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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1919
Page
10
An old beauty ad touts a quick hair removal method. It prescribes a stiff paste mixed with powdered tone and water applied to the skin for two to three minutes, then peeled off to remove hair. It claims the treatment is safe if real dela tone is used.
L. F. Webb, seriously injured when a car driven by his brother T. W. Webb went off the road at Whatcomare after the latter fainted at the wheel, is improving at the city hospital. Webb was semi conscious until late Monday and regained consciousness last night. T. W. Webb suffered minor cuts to the chin and hands.
In Lake Whatcom a father V. J. Maneval drowned after jumping to save his 2 year old Kenneth who fell overboard from a launch. A life preserver was thrown but Maneval could not reach it as the child disappeared. Mrs Maneval and three other children witnessed the tragedy from the boat. The lake bottom is being dragged in a search for the bodies.
Retail jewelers from multiple cities gathered Monday for their annual convention. Speakers included W. G. Mahneke president. D. D. Stewart secretary. L. W. Buter Seattle association president. Alvin Hankins Mayer Brothers. Victor Wright Los Angeles. Charles F. Monahan Iowa Retail Jewelers secretary. L. N. Burnett Spokane association president. A. J. Sartori Spokane secretary.
County commissioners decide to subdivide a 60 acre tract on the northern outskirts, formerly the city stockade, to place parcels on the tax rolls and generate income. The property, in the 5th and Greenwood district, was valued at $60,000 years ago.
N B Coffman state president of the League to Enforce Peace told a Treaty Ratification league gathering at Meves cafe that all but Seattle and Hamilton favored the League of Nations proposal in Washington state.
The new 10-saw shingle mill at Edmonds will soon be under construction. Two carloads of materials have arrived, and work will start soon.
Businessmen of the University district plan a play field fiesta on the University play field on August 20 to commemorate the end of a successful summer program of playfield activities.
Bryant Washburn stars in a Strand showing of a lively comedy drama about a handsome young man so virtuous his sweetheart hesitates to marry. He proves himself through an unusual turn in the plot and wins her heart.
A compact collage of film and performer notes across theaters and weeklies. Names include Dorothy Gish Mabel Normand Tom Mix Bryant Washburn Meares Salisbury J Murray Smith Madge Kennedy and others with listed titles and venues in a noisy OCR fragment.
The Coli seum extends The White Heather through Friday due to strong attendance. Drury Lane presents a underwater battle melodrama with two divers. Colonial shows The Blinding Trail with Chure Anderson and Helen Eddy, plus a story of Jim McKenzie. Comedy Merry Jailbirda adds light relief. Other acts include J. Murray Smith singing Irish songs and new melodrama Common Property featuring Robert Anderson Colleen Moore. Gloria Hope appears with Harry Carey in Jim of the Rangers.
Actress Pauline Frederick is described as breaking up many lives in films, with her real life family members visiting at her summer California home. The piece notes Mrs D B K Frederick, her mother, and Mrs Er W Pettingill, her aunt, are present during the visit.
A sweep of 1920s screen notes lists Laura Trainor riding to Hollywood in a two reel western from Universal, plus cast and roles for Mary Pickford, Jane Novak, Dorothy Phillips, Mary MacLaren and others. It mentions Dan DeMille producing, Ford and Warwick projects, and upcoming titles like Wagon Tracks and The Admirable Crichton adaptation.
Thurston Hall returns to live theater with Oliver Morosco's Los Angeles stock company in Civilian Clothes a new play by Thompson Buchanan. The playwright saw him in The Weaker Vessel and cast him as the lead. Hall favors film but accepts a limited stage engagement for a periodic return to the footlights.
Phoenix pharmacist's arrest uncovers a vast scheme to sell counterfeit nitro phosphate as genuine. Authorities found thousands of fake labels and materials signaling plans for nationwide distribution. The case highlights dangers of imitation tonic claims and urges reporting counterfeit substitutions to Arrow Chemical Co.
A Buffalo friend led a grocer to Mayr's Wonderful Remedy after years of stomach and side pain. He reports the first dose brought major relief, claiming he now feels better than ever and suggests the remedy clears catarrhal mucus and inflammation in the intestinal tract. Money back guarantee offered at Bartell's Five Drug Stores and other druggists.
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