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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1919
Page
2
A fragmented reader note touts a three month supply of Merhuro-Laxene claimed to cure coughs in 24 hours. It describes Laxene as a wild cherry based medicine with ammonium compounds and other ingredients mixed in a syrup for easy use.
The Liberty bill debuts with Fatty Arbuckle in Back Stage and Buster Taylor in Three Black Eyes. Patty is a stage carpenter in a small town vaudeville venue as rehearsals begin Monday morning.
Theda Bara announces she will stop playing vamp roles and switch to gentle, innocent characters. Kathleen, Irish simple life, marks her first in this new direction with daisy-field settings replacing Egyptian backgrounds. She cites war vampire stench and tired looks as reasons for the change and recovery.
Restores vitality by combining tonics and digestives with iron and nutrients to treat anemia and nervous fatigue. Claims to supply red blood corpuscles, repair nerve tissue waste, and improve color and stamina. Testimonial from Serena Rifenburg of Tivoli New York. Made by C J Blood Co Lowell Massachusetts.
Gladys Sealle will lead James W. Morrison in The Midnight Pride, Vitagraph’s next feature. Earle Williams gains a Far East themed set from Japanese experts and landaca gardeners. Crystal theatre in Osborne, Kansas, uses an airplane loan to fetch films after a railroad washout delays arrivals. Irvin 8 Cobb wrote Harry T. More’s Adventures of Bill. Taylor Holmes co‑heads with Fatty Arbuckle next week. Constance Talmadge’s The Temperamental Wife comes to the Strand, based on an Anita Loos John Emerson script. Two thousand cattle built the stampede for Lasca. The Pointing Finger is a new Mary MacLaren release.
H. B. Warner stars as an American secret service agent who infiltrates revolutionary Teng in Mongolia for The Pagan God at the Mission. He becomes a hatchetman and attends a secret Chinene meeting, is branded a traitor by his sweetheart, and hides his mission from the man at Nanchung. Tom Mix ends a week at the Mission with The Midnight Romance.
A Columbia Pennsylvania woman, weak and run down, reports regained health after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad-copy touts its tonic root and herb formulation and features testimonials from women nationwide praising its strength and curative effects.
Advertisement touts a dandruff removal method using four ounces of liquid arvon applied nightly to moisten and rub into the scalp. It promises dissolution of dandruff after a few uses and claims itching will stop, hair will become fluffy and glossy, with four ounces sold at drug stores.
Chicago officials plan endurance tests for veteran officers as part of a new fitness regimen. About 112 men face rope skipping, weight lifting, and other examinations to determine continued service on the force. An unrelated historical note mentions Harvey in 1620 discovering blood circulation.
The Board of Directors of the Dictograph Products Corporation declared a quarterly dividend on outstanding preferred stock payable October 1919 to stockholders of record September 26, 1918. Stock books remain open. HI M Delanoie, Treasurer. September 29, 1919.
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