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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1916
Page
3
A Woman seeks return of a stolen dog without court action, readers advise visiting the location, with a companion or police, and offering a small reward. Other letters cover relationship misreadings, origin of baseball, hunger remedies, best man gifts, helping aged parents, and accordion plaiting methods.
Surgeons report men show slightly higher incidence of appendicitis than women. They advise Seattle residents to try a simple buckthorn bark and glycerine mix, advertised as Adlertica, claimed to relieve various digestive issues and prevent appendicitis. Swift's Pharmacies in Seattle carry it.
Liberty today opens a three day feature run of Atta Boy's Last Race a melodrama with Dorothy Gish as a devoted horseman’s daughter and runner expert. TheColiseum presents Ann Pennington in The Rainbow Princess a new photo drama with Pennington famed from the Ziegfeld Follies as Hope the wolf.
An ad touts Knowton’s Dandeline claiming dandruff disappears and hair becomes light, wavy, and abundant after weeks of use. It highlights scalp cleansing, reduced itching, and new fine hair growth, recommending a 25 cent bottle from drug stores.
A promotional note claims Orrine cures the drinking habit for wives and families with two forms, secret and voluntary, priced at one dollar per box. Readers are directed to Swift's Pharmacy at 2nd and Pike for a booklet.
Q Ban Revives Color Glands Q Ban Hair Color Restorer is not dye but acts on roots to restore color glands and healthy hair. It claims to remove gray fade bleach brittleness and dandruff while making hair soft long thick and evenly dark. Sold 60 cents a big bottle at Bartell Drug Store Seattle with mail order offered.
The advertisement promises fast relief from neuralgia and shooting pains through Sloan's Liniment applied externally. It claims nerve and muscle tonic effects, cleaner use than plasters, and relief for rheumatism, sprains, bruises, and toothache with free and one dollar bottle options.
A note instructs readers to mail a tree sample of Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap to Dept. 2K, Resinol, Baltimore Maryland. The item emphasizes mail-in sample submission to the company for product analysis or demonstration.
A circus owner performs dangerous feats including balloon ascension and parachute descent. Adelmann conducts Travelogue and Coliseum orchestra with Jolly Fellows and La Touca as the weekend's main acts. Lillian Walker tops the Clemmer lineup in The Blue Envelope Mystery. The Mission shows The Hidden Scar with Ethel Clayton and Holbrook Blinn over three days. Rex features Fathers of Men by James Oliver Curwood. Colonial presents A Modern Cinderella with a rich man and a shop girl. Class A screens The Salamander with Ivy Close in The Stolen Jail. Strand touts Bluff starring Kolb and Dill through Sunday.
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