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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1910
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Mag Haggerty Melbourne Virginia Jrew Montana and price limits. No coherent event or outcome is clear. The readable items list names and places without a discernible story or dates.
The program featured Oberon aria and The Years at the Spring, with a standout grand operas qualifying fullness. The audience heard Tannhauser grand march, Nutcracker, and an overture at Garden, with Considine debuting as first violinist to strong applause.
The note discusses average prices for feed varieties and general directions, mentioning fees and quality levels. It emphasizes standard pricing guidance for early grades and indicates ranges for essential feed types.
The Majestic in Seattle will lower admission to 20 cents for the entire lower floor and 10 cents for balcony seats as it adopts an Easter plan to reduce prices ahead of summer. J W Considine announced the move but did not explain the financial details.
The Moore Theatre will remain closed throughout the week. National Opera Company presents Broccactia at the Alhambra after Sunday night, while The Gon dotters opens there tonight. Stock companies headline vaudeville across Seattle with Montana Limited at Beattie and Paw at Lots.
John Cort will run the Majestic as John Cooke moves from Chicago to Beattie then to Sullivan Consardine’s vaudeville home. Cooke planned a Seattle stay but accepted management duties with the Sullivan & Comal dine partnership.
Bonita’s figure gowns and vibrant personality headline a burlesque act in our city. Comedy by Lew Hearn De Witt Jones and James Mullen draws crowds as the entertainment keeps the Grand alive with matinées and nightly performances.
A Seattle theatre presents The Montana Limited, a melodramatic tale of twin brothers Se re and one becoming a ranch owner while the other a cattle rancher. The brothers resemble each other closely, stirring local intrigue as their paths diverge.
The review lauds William C. Doewlan as twin roles, William Morrie in Faust as Mephisto Phelen, and Raymond Whitaker as Faust. Robert Webb Lawrence and other cast members are praised for the production’s stagecraft and humor. The piece notes the show is well worth the price and calls it a strong, entertaining interpretation of Goethe's tale.
Truely Shattuck, once the star of tights in a past generation, announces she will wear skirts henceforth. She told New York reporters upon returning from Paris that Americans are tired of tights, not for modesty but as a business decision.
Chicago dispatch reports United Press quote Attorney General William Wickersham en route to Washington assessing Taft second term. He cites insurgent movement doubts but expects full party unity through administration discussions and cabinet addresses to inform the public.
Rain fell across nearly every Oklahoma county, averaging about three inches and saving the wheat crop. Antlers reports hail damage to crops and a storm ruined some buildings, while other regions sustained little damage.
In Tacoma on April 11 a patrol box housed four policemen when one officer, M. C. Jones, was assigned to the Tacoma avenue beat for one night. At about 5 am Chief Daley reported the box door was found locked and Jones asleep inside, prompting a search that stopped a potential long slumber.
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