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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1919
Page
13
In YORK on October 20 authorities said John W. 21 died by his own action. His body was found on a power boat near College Point wearing a woman’s gingham dress, stockings, and corsets. Hands tied behind, legs bound, oilcloth over the head secured with rope. A poison bottle was nearby. Preliminary exam suggests strangulation.
Two hundred guarantors are sought to support a successful Seattle Symphony Orchestra season. Manager C. BE. White announces the effort, with events planned at Meany Hall on the university campus during winter.
Fraternity brothers at the University of Washington turned detectives Monday to solve who desecrated the lapels of a dozen coats hanging in the cloak room outside the chemistry laboratory.
Seattle boiler maker J H Baldwin says four years of stomach cramps bloating and sleepless nights vanished after taking Tanlac. He reports improved digestion breathing sleep and weight gain and praises the medicine as permanently beneficial. Bartell Drug Stores in Seattle sell Tanlac through a special representative.
A Paramount comedy opens at the Liberty with Wallace Reid playing Jack Wright who offers to marry the winning lottery holder. A homely old maid wins the coupon triggering further comedic confusion as the plot unfolds. The program also shows Up in Alf's Room and a Pathe News feature.
A busy week reviews musical comedies and dramas led by Oh Boy at the Clemmer with June Caprice Creighton Hale and Zena Keefe. The Coliseum features The Market of Souls with Dorothy Dalton and The Wreck at the Colonial stars Harry Morey, plus Anita King in One Against Many and The Romance of Seattle.
An old time medicine claims to stop colds and coughs quickly for the whole family. Available in bottles at 60 cents and 1.20 dollars with wide drugstore distribution.
Advertisement claims Dr Kings New Life Pills regulate bowels by cleansing waste and promoting bile flow. It describes mild, reliable relief without violent purgatives and notes a 26 cent price at druggists.
Rita Carlyle and Gold Dust Barker drive a Dawson City plot as Joan Gray auctions herself to Jim Blood. Strand presents Johnny Spivena in In Wrong with Marguerite La Motte, After the Ball, and a Yale campus tale featuring Buck Simmons racing crew hero. Monday marks U of W and College Night.
A new Boldt’s French par try location appears in Uptown at 1414 3d Ave, with additional references to Dows Town and 913 24 Ave indicating nearby or related addresses.
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