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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1915
Page
3
Market report lists prices for poultry veal and pork items with notes on ducks hens roosters and various cuts. Contains scattered figures for veal blocks cheese and dairy products including creams and Wisconsin twine. Prices appear in a rough ledger style with multiple entries and abbreviations.
Screen review notes The Commanding Officer a gripping Liberty feature about a soldier who protects a sister's orphaned children while confronting a rumored affair involving his wife. The film is praised as intensely thrilling with notable gunplay and a moral core.
The listing details various theater programs with endings on Tuesday or Wednesday nights across venues including Colonial Illam Farsom Liberty Grand Clemmer Alaska Melbourne Alhambra and Tilikum. It features films and dramas such as The Nigger The City of a Terrible Night The Radium Thieves Olives Pets and The Truth About Van Weering along with comedies and educational pieces.
The program lists two part dramas Smugglers Island and The Vaudry Jewels plus On Dangerous Ground Treasure Seekers The Perils of Pauline and Merry Mary's Marriage with shows at the Home until Wednesday and No. 18 The Vaudry Jewels is a two part drama and the others are a mix of mystery and comedy presented tonight
Peggy O Neill returns in Peg o My Heart at the Moore for the entire week. The cast includes Noland Howe and others with a warm, sentimental image of Peggy noted to move audiences to tears or laughter. Sylvester Schaffer headlines a versatile bill with magic juggling and music.
Soldier Robert Jones died of brain concussion after a blow from a club during a Bell Town melee. A special board of officers investigates his death and expects arrests of the assailants. Jones reportedly struck first after insults about his uniform.
Jacob Kissler of Walla Walla died in Bellingham Sunday after leaping in front of a moving electric car. Police described it as a fatal self harming act with unclear motive. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
Ad touts Pope's Diapepsin as a quick, harmless cure for sour stomach gas indigestion and gastric distress. It claims the product digests food, relieves belching, coated tongue, and upset stomach in minutes, with a large case costing fifty cents at drug stores.
J F Murphy of Capitol Hill leads a protest against Seattle Electric Co policies forcing transfers at Mercer and 15th Ave N. He convinces about a dozen riders to stay aboard returning to the depot, sparking a dispute with conductor and transit officials and planning a meeting with the public service commission.
A narrator reflects on Mollie’s sympathy for baby garments and argues against the notion that work outside the home harms femininity. Aunt Mary counters with a critique of sentimental views of home, defining home as walls and motherhood as a human role. They discuss sacrifice, abuse, and moral dangers facing mothers and daughters in society.
The narrator notes Aunt Mary’s surprising radical talk after visits to a slum home and to Mrs. Alder. She reflects that home and mother resemble religion as things one can shape to personal belief, hinting at forthcoming developments in this serialized tale.
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