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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1920
Page
10
In mid winter at a prison Harry, now at a desk, shares the room with a stranger who plans a stage joke. The visitor, John Stark, disguises as an inmate using makeup from a theater box. Harry, haunted by memory, contemplates a dangerous, bold move as the man prepares for a perverse wager.
An old health advitem claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood to resist influenza and infection. It touts vitality, better digestion, and stronger immunity, advising Hood's Pills for regular bowels and quicker recovery after illness.
A vintage advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children. It urges mothers to look for the word California on the package, claiming a pleasant fruity taste and full dosing directions on every bottle.
An old advertisement promotes Hamlin's Wizard Oil for back pain rheumatism sciatica and joint stiffness with quick penetration and soothing effects. It claims usefulness for everyday injuries and offers a 30 cent price and money back guarantee. Also highlights Wizard Liver Pills a pink 30 cent laxative with a satisfaction guarantee.
A prisoner named Harry flees through a gate after a successful ruse at a penitentiary. He covertly boards a westbound express, evades pursuit, then leaps from the moving train into a snowbank, injuring his ankle but continuing his trek toward freedom amid a snowy landscape and a distant railway station.
The narrator travels a rough hillside toward a distant mountain lodge forty miles away. He recalls Jubilee Jim, the caretaker, whose father had served his own father before the Civil War, as he grips the trek toward the rugged bungalow.
Harry McAvoy of Los Angeles narrates a sweeping recovery after twenty years of illness from indigestion heart palpitations and weight loss. He credits Tanlac from Bartell Drug Stores Seattle with restoring appetite sleep and steady nerves and reports a gain of fifteen pounds.
An assorted clipping mentions a plunge down a slope and a dressmaker in Cleveland, a schoolteacher, and a pastry ad. It cites A A McNeese of High Point Georgia who used Foley's Honey and Tar to ease a severe cold and alleges it saved him from influenza, then notes Foley's for coughs and croup.
Advertisement notes Blooder Phosphate builds nervous energy and rich blood. It claims users gain about 16 percent in three weeks, and offers money back if not satisfied. Marketing urges thin or nervous individuals to buy at Owl Drug or other druggists and take as directed.
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