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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1919
Page
11
Lieutenant Thatcher leading a Prohibition era raid at a lodging house seeks wine and is confronted by Mrs. Sabina Ludivich. A struggle ends with the landlady fainting into the lieutenant’s arms as police execute a search. The scene highlights enforcement tension and the chaotic raid.
Miss Ida Van Cleve was attacked on the street as she alighted from a Madrona car at 19th avenue and Jefferson street. A thief dashed up, snatched her purse, kicked her, and ordered her to be quiet. A local saying notes a weak minded man is often headstrong.
Miss Sara Weston of Belvidere Illinois writes that kidney trouble from overwork left her unable to stoop and crawl from a chair. After using Foley Kidney Pills her health greatly improves and she urges others with similar symptoms to try the remedy.
Harry Carey stars as John Oakhurst in The Outcasts of Poker Flat at the Mission. Gloria Hope plays Sophy while the Western setting and early California mood drive the drama. The film runs at the Mission through Tuesday night.
The Colosseum screens a lineup including Maurice Tourseur's The Life Line and Whifs and Whiskers with Merry Mann. Clemm er Her Beach presents The Girl Prom Outside plus Me Married His Wife with Ndith Moberts. Meantime Pathe News and Strand options feature shorts and a mix of comedy and drama.
A light elopement plot follows Bryant Washburn and Joss Wilson as they dodge an irate aunt and a wrecked train while fleeing to a fireproof hotel. The honeymoon ends with an earthquake and a bold rescue. The program also features Happy Hooligan, cooties cartoon, Pathe News, Wurlitzer, The Girl From Outside, and a five-man drama about a young girl and crooks including a forger and a stick-up man.
The Dorothy Phillips production Ambition moves to Pleasonton California for small town scenes. The cast includes Clara Horton Cullen Sandia Sydney Ainsworth Hal Colley Wilton Taylor and Walter Mac Namara as the five crooks drawn to a young girl. The plot follows their shift from crime to a straight path as the film unfolds.
McLean Nebraska woman Mrs Joan Korre reports via Manx letter that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound improved her health and helped her have a healthy baby. The ad extols the remedy for displacements inflammation irregularities backache headaches nervousness and the blues and invites letters for guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
An advertisement extols Dr King s New Discovery as a time tested remedy for over fifty years that soothes coughs and sore throats, relieves congestion and phlegm, loosens chest mucus, and stops grippe. It claims safety for all ages and notes a 60 cent bottle price at drugstores.
An 19th century style advertisement promotes Dr King's New Life Pills to relieve irregular bowels and support liver and stomach health. It claims the pills activate the liver and keep the system free from waste, priced at 25 cents a bottle.
Maurice Tourneur presents The Life Line at the Coliseum with Jack Holt as a gypsy leader seeking rightful inheritance. He survives a theatre fire, a Thames bound gag, and a breeches buoy rescue, ending in a happy outcome. Strand also features Widow by Proxy with Marguerite Clark and Gloria Grey, plus Colonial offers The Man Beneath with Sessue Hayakawa. Rex shows The Shepherd of the Hills, celebrating rugged Ozark life and American character.
Advert announces Pape's Diapepsin tablets to neutralize acidity and rapidly relieve indigestion pain sourness heartburn and belching. It claims millions know the product prevents dyspepsia and helps eat favorite foods without distress at a small cost.
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