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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1920
Page
5
The story recounts Nick and Nancy waking after a strange journey with a Mushroom and Mr. Pig in Topsy-Turvy Land. They realize they were sleeping beneath the Magical Mushroom and were pulled here by accident while Mr. Pig digs for truffles. The Mush room leaps onto Mr Pig's back as he heads into the woods seeking help.
Jimmy Skunk steals eggs from Farmer Brown's henhouse but finds equal blame rests on Mrs Topknot Mrs Speckies and Mrs Featherings. Unc Billy Possum proposes a partnership to share rights and eggs, and they agree to a joking joint venture. Farmer Brown's boy faces trouble after this encounter. The piece shifts to rural highway stats noting 196000 miles of hard surfaced rural roads in the Mississippi Valley.
A pamphlet advertises Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood building tonic to boost immunity. Pauline Mayer of Los Angeles recounts flu weakness and improved health after using the pills, claiming better appetite, digestion, circulation, color, and reduced headaches. The firm offers a free booklet and mails pills for 60 cents a box via Ne...
Chicago tailors report a trend toward refashioning old attire. Workingmen prefer patched pants and re imagined suits to new purchases. Tailors say prices deter purchases and that cutters and thrusts earn more as demand rises.
In San Francisco on April 10, shoppers note prices down about 50 to 60 cents and cleaners rush to revamp wardrobes for postwar wear. A cleaner reports customers bringing in old buttons and asking to hang clothes on them while service members dye their khaki as a cost cut.
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal tonic that improves digestion and appetite, strengthens the blood, and combats conditions like scrofula eczema and rheumatism. It also promotes vitality after illness and suggests Hood's Pills as a mild laxative and Blood's Pills as an active cathartic.
The city opened a legal challenge by filing a writ of review in Thurston County Superior Court, aiming to overturn the Public Service Commission order granting Seattle Lighting a 20 percent rate increase. Walter F. Meier, the corporation counsel, led the filing on Friday as the initial step in the case.
Darwin P. Kingsley, president of the New York Life Insurance Company, arrived in Seattle Friday to join the Vanderlip party en route to Japan. He says labor currently relies on strikes as its main weapon and says railroad privatization is a positive step.
The Northwest ice and cold storage dealers convention, in session since Friday, will close Saturday night with a banquet at the New Washington hotel.
George R. Austin, 41, remained in county jail Saturday after being returned from Los Angeles by Deputy Claude C. Fortner. He is accused of wife desertion in the case filed in county court.
Engineers Open House will be held at the University of Washington on April 22 and 24. Forestry and engineering enthusiasts are invited to attend and learn about program options and career possibilities.
Bargain apples advertised by Dr Edwin J Brown offer White Winter and Rome Beauty varieties including Delicious Chelan and GRADE apples. Sold at wholesale and retail with assurances of being as represented. Questions welcome at stall 60 downstairs in the Weatlake Market.
The 1920 census figures show Norwalk Connecticut with 37,557 residents, up 3,846 since 1910 or 13.8 percent. Fond du Lac Wisconsin records 25,427 residents, up 4,630 or 24.6 percent. Middletown Ohio has 23,594 residents, up 10,442 or 79.4 percent.
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