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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1919
Page
11
An advertisement proclaims Thorocain as a modern science boon offering complete painless dental procedures. It asserts thousands testify to its efficacy and promises no discomfort or inconvenience during any dental work.
The article surveys film industry moves in May with Fannie Ward new release The Cry of the Weak and Evelyn Nesbitt signing shifts at Fox Film. It notes January transitions to First National and lists stars such as Rita Clark Margarete Dean and Olga Petrova, plus plans for Anita Stewart Priscilla Dean Dorothy Gish and others with director and production updates.
A husband recalls his wife’s severe illness and recovery after using Mayr's Wonderful. The ad claims the remedy clears mucus from the intestinal tract and eases stomach and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. One dose will convince or money refunded. Bartell's Five Drug Stores and druggists advertise.
An old advertisement urges quick action for back pain and kidney signals. It promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules from Haarlem Holland as a remedy, claiming fast relief and long use. Sold by druggists in seal packs with a money back offer.
The column describes William Hart's casting in The Money Corral as a cow puncher and reforming bad man, Marguerite Clark's playful note to her husband, and multiple showings including Lets Elope at Coline um, Shirley Mason’s new three day run in The Rescuing Angel, Eyes of the Soul with Blaine Ferguson at the Strand, and Fay Tincher returning in Sally's Blighted Career at the Clemmer.
A face or toilet cream to soften rough skin and heal chapped hands and cracked lips can be made at home at low cost. Mix one ounce glycerine with 25c worth powdered grexite, dissolve, add a pint water, and bottle. This antiseptic thick cream lasts months and costs only a few cents, far cheaper than store bought tubes.
A garbled list of acts and performers appears including The Money Corral, The Turn at the, and The Pod of the Game. Names such as Clark Lyons Moran Kerrigan and Harold contribute. The fragmentary program notes hint at a comedy revue with music and likely theater fare.
A review notes Fay as a teen chorus girl in Tom Moore's A Man and His Money and Sally returning to the farm after burlesque. Kerrigan appears at the Mission in The End of the Game for the last time, while Alice Brady debuts Wednesday in The World to Live In about a stenographer. Helen Jerome Peters gains notice in film plays and May Allison stars at the Colonial in Penry Does Her Darndest where she plays an athletic girl who prefers boxing.
Tay Wayes known as an auto bandit was recaptured late Monday by Detectives Gordon and Newjamin at Third Ave and University Street. Police found a Berkshire pillowcase, extra hat, drugs and hypodermic needles on him at the central station. Hayes had escaped from custody at the Meridian sanitarium April 18 and was linked to a series of holdups. a $50 reward had been offered by Sheriff Stringer.
The council voted $20,000 to continue bore holes at Gorge Creek to assess dam type for Skagit River storage. No action on a $30,000 Ruby and Diab operation bill until cost estimates from City Engineer A. I. H. Dimock are provided.
Ban Francisco reports negotiations to form a 100 million dollar shipping combine. The plan follows the arrival of William Avery, advisor to Asano and Toyo Kinsen Kaleha, aboard Korea Maru. The aim is to utilize 490,000 tons of vessels under construction in Japan this year.
A paying ordinance provides for street improvements on King from Fifth to 19th, Weller from Fifth to Maynard, Lane from Fifth to Seventh, Charles from Seattle to Seventh, Fifth from Jackson to Dearborn, Magnolia from Weller to Seattle, and Seventh from Dearborn to Charles, plus grading on a section of 24th Ave S W. The work includes concrete sidewalks, curbing and water mains.
University of Washington students call for a new college song with a $50 prize for the best composition. The effort follows the old battle cry Bow Down to Washington, amid Gil Dobie era dominance. Darwin Meisnest invites all composers to submit by Thanksgiving.
Capt Ferdinand Falk of Seattle is stationed in Berlin as part of the American mission. Advices received Monday by Mrs Falk say his return to Seattle is conjectural while he and 25 other American physicians inspect Russian prisoners.
Mayor George L. Baker of Portland and Charles F. Berg president and W. P. Stranberg secretary of the Portland Ad club will boost the On-to-Portland campaign at a luncheon at the Masonic club. The event is organized by the publicity and advertising bureau of the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club and will be held next Friday noon. Mayor Baker will invite the chamber to the Ad club convention in Rose City on June 8.
The third annual graduate medical lectureship for physicians statewide will be held in Seattle during July. E. F. Dahm of the University of Washington extension department announced the event.
George Wissman, a mariner, was twice blocked from a police job for being too small. A sergeant witnessed the incident and Wissman eventually joined the force.
An advertisement touts a hair curling method using liquid silmerine from a drag to few ounces. Applied nightly with a toothbrush along the hair, it promises a natural fluffy wavy look by morning with no grease or trace. Mona Morrow endorses this Clubwoman dressing as harmless and splendid.
The article warns against regular soaps and shampoos with high alkali that dry the scalp and brittle hair. It promotes Malsified cocoanut shampoo as pure greaseless and affordable, telling readers to use a teaspoon with water to create rich lather. It claims the shampoo cleanses, rinses easily, dries hair evenly, and removes dust dirt and dandruff.
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