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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1920
Page
15
A short note lists several cough types including dry cough, swimmer’s cough and asthmatic cough, plus a choking phlegm cough. It mentions honey and tar as a remedy and a reader comment from T. J. McCall about Foley's and Tar being ineffective for coughs and croup in children.
Kenton Ohio April 14. The city passes a special ordinance to raise the pay of Edith Cottrell assistant secretary of the waterworks department to keep her on the job and avert vows of marriage unless granted a 1920 raise. The maneuver cites the need to retain her amid a whimsical threat to wed for higher wages.
The Clemmer shows Wallace Reid in a new film with a thrilling car race between San Francisco and Los Angeles and a cast including Ann Little and Walter Long. Rex presents Women featuring Myrtle Stedman and Maurice Tourneur’s poetic storytelling. Colonial announces Marty Carey’s Overland Hero held over Thursday instead of closing tonight.
Tacoma man L H Hague recounts long stomach trouble and weakness before taking Taniac. He credits restored appetite sleep strength and ability to work again after using the product sold in Seattle by Bartell Drug Stores under a Taniac representative.
Two cheerful wanderers find a rich mine site and outsmart a crooked sheriff who frames them. The plot follows their clever escape and final vindication as justice prevails against corrupt authority.
Anita Stewart as Madge Brierly leads the Strand feature In Old Kentucky a clever picturization of the famous melodrama now in its second week Miss Stewart appears as a sweet Kentucky mountain belle and the performance is praised as a charming vivid portrayal
ALBANY April 14 Botulinus poisoning has caused deaths in the nation and now appears at Dannemora state prison. Thirty inmates are described as “full of electricity,” their bodies acting as magnets for small metal and paper. Doctors link the condition to salmon packed in tins.
Tulsa merchants court Meceng buyers in a booming art trade as Tulsa's newly affluent oil kings purchase paintings porcelains and tapestries. Dealers claim buyers are genuine critics favoring American works over foreign pieces. Tulsa reputedly ranks as the richest town in the world.
Maj. Gen. John F. Ryan of the Fighting Twenty Seventh travels to France to direct plans for an American field of honor and urges against repatriating fallen soldiers from the front. He calls for reopening of old wound sites and argues bodies should remain where they fell.
Violet Heming stars in Everywoman at the Coliseum amid submarine reels with Clara Kimball Young. Sophie Tucker to debut in The Meeting while Shirley Mason wraps The Harvest for Fox. Jeanne the collie stars in The Valley of Doubt Willard Mack. Pearl White birthday party for Tiger's Cub crew. Tom Mix to be painted by Charles Tuell and Ralph Ince set for Out of the Snows.
Albany April 14 The New York legislature weighs a bill by Assemblyman James H Caulfield to create a state secret service The measure would grant the service power to demand papers seal records and compel testimony subject to penalties including imprisonment for a year and fines The proposal would place prosecutors judges and executioners in the hands of a secret police force.
Final plans were to be discussed for the University of Washington stadium males campaign at a meeting of the executive committee in the Chamber of Commerce assembly room at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
In St. Louis on April 14 two truck horses caused a traffic jam by blocking streetcar tracks for about thirty minutes. A quick thinking motorman used a pole to separate the car from the animals and applied power, restoring motion.
Mrs Amsterdam Schmidt of the Bronx says bowlegged men make the best husbands and bald headed ones the worst after her three marriages.
London readers learn that during the war the zoo elephant Binney has become too lean from rationing. He is being force fed to regain bulk while a new French farm tractor is described, noted as a double ender with a driver swap to reverse direction.
An old serialized remedy advertisement touts Jot as a speedy emergency home remedy for constipation sick headaches sour stomach bloating and stomach pains after eating. It claims Jo To is time tested and available in Seattle from Ban tell Drug Co and Swift Drug Co with free samples offered.
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