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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
15
A highwayman threatened Miss Mabel Carver of 320 Cedar Street with a revolver last night on Third Avenue near Bea Street. She screamed as he snatched her purse and fled, taking a diamond ring a wedding ring and change from the purse.
Victoria B C December 11 Ninety thousand dollars was estimated today as the lows to Moore and Whittington thru destruction by fire yesterday of their lumber mill at Upper Harbor.
Eleven teenagers aged 16 to 19 faced indictment in Chicago on charges of 151 robberies 40 burglaries and 60 automobile thefts. The case lists their ages and the scope of crimes in the shared counts.
Fortino Asupi, a rebel chieftain, surrendered to Carranza forces at Nogales along with 400 followers including seven generals, according to advices received at the border.
An advertisement from Eugene M. Pullem, a carpenter in Manasquan New Jersey, says a rupture was cured without surgery using a mail request method. He claims years later the rupture never returned and offers full details to others who are ruptured, urging readers to write for information.
Charles W. Dow of Somerville was arrested in Seollay square by army Intelligence officers for wearing a uniform with sergeant major insignia. He planned to wed Margaret F. Gorham, who said she was never engaged. Dow was committed to jail after an inquiry by Commissioner Mayes and to have a hearing on December 11.
Mrs. Catherine Murray a Washington and Seattle resident for decades died at her home 129 fist ave The widow of John Murray once aboard the schooner Gen Sigtin which waited out of an Alaska port twenty years ago She is survived by nine children Funeral services are set for Butterworths chapel at 3 o clock Friday afternoon
A persuasive ad urges using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets to maintain regular meals and enjoy eating without fear. It argues against starvation and promotes relief from indigestion, claiming the tablets prevent discomfort and encourage merry dining. The copy directs readers to buy a box in the United States or Canada.
Testimonial advertisement claims Adieri-ka fully cleanses upper and lower bowels and relieves gas and sour stomach. It says the product cures constipation and may prevent appendicitis, noting a mix of buckthorn cascara glycerine and nine other ingredients sold by Swift Drug Co and Bartell Drug Co.
The page promotes Tom Meighan as Tom Burke in The Miracle Man and features Gloria Swanson amid mansion island escape. It notes other offerings at nearby theaters including Charlie Ray in Crooked Straight, Fatty Arbuckle in The Hayseed, Jethro in Lord and Lady Alger, Marguerite Clark in Luck and Pawn, plus further bills at Coliseum Strand and Colonial.
Potter Hetty Hilburn supports William Farnum in the Vox Pictures project Pierre Le Grand with Jensen as the swimming champion in a motion picture plot. Mary Miles Minter finishes Anne of the Green Gables and takes a two week vacation before another role. DeMille Meighan Brown and Daniels arrive in New York for Why Change Your Wife final scenes. Harrison Ford teams with Marguerite Clark in Easy to Get. Eugene O'Brien recovers and heads to The Broken Melody next.
William Russell of Fox travels from Oklahoma City to Los Angeles with Emmett J. Flynn and C Wallace to adapt Paul Dickey’s Lincoln Highwayman for film. Interiors will be at Fox West Coast studios with exteriors on the Lincoln Highway. Casting begins in days and active work starts within a week.
Mrs. M. D. Gitleeple of Kansas City offers a home mix to darken gray hair and add gloss. A half pint of water with 1 ounce of hair rum a small box of Barbo Compound and 1 ounce glycerine is applied twice weekly until the shade deepens. The remedy is not a dye and won’t irritate the scalp.
In The Eternal Three a large scale screen spectacle recreates Custers Last Fight, the Sioux Massacre of 1876, as part of Marshall Neilan's Reb Hampton of Placer adaptation from Randall Parrish. The film debuts through Firet National Exhibitors circuit.
Mrs. Julia Biles aged 66 of Beattie died at her residence 2621 S0th & W Tuesday evening. She is survived by seven daughters and three sons. The body will be shipped to Olympia for burial.
Natives of Paraguay do not pour tea from a pot into a cup first. instead they use a goblet style serving. The note contrasts tea customs with a traditional goblet pour.
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