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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1920
Page
5
In a 1920 tale, Jack Frost toys with villagers by freezing windows and cracking water pitchers, then hides and dives at people when they least expect it. Nancy and Nick in green shoes threaten his reign as he nips fingers and chases robin buds before the Fairy Queen’s palace.
In a woodland misadventure Unc Billy Possum plans a quiet life but schemes to vanish work. Bobby Coon, tired from a night abroad, finds Unc Billy’s hollow bed and curls up asleep, setting off a risky mix up as both seek an easy meal and rest.
Clare S. Colegrove, restaurant man, has leased a 40 foot storeroom on Pike Street for a new dining venue called the Holland Kitchen. It will join a chain of national kitchens Colegrove is establishing.
In Anchorage the government railroad raises unskilled wages by 2 percent and skilled wages by 16 cents per hour, lifting daily pay to about 5 dollars 67.50 for unskilled and 5 dollars 67.50 for skilled workers.
An advertisement urges readers to use Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to purify blood and boost energy after winter indoors. It links fresh air, toxin buildup, and spring malaise to ailments like grip and headaches, promoting tablets or liquid with a Buffalo NY address for a 10 cent trial.
Letters to Lenine and Bolshevik leaders from Sylvia Pankhurst James Gordon and Clara Selov were found with three Bolshevik air couriers forced to land in Letvia. The dispatch says the letters praised the Bolshevik work and promised aid in spreading Soviet propaganda. Couriers traveled from Koenigsberg, Germany.
Seattle Baptist leaders report 17 million dollars pledged toward a 100 million national quota. Western Washington has pledged 206 thousand dollars and Seattle 102 thousand.
Dr A L Ramer of Allentown Pa declares One Meal A Day for 1,200,000 children possible through the American Relief administration at a mass meeting for the Lutheran world movement at Gethsemane church. Mrs Georgia Por Holmes dies in Tacoma after 26 Northwest years. to be buried in Seattle. A Fireman writes of Foley Kidney Pills relieving back pain and kidney trouble, praised as they "hit the spot."
The text promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as the genuine widely trusted pain reliever. It notes the Bayer name signifies safe, proven aspirin used for colds headaches toothache rheumatism and more and urges shoppers to look for the Bayer Cross on packaging. It mentions small tin boxes of twelve and larger packages sold by druggists.
A garbled ad praises a heat remedy claimed to remove harmful stomach emissions and guarantee satisfaction with money back. It urges readers to try the product despite unclear wording and dubious benefits.
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