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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1920
Page
3
Fragment from page 148 describes shouting outside and footsteps as characters slip past a house into a playhouse. A voice notes uncertainty about the purpose of leaving but a desire to avoid being recalled, hinting at tension and secrecy in the scene.
A pioneer mother recalls a daytime Indian raid on her family home. Arrows whistled as they hid inside the house while bullets answered from outside. After the siege the family rebuilt with glass windows, rear doors, and an upstairs room, and the storyteller teases a humorous house move.
Nancy Nick and Tingaling follow the fairy landlord to Mr Bumble Bee's dining room hidden at the end of a dim hallway. The trio slips in honey smell fills the air and their shoes vanish as they sink into a sticky scene while Mr Bee mocks their efforts and laughs at the messy scene created by his plan.
Farmer Brown's Boy abandons the hunt for the fox after Bowser the Hound signals the fox may have moved to the Old Pasture. Mr. Redwing explains the fox has left Green Meadows and Green Forest, and the boy decides to return home and put the gun away. Next story: Peter Rabbit Spreads the News.
Otto Auto Paris dispatch reports a gold bath tub owned by Prince Elivereff or his wife has caused a stir in Paris. Mile Bresil is involved, suggesting a social or diplomatic incident surrounding the opulent item.
In Honolulu on September 6, Chaulmoogra trees will be imported from India to Hawaii to boost seed oil supply shown to cure leprosy. Thirty patients at the leprosy station have been paroled after being cured by the new treatment.
Common witch hazel camphor and other ingredients in Lavoptik eye wash are claimed to relieve eye strain quickly. A customer noted restful feeling after one use and a young man and his mother reportedly benefited. Swift's Drug Co and leading druggists are listed as sellers.
An advertisement asserts Adler-i-ka cures years of gas and stomach trouble. It touts weight gain and relief from constipation after three weeks, claiming the product flushes the bowels completely and removes foul matter. The mix is described as buckthorn cascar a glycerine and nine other ingredients backed by Swift Drug Co. and Bartell Drug Co. and many druggists.
Warning about pimples and skin diseases urges blood cleansing with a vegetable medicine on the market for over 50 years. It claims local treatments fail as the source is in the blood and invites customers to write for free medical guidance from a chief adviser in Atlanta.
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