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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1920
Page
10
A unanimous Seattle Irish societies resolution urged Congress to recognize the Irish republic and protest the Irish Coercion Act during the annual Wildwood park picnic. More than 6,000 attended the celebration with Edward J. Coen delivering the day’s address.
An old advertisement touts Nature's Remedy NR Tablets as a cure for digestion and energy, promising strength and clear skin after use. It warns that laxatives are inferior and urges regular occasional use to keep the system in good condition.
The New York to Nome army flyers landed on Sergieff island near Wrangell Alaska on Saturday afternoon two hours and twenty seven minutes after leaving Hazelton British Columbia. They planned to continue to Warehorse Yukon 300 miles away to test long distance flight viability for military mail express and utility routes. Wrangell residents greeted the group as they disembarked.
Miss Louise Bramwell a 20 year old aviatrix from Cincinnati set a new world record for women in looping the loop with seven consecutive aerial loops at Cutting field in Mineola Long Island during Hazelhurst field dedication ceremonies. A French aviatrix held the prior best with 25 loops last year.
A Portland machinist recounts twenty years of stomach trouble and rheumatism relieved by Tanlac. He says six bottles restored appetite, digestion, kidney function, sleep, and energy, declaring he found a new life after costly failures. Tanlac is sold in Seattle by Bartell Drug Stores.
An article discusses rheumatism as a systemic disease with deep causes in the blood. It promotes 8.8.8 as a blood purifier claimed to target disease germs and impurities. Readers are urged to buy a bottle and seek free medical advice from Chief Medical Adviser at 602 Swift Laboratory Avanta Ge.
Mary Marie Anderson narrates a planned split life between her divorced parents in Boston and at home. She reflects on naming herself, hopes for a love story, and recalls her father astronomer and mother, their different lives, and nurse Sarah’s insights. She anticipates chapters of a diary that will become a novel.
A man nearly bald reports using an Indian remedy named KOTALKO with genuine bear oil and other ingredients to restore a full head of hair. The ad promises stopping hair loss and dandruff and offers a free sample with proof of purchase by sending 10 cents to a New York address.
The Rhodes Co Upper Main Fiver offers 300 yards of silk remnants in 40 inch widths including Pussy Willow prints and satins, Crepe Meteor and Crepe de Chine in navy white pink yellow sand fawn old blue rose taupe. Special price 1 yard 82.45.
A special Tuesday sale offers 300 yards of hair bow ribbons 5 inches wide. Ribbons include plain colored taffetas fancy edged taffetas and fancy stripes. Formerly priced higher the special rate is 48 cents a yard.
A stock readjustment sale offers silk Duvetyn fabrics 36 and 38 inches wide at 6.95 a yard in tan gray navy and black. Silk skirts in out of stock lots priced for quick clearance range up to 15.00. Fabrics include Georgette Fantasi Crepe de Chine Baronette Satin Faille and Taffeta in multiple colors and patterns. Sizes for skirts note waist 25 to 31 inches.
An ancient skincare note suggests removing sun damage with mercurized wax applied nightly to the face and washed off in the morning. It claims the wax absorbs the outer skin layer gradually, revealing clearer skin. a week of use may show daily improvement.
An advertisement claims Adler-i-ka cures seven years of stomach trouble and serves as a family laxative. It says the product flushes both upper and lower bowels to relieve stomach sourness, remove foul matter, prevent appendicitis, and lists buckthorn cascara glycerine among nine ingredients. It cites Swift Drug Co Bartell Drug Co and other druggists as distributors.
A man notices a girl he desires and decides to prepare for her, as the nurse says there is nothing more to do but make the best of it. The scene centers on his resolve to act on his feelings without delay.
Emile Cap ary of the customs house fatally wounded his 21 year old daughter and shot away the lower portion of his wife's right ear as he pursued them through a friend's apartment and down four flights of stairs into the street. Coudry planned to kill himself after the shootings. Mrs. Coudry, aged 42, said jealousy sparked the attack.
In a Main Street hotel room at 208 Main Street on Saturday night O Anderson told his roommate of a hidden wealth stash under a mint tree. He is reported to be $110 poorer on Monday.
An old advertisement-like notice claims a simple home recipe using oatmeal and a product called derwillo to produce a dramatic complexion change. The brief urges readers to read a paper-announced guidance titled How to Make Your Own Treatment at Home for full details.
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