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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1920
Page
8
Nancy and Nick sleep under a Magical Mushroom in Topsy Turvy Land and awake to rain. Green Shoes shrink them to crawl inside a talking mushroom bag and ride a bouncing potato scented cabin. They realize they are trapped in a leaky bag as the mushroom speaks for the first time.
In the Green Forest and Green Meadows a stranger prompts a crowd to assemble at Billy Possum’s hollow tree. Peter Rabbit and friends debate calling him out while Chatterer the Red Squirrel stirs trouble, waking Uncle Billy Possum.
In a slow, humorous scene Unc Billy Possum greets his neighbors at the hollow tree. Peter Rabbit and others admire his white teeth while Reddy Fox becomes the last caller, promising to return. Next tale features Billy Possum and Jim My Skunk.
A wartime appeal extols workers and home front contributors, urging Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood builder to boost strength, energy, and vigor for fighting germs and hardships. It touts fifty years of recommendations and availability at drug stores, urging men to face every task with iron nerves.
Prohibition has halted rattlesnake hunting in Winsted Connecticut leading locals to form a wildcat club. With prohibition banning rattlers from carrying bite antidote the reptiles will be left unmolested during this unusual springtime event.
In New York on April 9, two dozen tenants of the Imperial apartment house in Brooklyn formed a corporation and purchased the property. The Imperial, among the finest apartments in Brooklyn, was their target to reduce rent and gain security through collective ownership.
In Sydney and New South Wales workers push for shorter hours. Australian labor seeks a 44 hour week with a Saturday off, while painters demand 40 hours. Workers refuse arbitration, planning holidays and Saturdays. Employers threaten legal action.
An advertisement touts Danderine as stopping hair loss and dandruff while restoring life and brightness to every strand. It claims visible results after a simple application with minimal cost.
The Pacific Mail Liner Venezuela with two kilowatt wireless established a new record by communicating with the naval station at Inglewood California, a voyage distance of 6600 miles across the Pacific.
An advertisement touts Musterole a clean white mustard oil ointment that may relieve sore throat bronchitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia congestion pleurisy rheumatism lung gag o back and joint pains sprains and colds. Recommends rub-in use with 30 and 60 cent jars and a hospital size option at $2.50.
Paris reports profiteering in white mice and guinea pigs used for science. A few wartime breeders now control the market with aristocratic dominance, setting high prices and only selling in dozen lots.
King George personally oversees the construction of a new tennis court complex in the Buckingham Palace garden. The two courts will allow simultaneous matches and reflect the king's known enthusiasm for tennis.
Andrew Wasser escaped from the Hudson River Insane Asylum in Poughkeepsie and broke into Sing Sing prison. Asked if he wished to return to the asylum he replied I like this place better and was sent back.
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