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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1918
Page
6
Squeeze juice of two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint freckle and complexion lotion. Grocers have lemons and drug stores carry three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage daily on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes and whiten skin. harmless.
Autoists canvassed Seattle neighborhoods for the red ribbons in windows as volunteers collected clothing. By Sunday more than 80 tons had been raised, over half the city quota, filling the Frederick & Nelson building with attire for Belgians and urging households to donate unused garments.
At a mass meeting in the Labor Temple annex city employes began forming a district council. Unions will elect three delegates each to attend a Carpenters hall meeting Friday evening October 11 to finalize the organization details. A. F. of L. organizer C. Oo Young spoke.
Mrs. Robert H. Boyle states that fifty women can be used Monday and a similar number daily until the work is completed, indicating a need for additional help in packing and assembling the clothing.
Patrolman J Mullen of 640 W 74th St works on Washington St between noon and 12 pm and is named one of Seattle's 322 men in the new draft lottery. He is married with dependents.
A testimonial advocating Dr Williams Pink Pills as a non alcoholic tonic to nourish nerve cells. Stella Coffield recounts paralysis after a stroke and recovery partly attributed to the pills, claiming regained use of her leg and arm. The ad notes pill price 50 cents a box, six for $2.50, with mail order information for Dr Williams Medicine Co.
Gen Crowder explains the first number drawn in the new draft while Vice President Marshall also draws, followed by Saulsbury, Clark, Daniels, Crowell and other officials. The lottery will continue as 17 000 capsules are drawn to determine order numbers for the nation’s 1845 war material.
The complete list of draft numbers chosen by lottery in Washington D C will be mailed to Seattle to replace wired transmission. The master list will go to the district board and copies to each draft board. Men aged 19 to 21 and 31 to 46 will receive order numbers and be sorted into classes after questionnaires are checked.
Physicians urge plain bitro phosphate for thin delicate nervous individuals lacking vim and nerve force. The ad promotes its efficacy amid many treatments aimed at fleshing out arms neck and bust, attributing weakness to starved nerves and urging healthful restoration.
The Fourth Liberty Loan campaign opens Monday evening at 6 15 on Occidental Avenue and King Street with a war trophies train. Two flatcars hold German captured guns from Chateau Thierry and two boxcars display captured arms and shells. Soldiers from Camp Lewis will explain the relics aboard, including Captain Wilson Herald and Private Zearck among others. The program includes the human fly Jack Williams atop the 42 story L C Smith building and a French battle front scene in front of the National Guard armory.
American forces advanced along the Hindenburg line near Verdun and north of Verdun, with tanks and whip pers in support. Units from New York and several states faced Von Hutier and Von Der Marwitz divisions, while Pershing reports repulsed heavy German counterattacks from Washington to Virginia. Between Cierges and the Aire valley, heavy enemy counterattacks were forced back.
Jack Williams known as the Human Fly will climb the face of the L C Smith building at 3 p m Monday while Harry Kirschbaum of First Music sings from the roof. The stunts committee of the Liberty Loan canceled Irene Halley’s ascent on the fly’s shoulders.
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