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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1920
Page
8
Frank Habig, a chicken raiser near Columbus Indiana, received a phonograph for Christmas. Two days later his 122 hens laid 125 eggs, then 106 eggs the next day as jazz music played from his home. He believes the music energized the flock and sparked the unusual production jump.
Habig explains that playing jazz motivates hens to move and exercise, and ever since the phonograph arrived the flock has produced at least 100 eggs.
Mrs. M. B. Green of 914 West 59th Street, Los Angeles, reports a nineteen-pound gain after taking Tanlac. She credits improved appetite, sleep, energy, and kidney function, noting she feels like a new person and urges others to try the medicine. Taniac is sold in Seattle by Bartel Drug Stores under a Tanlac representative.
Nazimova the renowned Russian actress travels to this country for the first time after leaving Paul Olefinoffs company in Russia. She stars in a screen version of I A R Wylies Stronger Than Death at the Clemmer, following a tour marked by artistic success yet financial strain and earlier failed attempts to recoup losses.
Liberty presents Ned Hot Detailare with Charles Ray while Coliseum showcases Pollyanna starring Mary Pickford. Strand Weekly features Sealed Hearts with Eugene O Brien, and Coventry/Fannie Ward in Cry of the Weak. Patty Arbuckle appears in Tack Singe and Please Get Married in other pages.
The beloved Mary Pickford film Pollyanna, a first for United Artists, plays at the Coliseum for several more days. The cheerful role follows a girl who stays glad under all circumstances, with her pranks and philosophy driving the story. Also screening is The Thirteenth Commandment with Ethel Clayton at the Liberty, a stern cautionary drama about extravagant living and marital sacrifice.
The week features Miss Clayton in a Rupert Hughes adaptation with a strong cast, Charlie Ray's final night in Red Hot Dollars, and Eugene O Briens Sealed Hearts at the Strand. Marion Davis headlines The Cinema Murder this Saturday in a Paramount Artcraft picture. Colonial presents Frank Keenan in The False Code with Mrs Kate Corbaley as writer and Fannie Ward closing a three day run with Cry of the Weak.
Maurice Maeterlinck travels from New York to Samuel Goldwyn's Culver City studios to write one annual photoplay. The Forged Bride stars Mary Mac Laren with cast including Barney Sherry Dagmar Godosky Harold Miller and Douglas Gerrard directing. Universal City buzzes with returning soldiers and continual film production as Western studios shoot new thrillers.
During the proprietor D L Lucas absence on Thursday a thief took about 150 dollars from the cash drawer at the Monmouth apartments. Checks remained undisturbed.
A small package of Hamburg Breas Tea is sold at pharmacies. A tablespoonful steeped in boiling water, strained, and drunk as a tea cupful relieves congestion by opening pores. It also loosens the bowels to hasten a cold’s end. The preparation is inexpensive and entirely vegetable and harmless.
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