator skin bag as the latest trend. The dialogue shifts to municipal economy as locals joke about digging up, paving, widening, and re-paving a street. Notes about a bum and tobacco juice on a piazza appear, with a brief obituary mention.
A 19th century health note urges both men and women to start each morning with a glass of hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims clearer skin improved complexion and fewer illnesses follow internal sanitation and warns that outside cleanliness cannot compensate for inside impurities.
Council Monday adopted the franchise committee recommendation and asked Corporation Counsel Caldwell to pursue litigation to determine the status of the Independent telephone franchise. A federal injunction had blocked Sunset Telephone from removing poles, after it absorbed the Independent.
Five more agitators were arrested and driven from Everett by the citizens' committee the sheriff and police after they attempted to address crowds on the streets last night. Law enforcement and residents bar speakers from streets but permit speaking in the city park.
Octavia engages with Ethan Lovejoy during a tour of the Drumworth restoration, debates portraits and secrets, and confronts questions of wealth, marriage, and social standing as Rutherton, Lord Aylesden, and family discuss an American visitor and transatlantic ties.
United States Senator Thomas Taggart forecasts a sweeping Democratic win in Indiana. He told Democratic National Committee Chairman James McCormick that President Wilson and the ticket will carry Indiana by 50,000 votes.
A health notice urges confined indoors to guard against excess fat and seek kerein capsules from Bartell Drug Co. or a drugstore. It claims lack of fresh air weakens blood oxygen and reduces vitality, promoting fat formation and weaker muscles. A 15 to 20 pound weight loss is proposed after a few days of treatment.
A vintage advertisement promotes Zemo as an effective, inexpensive treatment for eczema and skin troubles. It warns against greasy salves and ointments and claims quick itch relief, healing of sores burns and wounds, and clear skin when used as directed. Also offers drugstore sale prices and bottle sizes.
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