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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1920
Page
5
A grandmother recalls a settler family during a time of war with the Lake Indians and Snoqualmies on the White River front. Two Indiana riders threaten a homestead on the Duwamish River, demanding chickamin money. The family hides, endures loud knocks, and fears a deadly attack as frontier danger looms.
In Meadow Grove a fairy schoolmaster Scratch worries as the school board arrives to judge teaching and the role of twin helpers Nancy and Nick. The five members Granddaddy Hoot Owl Judge Crow Dr. Mink Prof. Hare and Mr. A U Chuck assess schooling, singing, and attendance ideas in a playful fall scene.
Unc Billy Possum endures a two day push delivering party invitations around the Green. He faces cold receptions as neighbors turn away, bowing and apologizing in mock old time dialect while inviting everyone to join next Monday night at his hollow tree for a merry reunion.
Unc Billy Possum throws a party inviting Sammy Jay and Mistah Buzzard for a moonlit gathering in Green Forest. Guests dance and feast beneath the moon, awaiting a surprise speech as everyone gathers on a stump outlined by Uncle Billy in his finest suit.
Paris dispatch reports at Villacoublay airdrome a parasol type airplane was stolen by a British airman. The notice asks authorities to locate the craft and arrest the pilot on recovery.
Hurley L Watkins of Louisville Kentucky endorses Yoley's Honey and Tar as effective for colds coughs and croup in both adults and children. The remedy claims to ease tickling throats without opiates or habit forming drugs and is advertised as sold everywhere.
Stockholm reports the temperance commission proposed absolute prohibition including wine and beer near sawmills. It cites 27,000,000 tons of sawdust producing 600,000,000 gallons of alcohol. The note blends the policy outline with a long medical advertisement for Adler-i-ka detailing digestive claims.
A beauty note offers a home method to remove hair using a small original package of delatone mixed with water to form a paste. The paste is applied to the skin for about two minutes, then washed off to leave the surface hairless. The note warns to ensure you buy real delatone.
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