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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1917
Page
6
An advertisement promotes plain red coconut oil as a cheap, effective hair wash. It claims typical soaps dry hair and recommends moistening hair with water then rubbing in a spoonful of oil to produce rich lather. The oil cleanses, rinses easily, and leaves hair soft, bright, and easy to manage, with dust and dandruff removed.
A $20,000,000 steel corporation is forming to build smelters, blast furnaces, and a large steel mill on Lake Washington near Seattle. Promoters include D. C. Jackling W H Crocker and William Pigott with other Western financiers. The 500 acre site has been secured and Pacific Improvement Co. contracted to supply Washington coal.
The piece argues marriage collapses when it cannot produce a family and remains lonely and drifting. It asserts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for wives unable to bear children, claiming fewer childless homes would result.
Veteran comedian Taylor Holmes declares he is on the winning side in motion pictures and joins Essanay as a permanent star facing a screen debut in Efficiency Edgars Courtship. He notes the vast resources of props and sets, and plans to adapt stage craft to film without overacting. He aims to help steer cinema toward mass appeal.
The passage reviews multiple 1920s films and theaters. It notes George Heban cooking flapjacks in The Cook of Canyon Camp at Liberty and a staged raid in The Love Thief at Strand, with star Mary Pickford in The Poor Little Rich Girl at Rex and The Eternal Sapho featuring Theda Bara at Colonial.
Charles T. Carey joins American Film Santa Barbara staff while Mae Marsh earns 2000 weekly at Goldwyn. Douglas Fairbanks considers a around the world trip next summer. Buster Collier to co star with Jack Pickford in Tom Sawyer. Fay Tincher returns to New York after California stint. Francia X. Bushman Beverly Rayne set for The Compact seven rel. Montague Love receives offers from two top New York illustrated pubs.
France with the American army as special artist, a position he occupied with distinguished success for London papers in the Boer war. Wallace Reid is to appear with Geraldine Farrar in her first Art craft picture of the season. Miss Farrar has returned to the Lasky studio after a motor trip with her husband Lou Tellegen to Lake Tahoe. Hank Mann minus his mustache will appear in the Gladys Brockwell photoplay now being made at the William Fox studio in Hollywood. A Jaze band attracted Hank and he begged Director Turner to allow him to work on the set while the band was playing. He was probably the highest paid extra in the world.
A man washes ashore and falls for a maiden. He possesses coin and abducts her, taking the girl away by force as tides shape the fate.
Berry season on and outdoor work makes a pair of overalls handy. Men’s wash ties priced at 25 cents and women’s overalls at 1.10 a pair are on sale on the main floor in the men’s section. All sizes available.
On Wednesday the Silk Petticoat Section showcases an unusual display of White Silk and Satin Petticoats. The assortment includes White Taffeta Silks White Satins White Wash Silks and White Silk Jersey Tops with elastic waist bands in a wide range of lengths and waist measures.
Jensen and Von Herberg open the Liberty theatre in Portland after purchasing and remodeling the Orpheum into a premier Northwest picture house.
The narrator writes to a little book about secrets, remorse, and Margie Waverly's tolerance. She reflects on love, fidelity, and self deception, weighing if true love requires greater forbearance and asks if she has truly loved Dick as she should. The piece ends with a promise to continue in a later installment.
Portland reports a hundred fires burning in the region as timbermen tally reports from forest offices. In the Umpqua national forest alone thirty six fires are logged and are described as beyond control due to a stiff breeze.
King George announced to the privy council that the royal family will now use the name Wind sor replacing the German Saxe Coburg and Gotha. The change applies to all royal titles and official references.
Mid summer feature on white tub skirts priced at 3.00 and 3.50. An array of tailored and pleated back models in white pique and white cotton gaberdine promise easy laundering and fresh, cool appeal with novelty patch pockets plain belts and pearl button trim. Waist measurements range 24 to 30.
A sale on trimmed hats features about fifty pieces from Summer styles. The collection includes Mila Liseres and Hempsstraight with novelty brims in Black White Gray O Rose Purple and Natural. Regular prices range up to 25.00 with a special choice offer.
Pacific Coast theatre men of California and Oregon met today with A. L Erlanger to discuss creating a stock company to stage the latest plays simultaneously with New York productions in coast cities. Attending Californians include Melville Marx of Gottlieb-Marx Co. San Francisco Albert Leeb and W. H. Wyatt of Los Angeles.
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