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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1920
Page
10
A new X-ray apparatus is designed to detect defects in concrete shapes as they are constructed, providing early insight into strain effects and potential weaknesses in the building process.
David Wark Griffith will produce Black Beach for First National Exhibitors Cir and release it on or about May 15. The report notes increasing exodus of Mexican laborers from Mexico to the United States.
Pieture Pater Princilla Dean and Wheeler Oakman lead opposite in The Virgin of Stamboul at Colendal this week. The Heart of Child features Nazimova's husband Charles Bryant at the Clemmer, Just Me bank promotion. Six pretty girls portray Everywoman in prologue with the Strand photoplay.
Mrs Mildred Jeffords of Owenso Michigan reports thin blood left her nervous and sleepless. After taking Dr Williams Pink Pills her nerves strengthened sleep improved digestion eased and headaches faded. She recommends the remedy and orders by mail from Schenectady New York at 60 cents a box with a free booklet on nervous diseases.
Ack Bennett the comedy king showcases a five reel comic at Liberty this week. The film pits a main show advantage over two reel features, with stars Louise Fasenda Marie Prevont Ben Turpin and the Bennet baby comedian in a brisk Mack Sennett style production. Johnny Doone and Sally Snape headline The Heart of a Child at Clemmer with Sally’s London slum rise as a dancer. House Peters stars in Silk How We Wives at Colleen with Deane Kendall and Edith clashing over city life. Rex at Nex hosts The End of the Road a health propaganda piece led by Dr Katherine Dement Davia and Claire Adama.
Proograms list five act plays and photoplays including Liberty Mack Semnett’s Chewn om the Mparm and The Sea of the Teed. Violet Heming stars in Every wormen second werk while Priscilla Dean heads The Virgin of Stamboul at Colonial with a sequence portraying the Mosque of Aga Sophia.
Goldwyn stars Rogers, Tom Moore, and Mabel Normand have taken a short break with two returning to work. Rogers stars in Alec Lloyd, Moore in Officer 666, Normand awaiting a new photoplay after The Slim Princess, and Madge Kennedy shoots Dollars and Sense.
Jack Ming, backing William Iluseell in Fox production Big Jim O Kane, rises from lumber camps to film work. Discovered by a Fox director while cutting timber, he excels at atmosphere and is repeatedly pulled from the woods to act. King’s lumberjack persona keeps drawing him back to set when directors need authentic woodsman language.
A. Dennison of Los Angeles, owner and trainer of trotting horses, says Tanlac put him back on his feet after over a year of poor health and that he now feels like his old self.
KR A Dennison, a veteran trotting horse trainer and owner from Los Angeles, describes a year of poor health improved after taking Tanlac. He reports restored energy, appetite, and ability to work, noting a 14 block walk without fatigue and daily activity at Exposition Stock Yards. The ad states Tanlac is sold in Seattle by Bartell Drug Stores.
A hair care tip promotes siimerine curling method to keep waves and curls natural looking in damp or windy weather. Using a bottle from a druggist, follow instructions for lasting curl, soft fluffy texture, and preserved life and luster without stickiness or grease.
Adam Tosh, pioneer of Washington, died of pneumonia at his Lake Sammamish home early Tuesday. Born in Ireland, he was about 78. Surviving: five daughters Mrs Sullivan and Mrs Dingwall of Seattle, Mrs Davis Edith Tosh and Agnes Tosh of Redmond, and son Robert Tosh of Redmond. Funeral arrangements not completed.
The Empress Eugenie popularized black pearls with a renowned necklace that commanded thousands of dollars at auction following the fall of the imperial dynasty.
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