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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
3
Photoplay notices announce "The Miracle Man" by George Van Layer Tucker playing at the Strand for a Saturday engagement at the Mission. Conway Tearle and Clara Kimball Young star in "The Forbidden" from Equity Picture Corporation slated for January release.
The week features Charlie Chaplin in A Day's Pleasure at the Liberty with a tale of a family's misadventures including a balky car and a hostile traffic cop. Also showing Hello Hell and A Man's Fight starring Dustin Farnum with supporting players Herring Owen and Holt.
A film note recalls MacDonald rising from obscurity to leading man after impressing a producer. He plays a foreman printer who loves a stenographer in A Girl Named Mary. The piece also previews The Love Cheat and Fatty Arbuckle in The Garage at local theaters Colonia, Rex, and more, with notes on plots and co-stars.
Mire Georgette Cohan, 18, awarded the role of Peter Pan in a London Christmas production. She is the daughter of George M. Cohan and Bethel Levey, who was married to him before her current marriage to Claude Grahame White.
In Youngstown Ohio the board of education barred the study of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice citing that its portrayal of Shylock fosters race prejudice. The move follows a formal review and cautions against content deemed offensive in school curricula.
The author personally supervised the re production of his story for the silver sheet. The result is a striking picture that seems to take the book from its bindings and ash it before the eyes.
A home remedy using Pinex and sugar or alternative syrups claims fast cough relief within hours. The guide advises 2½ ounces of Pinex per pint and warns against substitutes, noting bronchial asthma and throat ailments improve with the Pineex syrup mix. The Pinex Co. of Fort Wayne, Indiana, backs the claim with a money-back guarantee.
U S Army shirts blankets towels and tents on sale at 416 Hinckley Building Seattle Washington. 3500 regulation olive drab wool shirts and 1000 boy size shirts included. Mail orders filled as rapidly as possible. Sale conducted by Camp Lewis Wireless at 416 Hinckley Building Seattle Washington.
Price for first unit of this house on an acre in West Seattle. $100 cash and $15 per month. Move in and finish quickly. Lumber and labor costs high, a practical path to home ownership. Free wood on site. See the seller for details.
New York on January 15 three policemen and a police reserve member appeared as defendants. Anthony Harnow on mounted duty faced a wife beating accusation, William Von Callera accused of attacking his wife, and Acting Detective Sergeant Joseph Sweetnan held on $5,000 bail in Brooklyn for impersonating a federal officer.
London reports the formation of a $30,000,000 amalgamation of several manufacturing firms to mass produce cheap motor cars in Britain. Using American standardization methods the group aims to produce 100,000 cars annually "for the multitude."
During a Paris swimming race on January 15 a Belgian swimmer helped his aged father who fell overboard. The father was pulled to safety and the swimmer continued, finishing far ahead.
Advertisement touts Jo-To as a cure for morning ailments like bad taste and dull headaches. It claims a glass of hot water with a teaspoon neutralizes stomach acids and cleanses the intestines, with distribution through Seattle drug firms and local druggists.
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