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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
5
In Abington, Philadelphia area, a golden-haired girl in white silk rode a pure white colt through the night. Villagers alarmed by a seeming ghost phoned police. she claimed joyriding and could not recall her name or address, with a silver card case reading only "Jessie Melon."
A cat nap near an oil stove toppled the unit in John J. Welfly’s house in Reading PA. The ensuing explosion spread burning oil that set the residence ablaze and endangering occupants. The blaze caused serious damage as firefighters responded to the incident.
Noted actress Maxine Elliott urges public to treat soldiers with kindness and take uniformed youths to movies. She stresses entertainment value for service members and notes soldiers fight for all, handling public generosity as a duty. Reviews of Liberty, Coliseum, Rex, Clemmer, and Mission offerings follow with brief summaries of Mary Pickford, Emily Stevens, Jack Gardner, Earle Williams, and Viola Dana films.
A review roundup covers Two Little Imps at Strand with Jane and Katherine Lee at age six and seven, Beatriz Michelena's restraint on The Unwritten Law at Colonial, Robert Warwick in The Man Who Forgot at Claus A, and other items. It also notes Dusty Farnum, Bill Hart, Charlie Chaplin, Crane Wilbur incidents, and Foxs Jack and the Beanstalk budget.
An ad advises using purified cocoanut oil as a greaseless shampoo instead of soaps or commercial shampoos. Wet hair, rub in a small amount to build a rich lather, rinse easily, and achieve clean hair with less oil and better manageability. The oil is inexpensive and widely available at drug stores.
The analysis compares ancient siege craft with World War I tactics. It argues strategy remains fixed while methods differ, detailing how allied storming parties breach seven fronts and push toward inner walls like the Hindenburg Line, and how attackers must pierce or disable inner fortifications to reach the fortress’s core.
A wife records a calm journey with her husband Dick recovering in a stateroom. He teases plans to keep him healthy and away from business, while a nearby young couple and aging passengers add a graveyardlike backdrop as she muses on enduring love and happiness.
An advertisement promotes delatone to remove hairy growths fast and painlessly. A paste of delatone and water is applied to the surface for minutes, then rubbed off to remove hairs, with a warning to use genuine delatone. The second fragment hints at a serialized love story with a cliffhanger.
The report notes that more skins of hares and rabbits are sold than those of all other fur bearing animals combined, highlighting market preference for lagomorph fur.
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