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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1920
Page
14
A testimonial advert alleges Adier-i-ka cures stomach trouble after seven years and serves as a family laxative. It claims to flush the bowel completely easing gas and sour stomach, removes foul matter, and can prevent appendicitis, listing Swift Drug Co and Bartell Drug Co as distributors.
Tom Lorrigan, a fierce Black Rim rider, meets Belle Delavan a runaway city girl stranded at Jumpoff. He offers a home and marriage, and Belle accepts, becoming the spark in a harsh frontier that tests her wit, music, and kinship with Tom’s three sons who adore her.
An old advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as the safest laxative for children. It emphasizes the product’s pleasant taste and simple directions, urging caregivers to look for the California name on the package for reassurance.
An old advertisement warns rupture kills thousands yearly and criticizes improper supports. It promotes a home remedy called PLAPAO VAD claiming to hold the hernia in place and prevent choking, offering a free trial kit from PLAPAO CO in St Louis Missouri.
The article urges aging readers to regain youth vitality through natural means and a positive lifestyle. It argues many in middle life feel old due to wasting vital forces and stresses that proper support can help maintain vigor into old age.
In early chapters Aleck Douglas clashes with the Lorrigans as Mary Hope eyes the rival ranch across Devil's Tooth ridge. She longs to see Belle's piano and hear ungodly songs, and hatches a dangerous plan to ride down the ridge with Rab the horse. The scene ends as she nears the Lorrigan corrals, hints of tomorrow.
Matt Echo with two quarts of whisky on his hip is stopped by a policeman near the Fourth Avenue police station yesterday. Echo answers that he has whisky and hurries on, illustrating a tense street encounter.
A guest at the Frye hotel claims he paid fifty dollars for a Sunday bath, then found the money missing from his pocket upon returning to his room. Luke Sucevich, wounded in a holdup a week earlier, showed slight improvement. Mrs. Hatty Gratton, 49, recovering from a skull fracture after an auto strike, was reported greatly improved.
City engineer M M O Shaughnessey of San Francisco will present fare plans before Tacoma council. Privately owned lines seek higher rates.masked robbers hit FE W Geystel at 1401 Ferdinand and 13th Ave with $3 then fled downtown to grab $4 from Steve Danklas store at 709 Fourth Ave.
London dispatch reports J L Garvin criticizing American wartime stance. He says Europe feels betrayed as Versailles depended on U S cooperation, which is now absent, leaving European states to enforce and adapt the treaty without American support.
Mrs M J Bourzette of 8635 Second Ave NE recalls being targeted by a skilled pickpocket at Pike Place Market on a Saturday shopping trip. Her purse contained 30 dollars in the bottom of a clasped handbag, and the theft occurred despite her efforts to secure it. The incident illustrates the ease of pickpocketing in crowded markets.
William Allen Crowell aged 44 of Ketchikan died at Stevens Hotel after a four day illness. Public notices report the passing on a Saturday with no further details provided.
L. S. Stevens aged 24 was held by police on Monday after being found with three boxes of cigars. The arrest followed suspected thefts from local cigar stores.
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