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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1916
Page
6
Paris reports the night calm on both banks of the Somme as Anglo Franco forces continue the offensive. Since the start, Finnish and French troops have seized 23 villages, 19,000 prisoners, 104 guns, and hundreds of machine guns.
A city physician arrived early Wednesday to save Josie Thomas at 1261 Main Street after she ingesting permanganate of potash in a suicide attempt. The doctor’s quick intervention averted death.
Martha Barnes and Ora Saunders, two young hikers from Rock, set out Wednesday on a walk along the Pacific highway toward San Francisco.
A Tuesday afternoon blaze caused about 2000 dollars in damage to the Chesterfield apartments located at 11th Avenue and Republican Street. Fire crews contained the fire with no reported injuries.
Geraldine Farrar now Mrs. Lou Tellegen returns to Los Angeles with her husband for a summer in pictures. He will head a new company while she repeats a role at the Lasky studio. The Tellegens travel with five servants a dog and two cars and plan to live in Hollywood. Farrar says she is glad to resume film work where her romance began.
Alexander Pantages and Jeanne Jomelli plan a Thursday matinee for Seattle’s blind crowd. Pantages recalls a quiet blind man’s transformation during the first week’s performance as Jomelli sang. Ushers will escort attendees, with several cars already offered and more needed for transport.
The Palace Hip Wednesday offers Elsie Schuyler The Aristocrat of Vaudeville with The Columbia Mile Quartette Ostes Martinez McConnell Austin The Lillian Sisters Rizal Altman performing balancing stunts. Feature photoplay The Song of the Sea.
The Hippodrome changes its bill with vaudeville and a strong picture feature. Nance O'Neil stars in A Woman's Past written by Capt. John King, a tale of an author her ambitions passions and love emotions.
Telephone orders filled by our telephone service. If necessary you will find it very convenient. Our service at this end is very efficient and delivery will be prompt.
A lengthy listing of hair brushes, nail and tooth brushes, creams, powders, and manicure sets with prices. Includes Pond's extracts, Isebell creams, Daggett & Ramsdell cold creams, various talcums, nail tools, and brushes ranging up to $1.25 for a rubber cushion brush and 75c to $1 for imported brushes.
A miscellaneous catalog excerpt lists items such as Mentholatum for inflammation, Witch Hazel in pint bottles, hospital absorbent cotton in various forms, Velour Powder Puffs, Bicycle Playing Cards, Sanitary Aprons and Napkins, Moulded Rubber Water Bottles, Toilet Articles, Listerine, face sponges, rubber bath caps, Peroxide of Hydrogen, and related small household goods with assorted prices and packaging details. It reads as a general store listing from a historical newspaper.
A list of vintage hair and cosmetic products and prices including Pinaud Brilliantine 35c size Odorono toilet water 4711 Depilatory Spiro Powder Bromley’s Shampoo powders Canthrax popular shampoo Mme Isobel’s Depilatory 1.00 size Bandoline Amolia Powder and related items with small price points.
The narrator describes medical exams and an upcoming operation that may determine life or death. She recounts the doctors Vienna and local surgeons debating timing, the fear of pain, and the comfort found in Dick's embrace as she faces possible paralysis or death. The piece ends with a reflection on love and sympathy as universal language.
London July 12. With no formal Mesopotamia update, Sir Edward Carson plans to move an early adjournment of the Commons next week. Premier Asquith says the time is not opportune to discuss the issue for unmentionable reasons.
Walter Eyres, manager of Eyres Storage and Transfer Co., will ask police court Thursday to recover $40,000 worth of liquor seized from his warehouse last May. Judge Gordon declined to dismiss the case. Eyres aims to prove the liquor was in transit legally for druggists who ordered it shipped here.
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