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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1918
Page
8
Promotional copy touts Poslam as the remedy for virulent eczema, promising immediate cooling and itching relief on raw skin. It asserts quick healing with continued use and urges readers to request free samples from Emergency Laboratories in New York.
A fragmentary text blends an advertisement for Dr Williams Pink Pills claiming rheumatism blood thinning improves with treatment and a later note on a 10 day theatre engagement featuring a performer named Alexander who presents psychic tests and a Simla seance with language abilities, secrets, and claim of no spirits.
A columnist promotes liquid arvon as a dandruff cure. Apply four ounces at night to moisten scalp, rub in gently, and by morning dandruff appears reduced or gone. Three to four additional applications claim to dissolve and destroy all signs. Itching ceases and hair feels fluffy, glossy and soft.
Four boys and four girls from King County schools won National Boys and Girls Industrial Clubs honors in food production conservation and domestic economy and traveled by car to Yakima for state fair competition. Champions include Mildred Thompson Cortene Neukirchen Issaquah Mary Cravett Pacific City Dorothy Griswold Kirkland and Ben Wells Kent Charles Hamley Bellevue Harry Sinn Novelty Donald Washburn Bryn Mawr. Awards were given after judges visited contestants homes across the county.
Registration for Seattle night school classes opens. Evening sessions run Wednesday Friday 7 15 to 9 15 and Thursday at Broadway High. Monday start. Courses include Americanization English machine shop gas engine auto and advanced studies. Textbooks loaned. Elementary and foreign born classes listed at several grade schools with specialized classes for Chinese and Japanese at Main Street School.
In Los Angeles two men named John Francis White are in dispute. The San Diego White accuses the Los Angeles White of forging a deed to his property, while the Los Angeles White claims a mistake. The San Diego White is in jail on $2,500 bail after a hearing held here yesterday.
An Austrian minister of war states that far more than 600000 Austrian captives have already come back from Russia. The figure reflects large scale repatriation amid ongoing wartime disruptions and civilian impact.
In Marysville California on September 18 two unidentified men died instantly when southbound Southern Pacific train No. 15 struck an oil truck near Zamora station. Engineer Tom Thomas and fireman August Rogers were seriously burned in a blast that spread oil and asphaltum over a wide area. the truck belonged to the state highway commission.
Physicians recommend plain bitrophosphate to thin nervous individuals lacking vim and nerve force. The article cites evidence of this preparation’s efficacy and notes that many ads promise to flesh out arms neck and bust, reflecting widespread concern about excess thinness and weak nerves.
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