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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1915
Page
3
A sweeping sale offers Se Pen Holders, Se Cards, and a range of marked-down items from ribbons to gloves. Doorway and north door sections feature umbrellas hats bags and novelties while the second floor showcases dresses skirts and coats at deep discounts for women and girls. Numerous brands and prices are listed with dramatic reductions.
Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the assassinated president, is to appear as a witness before a United States commission in Chicago. He will speak on labor unrest and wage issues at the Pullman company, where he chairs the board, and discuss conditions for porters and conductors amid the sleeping car trust profits.
An automobile collision Monday night involved EF Summers and W I Roger. Summers suffered head injuries and severe bruising while Jack Alder was thrown ten feet when his car struck J M Sullivan’s vehicle and wrecked.
An advertisement promises rapid relief from dandruff and hair loss by using Danderine. It urges readers to buy a 25 cent bottle at any drug store, apply to the scalp, and after several uses dandruff disappears and hair stops shedding.
The Alaska bureau of the Chamber of Commerce held a Monday luncheon at the Arctic club. Guests included Congressman Humphrey, P. A. Waller of Kewanee Illinois, tour participant in 1913, F. J. Wettrick of Juneau, and R. K. R. Stewart of Cordova. Humphrey outlined efforts by the Washington delegation to advance Alaska legislation. Waller is noted as both an Alaskan and a Seattle figure.
Detective Jack Wickman reports a confession from a burglar who confessed to burglaries at three east side Lake Washington homes and two in Seattle, detailing the crimes and locations.
Irish Germans alliance hosts St Patrick’s day dance at the Hippodrome drawing about 600 attendees on Monday night as celebrations continued.
George Kleine buys film rights to The Spendthrift by Walfer Emerson Browne with Irene Fenwick and Cyril Kneightley starred. The Alhambra opens a three reel sea drama The Enemies with a love triangle and a captain shanghaiing rival, plus a George Ade comedy and Hearat-Bellg Weekly. Leah Baird leaves New York for South recuperation. Harold Shaw joins Allied private volunteers in London. Edison revival With Bridges Burned stars Rex Beach and Mabel Trunnelle. Wally Van declines San Francisco move for the World's Fair exhibit.
A long roster of film and stage programs ending Tuesday through Wednesday at venues including Colonial City and Liberty with titles such as The Nigger The City of a Terrible Night and The Radium Thieves. The item notes multiple two to five part dramas comedies and educational programs plus a pigeon race winner in Seattle.
Police tie three suspects to a Riverside cabin raid after Walsh’s revolver, with serials sawed off, is recovered. Detectives note a crude bludgeon, varying alibis, and letters linking one man to Kentucky relatives. Items recovered match goods stolen from Milwaukee boxcars in two separate robberies.
Mrs. D. E. Hileman of Tunnelton West Virginia testifies in 1909 that Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root cured her kidney trouble after years of fainting pain and sleepless nights. She notes two doctors had said she could not live three months and credits the remedy with saving her life. Notary Joseph A. Miller confirms the sworn statement.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to send ten cents to Dr Kilmer and Co for a sample bottle of Swamp Root and a booklet on kidneys and bladder. It notes regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles are sold at drug stores and promises the sample will convince anyone.
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