Bread prices to stay high despite flour cuts in Portland
Flour price reductions announced by Pacific Coast millers in Portland will not lower Seattle bread costs. Davidson Baking Co. official J. D. Davidson says Seattle bakers cannot use soft wheat and overhead costs keep loaf prices up until fuel, delivery, and wage expenses drop. An Italian university professor notes radium found in dew.
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Seattle
J. D. Davidson
Davidson Baking Co
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Davidson
Banish Pimples Easily with Stuarts Calcium Wafers
An advertisement promises clear skin using Stuart's Calcium Wafers to purge pimples blackheads eruptions and eczema by boosting blood calcium. It claims the product firms facial fibers and purifies the skin, offering a 50 cent box and a free trial package by mail via a coupon.
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Stuart
Fr. A. Stuart Co
Mareball
Mich
Gerard urges united nation as Berlin speech stirs Seattle crowd
James W. Gerard former US ambassador to Germany enthused about victory over Prussia at a Seattle Arena meeting. He recalled German cruelty in Belgium and France and warned Americans to oppose traitors. Thousands crowded in while others were turned away. He planned further talks in Seattle at the First Baptist church.
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James W. Gerard
United States
Seattle
Gerard
Belgium
France
Germany
Victoria
First Baptist Church
Livys George Society
Brother in trenches in France finally heard from after nine years
In Allentown Pennsylvania on September 28 an item about the University of Washington ambulance unit No. 71 reaching France. Anthony Corbiere, a member of nurses and doctors, has heard from a child he tended nine years ago. The brother served three years in the trenches with a machine gun company.
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University of Washington
France
Anthony Corbiere
Home Remedy Promises Relief for Catarrh Deafness Head Noises
An outdated advertorial describes a home treatment for catarrhal deafness and head noises claiming cure after other methods fail. It prescribes Parmint with hot water and sugar, four times daily, to reduce inflammation in the Eustachian tubes and balance ear pressure, suggesting caregivers try the recipe.
Ruth Miller to Sing at Benefit Concert in Seattle
A benefit concert for fatherless children in France features Ruth Miller of Seattle in leading roles. The event is scheduled for Wednesday October 3 at 8 30 PM at First Presbyterian Church. Mrs Lawrence Bogie accompanies on piano and John Spargur leads a violin quartet. Miller plans to join the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York soon.
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San Francisco
Denver
Seattle
Retell
France
First Presbyterian Church
Ruth Miller
H. C. Henry
Miss Miller
Lawrence Bogie
John Spargur
Metropolitan Opera Company
No Fours in Japanese Directories T: Shi and death term causes absence
A remark notes that Japanese telephone directories omit the digit four because the kanji or reading shi sounds like death. The quirky linguistic tidbit links numerals to superstition in Japanese culture.
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