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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1909
Page
3
In Cairo, Belle Haya faces harsh backlash from her community as manager Salih arranges a public marriage to Cheriff. Critics claim failure to wed within faith, while letters and slander target her. Despite pressure, she vows to wed on August 18, asserting love over backlash.
Amid protests a figure named Man Balih asserts he will provide the promised app, signaling conflict between a church faction and a showman. A dancing girl stands central amid the debate, seemingly loved by some yet bearing the heavy toll of the dispute.
In Pittsburg a man, William Vetter, sent three undertakers to his home to arrange a burial for his “dead wife.” The widow proved herself alive, laughed off the jest, and had him arrested as a suspicious person. Undertakers corroborated she was living, turning the prank into a case.
Canadian Pacific advertises a 11:30 p.m. departure to Vancouver and return through Victoria with a stop for a priest in both cities. The itinerary mentions travel via Active Pass and the Ban, Juan Telanda and lists 909 First Ave as contact.
New York August 1 family of Alfred Lauterbach files to untangle two newspaper advertisements. One says Mina Sophia Cunningham of Oakland New Jersey married Alfred Lauterbach on July 21 1908. The other notes the posthumous birth of a son May 6 1909. The lawyer Lauterbach died July 30 1908 in Westchester. The widow Cunningham asserts she married Lauterbach nine days before his death and that the estate passes to her.
Advertisement touts possum a skin remedy promising rapid cure for eczema and blemishes. It claims 60 cent box sold at Quaker Drug Co and other stores, with claims of swift relief and a free experimental package by mail from Emergency Laboratories New York. Curiously notes potential irritation with water and soap and mentions safety of use on face and hands.
In Olympia on August 2 90 noon session Gov. Hay plans a special message to the legislature. He is expected to seek removal of Spokane County Superior Court judges and urge reforms to the criminal code on liquor licensees and checks drawn on banks with insufficient funds. The senate devotes its afternoon to the Behlvely case.
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