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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
8
Corinne Griffith stars in The Single Track at the Winter Garden, trading society ballroom for rugged mining life. Through a series of thrilling scenes she shows a broader dramatic range and reaches new heights in her performance.
An advertisement promotes a home shampoo recipe using canthrax from a druggist. Dissolve a teaspoonful in hot water to make a full cup of liquid shampoo that covers scalp and hair, removes dandruff and dirt, then rinses to leave hair fluffy, lustrous, and soft for easy styling.
An ad explains using delatone paste to remove facial neck and arm hair. Mix powder with water into a paste, apply about two minutes, rub off, wash skin, and buy only from original packaging to avoid disappointment.
Interest in The Wayfarer grows with orders for four reserved seats sent to Waco Texas and ten tickets requested by Seattle resident Henry KR King. Merchants plan elaborate window displays as the pageant float depicting a scene from The Wayfarer heads to Portland for the rose festival parade.
Eight men arrested Tuesday in Monterey California after federal officers seized 1200 cases of whisky. Most are Seattle residents, per wire from Leonard Regan Seattle prohibition agent in charge of the raiders. The men are being held.
The Winter Garden opens with The Single Track featuring Norvine Griffith and Fuller Mellish as a locomotive scene with a star performing as fireman. Also showing are The Black Bag at the Columbia and At the Crossroads of New York at the Coliseum with Kathryn McQuire and Mildred June.
Floyd Rice of Bethlehem Pennsylvania reports receiving a postcard at the local post office about picking up a Seattle radio call on June 14 at 9 p m. The Rhodes Bros station, located in the Arcade building, tested new tubes causing static while Rice listened 3000 miles away.
Vaudeville figures Arthur Ludwig and Jack Ginn perform as Mexican and Ranger in the one act playlet Spitfire with Miss Texas Guinan at Loew's Palace Hip theater. They describe real staged combat three times daily and four times on weekends with bruises and other injuries, noting it is harder than fake movie battles. Guinan, dubbed the female Bill Hart, carries heavy insurance to cover four partners on her act.
Anita Stewart appears in The Woman He Married at the Coliseum this Saturday after Bennett’s At the Cross Roads of New York, presenting a program following the traction show.
Cullen Landis and Patsy Ruth Miller star in Watch Your Step in a double bill with Buster Keaton’s Cops at the Liberty starting Saturday. The comedy and the Keaton feature headline the weekend program as part of the theater’s new listings.
Richard Walton Tully remarks that the largest dumbbell he ever saw stood out, while an observer believed Buy Bates Post was a chapter of the American Legion. The anecdote highlights confusion over a historically themed post and a misidentified veterans organization.
An advertisement touts Othine as a remedy for freckles promising a money back guarantee. It claims visible improvement after early applications and often fade light freckles entirely. The copy urges asking for double strength Othine from the druggist.
A chatty doorway scene shows Mary distressed by lack of suitable clothes for various occasions. Jane suggests buying several items on credit from Cherry's on Second Ave, offering monthly payments to ease the purchase.
Two men Harold Brown and Leo Watson were jailed on an open charge after attempting to flee Patrolman J. W. Rothaus with 21 quarts of liquor in their car. George Hanson escaped in his machine during the incident.
A contemporary film version of the stage classic The Old Homestead is being produced with director James Cruze at the helm. Separately, a modern battleship uses about 8000 gallons of fresh water daily, and the Pennsylvania was the largest ship afloat in 1896.
Early talk of film projects mentions three year old billed as Tin Bill Farnam with Dawn O Day as the next title. Speculation arose about future screen names like Ray O Light or Silvery Moon in the evolving entertainment scene.
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