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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
8
Wholesale dealers have been ordered by the food administration to discourage refiners from pushing special grades of sugar. Only those meeting consumer needs should be bought. Federal Administrator Charles Hebberd says soft or package sugars are being promoted by energetic salesmen and have come to the department’s attention.
Five Russian flying officers forced to flee Russia after serving in a bombing corps against Austria reached Vancouver, British Columbia, describing a perilous journey as Bolsheviks arranged peace.
Col. Duklan leads a party that fought their way out of Rue ain and arrived in Vancouver where flying corps officials greeted them. they will be sent to London immediately for further assignment.
New York barber A. E. O'Brien promotes Orlex powder as a home treatment to color gray hair to black brown or light brown. The box costs 25 cents and includes full use directions and a $100 gold bond guarantee against harmful substances. The powder supposedly stays on hair without rubbing off and makes a gray head appear twenty years younger.
An appealing ad touts Sloan's Liniment to ease rheumatic pains. It claims rapid penetration without rubbing, reduces swelling and stiffness, and leaves no stain. Available through druggists in 26c 50c and 1 dollar sizes with generous bottles.
Tarzan of the Apes, adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs, debuts at the Coliseum this Saturday with Gordon Griffith and Elmo Lincoln in the title roles and Enid Markey as the love interest. The feature uses hundreds of natives and many wild beasts and took over two years to produce.
Orpheum Theatre Third Ave and Madison presents a diverse vaudeville bill featuring Throwning Manning and Jip plus a dancing dog, The Jovial Jester Jack Polk, London Duo, Blamey and Dale, and Fred Ferdinand. A film, Sirens of the Sea, stars Louise Lovely. Palace Hip Thursday features Minnie Burke Skyrocket of Vaudeville and the Four Kings of Jazzcapa von with Mina Hurke.
A vintage advertisement touts lemon juice mixed with orchard white to create a cheap beauty lotion. It promises whitening, softening, and fresher skin for face, neck, arms, and hands, claiming months of freshness and easy access to lemons and orchard white.
The trench hat, latest war style, appears on Fifth Avenue worn by Mrs. Bessie McCoy Davis who returns to the stage after the death of her husband Richard Harding Davis.
Cisco California April 18. Edward Alspaugh a telephone line man found a man partly buried in snow. He tracked coyote prints to the body and the victim clutching a revolver. Part of the body appeared eaten by beasts raising the possibility of suicide during an attack.
An old advertisement promotes delatone powder for temporary hair removal. A paste mixed with water is applied to hairy skin, left briefly, then removed and washed to leave skin hair free. The copy urges using genuine delatone.
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