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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1920
Page
8
The Census Bureau reports Missouri at 3,403,547 residents in 1920, up 110,212 from 1910. California also released 1920 figures showing 3,426,536 residents, leaving Missouri ahead of California by a small margin in state rankings.
A Boys' Life joke asks if a chicken three weeks old can be eaten and answers that it cannot be. The dialogue humorously explains that the bird is still growing and not yet suitable as a meal.
A bill of photoplays features Thomas Meighan in Civilian Clothes at the Strand with a backdrop of Havana and a Thomas Meighan stunt as a butler. The Coliseum presents Harriet and the Piper with Anita Stewart. Clemmer Orchestra performs Old Fashioned Garden and Robin Hood tunes. Also shown are The Love Flower with Barthelmess and Dempster, The Inferior Sex with Mildred Harris Chaplin, and other features including Dynamite and By Golly comedies plus Pathe News.
Picture star Carlyle Blackwell abandons cinema to headline the farce Hin Lady Friends on stage. Walter Miers plans a comedy role in Oh Lady, Lady! Patti Harrold of Irene is set for a Griffith screen test as a teen star.
A compact proverb rendering emotional balance through shared joy and mutual support. It contrasts solitary sorrow with communal happiness, suggesting happiness requires another to share in its fullness.
A display of bewitching fabrics arrives daily in the Drapery Section with New Cretonnes New Kapocks and many more. The shop also reveals winter drapery materials velours and velvets, along with lamps and cedar chests as new shipments come in for display.
A heavy double printed Terry Cloth fabric praised for its rich velvet effect and vivid color pairings including rose with blue and gray with lavender. The drapery material is sold by the yard at $1.75, highlighting its desirability for contemporary homes.
Arabia Cloth described as a new finely woven Madras with rich color effects. It is fast in color and suitable for light solid drapery. The fabric comes in a width that can be split for saving and is priced the yard at $1.75.
Lace curtains shown include Point de Genes and Duchess styles of very high quality. Pairs priced at 12.85, 16.50 and 18.65 dollars.
Vitagraph comedian Jimmy Au brey stars in a seaside farce titled His Jonah Day. He ducks in the Pacific, tangles with a bathing beauty squad, battles a lifeguard played by Babe Hardy, and is swallowed by a whale, with a string of stunts filling the rest of the reel.
James N. Ham of Louisville celebrated his birthday with his infant daughter Josephine and daughter Thelma aged 3 attending. Ham, aged 80, has a wife aged 41 and a blended family of 14 children ranging from 11 months to 60 years.
In Swansea on September 27 Mrs. Gladys Norwood collapsed after a wedding breakfast photo and died within moments. The bride was her sister, and the ceremony proceeded with the event recorded at the scene.
Cincinnati dispatch reports journeymen horseshoers demand higher daily wages during a vacation protest. They seek more than $6 a day, threatening an uptick in the cost of shoeing if granted.
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