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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1920
Page
2
A reader praises Foley's and Tar for a miraculous cure from a lingering cold. The letter credits a single bottle with ending the illness and swears it will never be without the remedy for life.
An old ad copy touts a “Wizard Of” remedy for rheumatic pains, lumbago, and stiff joints with daily uses for injuries like sprains, bruises, burns, and bites. It claims earache, toothache, roup, and colic relief. Sold by druggists for 30 cents with money back guarantee.
An unidentified motorist believed intoxicated struck a parked car belonging to Norman Skartvedt at his home 1619 Bellevue Ave injuring the driver. Mrs. Mina Wegner, 75, died Sunday at her son John A. Werner’s home 731 27th Ave S. Five children survive her.
Pape s Diapep sin tablets bring quick relief by neutralizing stomach acidity. The medicine stops sour stomach gas pain and fullness and helps normal digestion so foods can be enjoyed without distress. Very affordable at drug stores.
J H Grapewine of Los Angeles proposes canning overripe vegetables to cut cost of living. He claims canned onions and tomatoes stored for 25 years remain perfect and offers to reveal his method to government for aid to the needy. He is a chemist who says his process followed decades of study and could slash prices to one tenth.
Norma Talmadge disguises herself as an elderly matron to win the affections of Ernest Lismore in She Loves and Lies at the Coliseum. The plot hinges on a marriage ruse to help a financially strapped lover, with the plan unfolding amid film billings and program notes for the week.
The week’s bill highlights Charles Ray in Alarm Clock Andy at Liberty with a tale of a shy auto milesman who becomes a salesman hero aided by a pretty leading lady Millicent Fisher. Pauline Frederick, Harold Lloyd, and Lionel Barrymore headline other features with The Paliser Case, Haunted Spooks, The Copperhead, and Eyes of Youth, alongside Geraldine Laird and Strands varied dramas.
MOBILE March 22 Pete Clinton runs a feline factory that raises cats for their hides and feeds them with catfish from the river. He then feeds the catfish on the cat after undressing them. Cat hides fetch $1.50 each and the venture plans to expand to more hair colors.
Margarine consumption in Great Britain has risen from 3600 tons a week in 1913 to 8000 tons weekly now, while butter consumption has fallen accordingly.
Spectators in Chilliwack watched a two inch long black beetle battle an English sparrow for about 15 minutes. The beetle held on with a shell back hindering the sparrow, sparrows nearby pecked at it until other birds seized three legs, yet the beetle escaped with injuries and was freed.
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