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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1919
Page
4
An advertisement extols Captain Collings method for curing a ruptured condition at home. The offer promises a free book and medicine prepaid, urging readers to send a coupon immediately. It claims simple, safe, inexpensive results and a path to health.
Patient Henry Welp of Lake View Iowa reports severe stomach distress with pain loss of appetite and gas. Adler i ka allegedly expels gas and cleanses the alimentary canal using buckthorn cascara glycerine and nine other drugs claiming to prevent appendicitis and cure constipation. The Swift Drug Co. and leading drug stores sell Adlerika with many years of use.
Otis Kaneda a 26 year old Japanese national is held after police found him in his room at the Aiki hotel 204 Fifth Ave S. He resisted officers by brandishing a revolver and was disarmed after a brief struggle. Police investigate his alleged shooting into a crowd at a poolroom 509 Sixth Ave. He has prior arrests for shooting and an alleged killing and served time at Monroe Reformatory before acquittal on self defense.
Alfred Peterson of Skinner & Eddy shipyards Seattle recounts severe jaundice from four years ago with back pain sleeplessness and weight loss. After three bottles of Tanlac he claims jaundice is gone pain vanished appetite returned and seven pounds gained while back at work. Bartell Drug Stores sells Tanlac in Seattle.
The state public service commission will hold a joint Friday meeting with King Snohomish Spokane and Whatcom counties delegates to discuss Engineer Thomson's Creater Puget Sound system of rail terminals. Thomson spoke to shippers in Everett and the commission leaders outlined aims of unified freight yards in Seattle Everett and Tacoma to cut congestion and boost capacity for growing commerce.
Registration at the University of Washington for the second quarter began as city grade and high schools reopened. Students resume after a 17 day quarantine and long Christmas break, with new courses in department store service and nursing and several returning faculty.
DETROIT January 2 Ford announces a new minimum wage scale of $6.40 per day, up by $1 for about 24,000 workers. Henry Ford formally names his son Edger Ford to succeed him as president, with a salary of $150,000 annually.
The War Department announced the death in action of Private John Wagner of Seattle. His brother in law, Dose Miller, refutes the report saying Wagner was wounded in the wrist on October 31 and later wrote letters from a field hospital near London indicating recovery.
Funeral services for Baby Harri son of Mr and Mrs W R Harrison 2605 19th Ave were held at the Bonney-Watson chapel Thursday after his death on Wednesday.
In the film Too Many Millions star Wally Reid as Van Dorn, a man with a $40,000,000 inheritance who attempts a cabaret showing. The plot features fast tables, routines, and comic mishaps as Van Dorn and his troupe chase laughs in a dry western setting.
Dr J S McBride urges immediate flu vaccination and personal health measures to prevent influenza. He lists avoid overeating, well ventilated rooms, clean intestines, warm clothes, outdoor air, avoiding crowds, daily exercise, frequent bathing, and mouth throat antiseptic spray as precautions.
The Liberty program features William Mert in Hreading Mreadway and Mack Sen net comedy. Coliseum presents Stryant Washtorn and Charlie Chaplain in Shoulder Amy. Strand shows Many Millions. Dontal offers Seeue Hayakawe in Sts Miethright. Class A presents Crown Jewels. A crossing rope stunt by Hill Hart appears in Brandings roadway. A Grain of Dust follows with a man’s downfall and comeback after hospital battles.
Bryant Washburn appears as a clerk struggling to make both ends meet on $21 per week in The Way of a Man With a Maid at the Coliseum through Friday. Wanda Hawley, who previously partnered with Washburn in The Gypsy Trail, is the leading lady in this new picture.
Seasue Hayakawa’s Birthright continues at the Colonial through Saturday. Chaplin’s Shoulder Arima at Rex features him disguising as a Kaiser chauffeur and driving the wheel to a disastrous result. Bert Lytell stars in Hitting the High Spots at the Mission until Friday and authored the film. Engagements with Mexican insurgents add melodramatic flavor.
Laula A. Samuelson, a survivor of the Damaru wreck off Guam on October 16, writes from Manila to his wife about life on a raft. He recalls men dying of thirst and hunger as rain fell and fish drew near, notes others perished in agony, and says he survived by sipping small amounts of seawater. He mentions flying fish saved many, and that he is convalescing with other survivors.
Ten children at the Children’s Orthopedic Hospital on Warren Avenue witnessed a burglar seize a purse with $100 but escape with 10 cents. The thief fled ten minutes before a police officer arrived, near Itoston Street.
Y M C A secretaries Cosmopolitan club of the Y W C A and Mrs J W Carnine of Laurel hurst entertained soldiers at Ft Lawton on New Year's Eve at the station.
Advert suggests Danderine removes dandruff and itching within minutes and spurs new hair growth after weeks. It claims the product makes hair light fluffy and lustrous, easy to apply strand by strand, with immediate beauty boosts and long term growth results.
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