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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1913
Page
12
A New York sports writer recalls a late night restau rant where an old man in a chair mutters Cheer Up will win. He checks race entries at Norfolk. Cheer Up is in the sixth race but overlooked by selections, while the sleeper mutters the same line despite doubts.
A newspaper man tells a tip to a waiter about luck while noting Cheer Up, at 25 to 1, won his race that afternoon. A Broad Street barber shop near the stock exchange displays a sign reflecting superstitious humor.
A Broadway figure known as a toucher offered to shave Simeon Ford in his hotel lobby. Ford, relaxing in a chair, replied politely. The exchange centers on a self-service shave option with soap razor and paraphernalia, priced as if a barber performed the job.
Five dog teams race for a $5,000 purse in the All Alaska Sweepstakes near ing Circle City with 2,000 spectators watching the 412 mile course. Drivers include Ilya yek Johnson Bowen Dalzene and Scotty Allen while Allen leads in betting and Johnson runs the largest team ever.
Oklahoma City in Oklahoma adopts a municipal market after W B Moore argues the plan to support producers and consumers. Truck peddlers oppose but must operate at market days, space costs, and free farmer space. The market boosts farmer income and offers fresher vegetables to residents.
A real estate pitch highlights a plan to sell eighty lots in Terminal Park to fund forty new bungalows on adjoining property. The seller asserts rising lot value for owners and touts Terminal Park as beautiful, advantageous, and low priced in Auburn today.
An investor touts Terminal Investment Company stakes in Terminal Park Auburn urging readers to buy 40 by 103 lots for as little as 100 dollars. The seller pledges reimbursement of travel costs if proven wrong and offers maps from Seattle offices to arrange entry, claiming a high guaranteed return in a thriving city.
A brief household note advises using kerosene oil to clean bathtubs and wash bowls and suggests a soda soap and water rinse for round glass lamp shades followed by tepid water. The tip emphasizes simple home remedies.
The Ballard club meets the Giants at Dug's Park this afternoon at 2 30. Clarke or Hovey will pitch for Ballard. Gipe may start for the Giants. Wally likely in the lineup behind the bat. Fossan, newly joined, may wear a uniform in the game after noon. Saturday Fort Warden and the Giants play.
President Fielder Jones of the Northwestern League announced Perle Casey will umpire the opening game at Tacoma next Tuesday with Jerry Poldinger at Spokane and Jimmy Tom an at Seattle. Tom an is a holdover from last year with Eddinger and Casey from the Pacific Coast league.
George A. Yoemans staged a J Rufus Wallingford inspired ruse to sell homesteads he did not own. Justice Brown jailed him for 90 days in county jail after he collected between five and twenty six dollars from gullible women promising 160 acre Canadian home stead properties.
Wash linoleum with warm water then apply an equal mix of linseed oil and vinegar. The recipe combines oil to vinegar in equal parts to finish the cleaned floor.
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