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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1920
Page
8
In a 1920 tale the twins meet Foy Fun the Chinese doll and a talking mouth organ. A world‑to‑watching engine explains its dream to roam, while the group recalls old toys from a Noah’s Ark display. The fairy declares time to return home as they bid farewell.
Hooty the Owl is teased by Blacky the Crow and Sammy Jay as crows gather at the Big Hemlock. Hooty, cross and half blind in daylight, scolds them from the tree while they mock him. After a loud exchange the crows depart, and Hooty settles back to sleep thinking of payback.
In San Francisco on February 20, Superior Judge Thomas F. Graham refused a divorce for Robert Andrews, superintendent of the Oakland Ice Company, ruling a wife may refuse a kiss if a husband’s breath bears tobacco. The judge defended smoking as not a vicious habit and a simple pleasure amid Prohibition era tensions.
In Hanwell England nearly all charity envelopes distributed for gifts to blinded soldiers' children went unreturned only one envelope of two thousand being sent back. The lack of replies raises concern over funding for the children's welfare and the charity's outreach progress.
Mrs Caroline Boles of Beaverton Oregon recounts a long illness story crediting Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and other remedies for curing liver trouble indigestion catarrh bladder issues and chronic coughs in herself and her son and daughter. She mentions a book Common Sense Medical Adviser and urges readers to contact Invalids' Hotel Buffalo NY if their druggist lacks the medicines.
Portland grand jury blames jazz dancing motion pictures and cars for most January crime. It urges tighter controls on dance halls and movie theaters and calls on automobile dealers to curb sales to irresponsible youths.
Portland announces the 1920 Rose Festival will be held on Thursday and Friday June 24 and 25, scheduled to follow the shrine convention as set by the Rose Festival Association board of directors.
An old advertisement touts Freezone, a ether-based solution by a Cincinnati chemist, claiming it lifts all types of corns and calluses with a few drops. It promises instant soreness relief and that the corn will loosen and come off without irritation.
An advertising notice promotes 8 8 8 as a permanent cure for rheumatism by cleansing the blood. It argues pain relief from external applications is temporary and claims Swift Specific Co offers free expert advice and a book with medical guidance. It directs readers to write to Atlanta Georgia.
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