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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1915

Page

3

Carranza Faces U S Ties as Mexico Policy Shifts

Washington dispatch analyzes how Carranza’s assurances to protect American investments shape U S recognition. It details Mexican holdings, railroads, mining titles, and the risk to Guggenheim and Harriman interests. The piece weighs whether Carranza will yield to recognition or cling to power amid investor pressures.

Gilson Gardner Washington Wil Carranza Carranza New York Boston Diaz Madero Mexican Central Railroad Guggenheim Smelting Company Harriman Villa Carranga Wilson Lansing Paul Fuller Mexico United States

Pos-Soothing Skin Relief Promised by Potent Remedy

A vintage advertisement touts Pos- Soothing as a rapid antiseptic skin care cure for itching rashes caused by sun, pimples, oak or ivy, and barber’s itch. Claims fast relief and cooling effects, with stamps requested for mailing to a New York laboratory and nationwide sale via retailers.

York City

Famous stars light up theaters with diverse bills this week

The Colonial opens Lady Audley's Secret starring Theda Bara as Lady Audley with Theda's dramatic intensity. Theda co headlines with The Deacon's Whiskers. Clemmer presents Nat Goodwin in The Master Hand with Florence Malone and Katherine Lee. Libe rty features Crooky with Frank Daniels. Alhambra screens Chaplin in The Bank and On Dangerous Paths. Melbourne shows The Captive with Blanche Sweet and House Peters. Alaska presents The Warrens of Virginia. Class A features A Film Johnnie. Mission runs The Runaway Wife, and other headlines cover remaining bills and endings.

Nat Goodwin Theda Bara Frank Daniels Blanche Sweet Theda Hara Lady Audley Theda Poents Colonial Fay Tincher Peg Clemmer America Alhambra Charlie Chaplin Chaplin Viola Dana Pat O'Malley Robert Connels Melbourne House Peters Montenegro Sonya

Singing Parson to Stay on the Stage

Rev. Frank W. Gorman a Portland pastor and church official renounces the ministry to pursue acting. He performs this week at the new Pantages theatre and telegrams his wife that he will not return home for a time.

Frank W. Gorman Portland Portland Association of Congregational Churches Portland Ministerial Association Oregon State Fellowship Committee New Pantages

Mourning, Fashion and a Silver Grey Gown Debate

In 1915 a mother in mourning faces social pressures as she reveals a silver grey crepe de chine dress replacing black, while her daughter Mollie and the narrator discuss Dick’s smile and the pull between etiquette and personal feeling. The piece hints at family dynamics, memory, and humor within a domestic scene to be continued tomorrow.

Mother Waverly Dad Waverly Mercy Mater Mollie Margie Altho Mary

Are You One of Them Are You One of Them

A persuasive ad claims catarrh leads to a wide range of health problems and promises Gauss Catarrh Cure will cure quickly. It offers a free trial by mail and urges readers to send name and address via a coupon.

Sport shirt attacked by community activists and mayor

Mra Minnie Frazier of the North Mud Progressive club drafts a resolution condemning the sport shirt as inappropriate for dancing. Casper Misher and Mayor Gill back the stance, arguing it is immodest and undermines traditional gender roles. The club will vote on the resolution next meeting. The text includes a provocative critique of gender aesthetics and fashion influences.

Mra Minnie Frazier North Mud Progressive Club Frazier Casper Misher Hippodrome Ahirta Gill Leachpark

Advice for a young mother about a husband who prefers friends

A reader asks Miss Grey how to handle a husband who spends evenings with friends, leaving the home and baby neglected. The reply says marriage is a human mechanism needing adjustment and urges the wife to broaden her own interests, reduce fretfulness, and become a confident, engaging mother rather than lamenting the husband’s absence.

Miss Grey Tom Harry

Reward Unclaimed for Dental Combine Promises

An advertisement touts a $500 reward for delivering the so called dental Combine to the office, claims fastest painless nerve killing in one sitting without arsenic or cocaine, offers free initial exam and estimate, guarantees in writing by operator and owner L. R. Clark, D. D. S.

Northwest State Dental Board L. R. Clark

Mothers Seek Tips For Clothes Care And Pickled Peaches

A reader shares a home remedy to soften shrunken woolen shirts by washing rolling in a towel, stretching seams and ironing while damp. Another letter requests a pickled peaches recipe, with a tested method using peaches peeled, poached in a vinegar sugar mix with spices, then stored in a crock.

Miss Grey

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