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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
3
Readable fragments describe cold conditions affecting Friday activity and a Spe award event related to athletics. Names and specifics are unclear, but the item notes weather disruption and an award being connected to a team or athletes.
A gala Masquerade at Point Judith Country Club drew prominent New England and New York guests. Reported pajama and Turkish costumes surprised observers as detectives guarding jewel theft cases were reportedly confronted. champagne flowed as the event opened the season’s boldest social spectacle hosted by Malcolm Stevenson.
The will of John A. Brookman leaves income from a $30 000 trust to the Episcopal Church of the Ascension at West Park Ulster County on condition that ritualism does not gain a foothold and the church does not come under the influence of the Order of the Holy Cross.
Rev. Virgil B. Slater of Youngstown Ohio was arrested by detectives in Dayton while delivering the invocation at a church service on August 7 for non support of his wife and two children. Lady bugs deemed valuable as biological pest control in California with 75,000,000 collected this year to combat hop grain aphids and melon aphids.
The Seattle Star promotes two premium offers for new or renewing subscribers. A parcel post chart provides full data on rates and uses with maps of Washington state and the United States. A Barham shaving outfit including razor blades brush and soap is offered free with a one year subscription at 63.25 in advance.
Maude Fealy, acclaimed as one of the stage's most beautiful women, appears in a Thanhouser company production at New Rochelle, playing Little Dorrit after the Thanhouser Kid. She has appeared in The Stronger Sex and Mistress Nell, and with Gillette and Irving abroad. Fealy plans to keep the stage and believes actors can learn from watching moving pictures.
The Star reviews multiple cinema showings across Seattle venues listing titles and reel counts for The Wizard of the Jungle The Big Boas His Magic Hand and more. It also notes Seattle as the only city with a women‑led commercial club and invites readers to place a furnished room ad.
A one month program opens August 18 at the Press club offering daily 2 to 5 classes on household efficiency with coupon admission. Tuition is 25 cents, with a chance to win $250 in prizes and a viewing at the Elite moving picture theatre. Mrs. Elinor Meacham-Redington heads the home economics instruction.
Walter Washington Seattle poundmaster for 16 years challenges a newspaper claim that he has little to do. He says consolidating the city and dog pounds would be unwise but insists his role covers the entire city. He recounts rounding up stray chickens geese horses and cattle and says one man cannot handle both jobs.
London editors urge government to rethink its decision to skip San Francisco Panama Exposition. The Morning Post says Britain has swallowed camels in its relations with America and should not swallow a gnat. The Daily Chronicle notes the expo, set in a famine year, marks the peace centenary and could influence celebrations.
Dr M A Matthews will give the closing talk Thursday at 2 PM in the health exhibit at the Bon Marche. Miss Katherine Mitchell, city inspector of bakeries and factories, will also speak on Local Conditions.
Thornton Plowers of Mona claims a secret chemical treatment of fireflies produces light brighter than tungsten. He says his home is illuminated by the new lighting.
Prices paid by farmers to producers and by retailers to merchants are shown for apples bananas cantaloupes peaches apples apricots berries melons and meats. The list includes dressed meat beef pork veal poultry eggs and crops with notes on quality and freshness. Local wholesale and retail figures vary by grade and season.
Negotiations concluded authorizing the government to take a 100 acre tract in Greene county near Fairfield for aerial testing. The parcel lies level and close to Wright brothers aviation grounds, setting up expanded flight experiments and research.
Advertised real estate listings show a $1,500 new four room cottage with bath and plumbing, four blocks from a streetcar. a $1,250 four room ready to move in with easy terms. $1,500 six rooms with bath and lot 60 by 112, $625 cash and balance time. and $2,500 a yesterday five room cottage with paying paid.
A three month old baby died after a neighbor child gave a bright cherry to quiet her crying in Rockaway. The fruit became lodged in the infant's throat causing fatal choking while Mrs Yonabeck was away briefly. Investigators await further details.
In Columbus Ohio Purchasing Agent Logan buys 168 gross of dull pointed manicure scissors for state penitentiary convicts. The tool purchase aims to keep inmates hands neatly trimmed and reduce disruption at meals.
Adjutant General A. E. Forbes and militia stay on duty at Wheatland as hundreds of hop pickers abandon the fields. The continued presence signals expected enforcement or security actions during the labor shift in the area.
The Star urges readers to place a want ad to sell a horse. With over 40,000 readers, a buyer will appear. Submit details promptly to reach a wide audience and close the sale efficiently.
An Atlanta businesswoman testimonials that Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment cleared pimples and soothed itching, claiming rapid healing of eczema and skin troubles after using a cake of soap and half a jar of ointment. She notes the transformation impressed friends and urges others to try the product with a free trial offer from Baltimore.
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