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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1919
Page
6
An advertisement touts a home treatment using plain delatone paste to remove stubborn hairs. It claims a paste with water applied to the skin, two minutes of rubbing, then washing leaves skin hair free and smooth. The message warns to obtain genuine tone.
A brief advertisement advises using plain coconut oil instead of soaps or prepared shampoos to avoid alkali damage. It claims coconut oil cleanses well, rinses easily, and leaves hair soft, bright, and easy to manage, with a light lather and long-lasting supply from drugstores.
Seven Seattle fish dealers are charged with soaking oysters in water to swell them before sale. State Food Inspector S G Henderson filed the complaints in Justice court after chemical tests by state chemist C W Johnson. Named defendants include Miklos of Sanitary Fish market Taylor of Washington Fish market Alhadeff of Palace Fish market Caprelli of People Fish market Reeks of Corner Fish market and Sellen and Bates of Philadelphia Fish market.
Ellen 8. Cooley, 82, seeks a divorce from Ferdinand L. Cooley, 70, filing in Chelan County after years of conflict with his mother, a 90 plus year old woman who came to live with them. Married 1903 in Muskegon Michigan, the couple reportedly lived well until 1915.
Ten feet from her horse Mabel Normand in Mickey at the Clemmer runs a thrilling escape as she chases her bulldog and bounds back to safety. The program also features Gloria Swanson in Dont Change Your Husband at the Coliseum and Bessie Barriscale in The White Lie at the Mission.
A vintage advertisement promotes Brer Rabbit molasses as the real New Orleans product. It urges grocers to stock Gold Label for light color and milk flavor and Green Label for darker color and stronger molasses taste, suitable for pancakes biscuits cakes and candies.
Claude G Bavage a 17 year old former naval reserve member is held on $2500 bail by federal officials charged with tampering with United States mails aboard the steamship Victoria en route to Seattle from Alaska. He allegedly opened mail pouches and rifled contents on the return trip after taking a fireman job on the vessel. Bavage was arrested and brought before U S Commissioner I W McClelland and bound over to the federal grand jury.
The week’s showcases feature Lilian Gish and Robert Harron in A Romance of Happy Valley at Liberty, Louise Huff in The Old Homestead at Rex, Virginia Pearson in Buchannan's Wife at Colonial, Chaplin and Blackfeet and Flatheads, Me And Gott patriotic tale at Class A, The Dub with Wallace Reid at Strand, plus Cecil Dexter in Dont Change Your Husband at the Coliseum.
An advertisement urges strengthening kidneys and purifying blood with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. It claims quick relief from kidney troubles, warns of back pain and fatigue as warning signs, and advises asking a druggist for Gold Medal with three sealed sizes and money back if not helpful.
James Creed of Skinner Kiddy shipyards at 4208 Letitia Street Beattle recounts long stomach trouble and rheumatic shoulder pain. After his wife gave him Taniac his health improved, he gained weight and sleeps better, claiming the medicine works. Sold in Seattle by Bartell Drug Stores under a special Taniac representative.
Advertises a free cookbook for Creole desserts from Penick and Ford of New Orleans. Promises simple solutions to the dessert problem and urges readers to write for the booklet.
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