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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1909
Page
2
A Sioux City report describes Eugene R Kelley commenting on a campaign against kissing in Iowa. Lawmakers allot 1500 to fight kissing while Edward Kepford leads a statewide effort with teachers pledging support. Critics warn of overreach, while supporters call kissing a relic of the stone age.
Crazy old miser Peter Liebauch lived in a cliffside shack piling wealth inside walls and trunks. Police removed him to a sanitarium as two express wagons carried fifty six sacks of gold and other valuables to a vault, revealing a fortune worth about one hundred thousand dollars and bank deposits.
Frank M. Caldwell of St Paul apartments suffered a brain concussion and near-severed ear after a fall from his horse at Speedway Saturday forenoon. He was unconscious for about fifteen hours. Dr Edmund M Rininger says his condition remains serious but hopeful for recovery.
Sophia Guerwits the 1M year old Jewish girl held against her will by Moses Niger two weeks ago and taken to Butte will be brought back to Seattle with her captor now her husband this week Deputy Sheriff Joe Hill left for Butte to get Niger Niger was arrested as soon as he reached the Montana city but was released on a straw bond He married the girl while out on bond.
Oakland August 23 1924 Genevieve Schaeffer the balloonist announces she will not fly. She had been billed as the nation’s top amateur in balloon piloting and had planned an ascent with Captain Nahlen aboard the City of Oakland. She offered no reason for her reversal of plans.
A garbled paragraph argues open season for enake wtorlen here with claims about a male gowilp seeking work and a henpecked man speaking his wife’s mind. It asserts women and newspapers should not be judged by wrappers and urges duty to church on Sunday in a Chicago News context.
A Chicago article describes a school funded by Mrs. Vernette Moree teaching young women to resist male advances, protect innocence, and navigate elevator attendants and floorwalkers. It warns against advertising for a "bright girl" and notes risks of manipulation and reporting to superiors.
A collage of theater listings notes Moore Polly of the Circus at the Moor e, Grand presenting The Toymaker and The Girl of Eagle Ranch, Orpheum and Pantages vaudeville acts, plus Lois vaudeville tonight. Reports praise Polly of the Circus second week and Grand show’s strong cast, with Seattle attendance described as lively and audiences packing houses for multiple performances this week.
The $25,000 Stadium of the A V P exposition will be partly destroyed next week to become stables and exhibit rings for a livestock show in September. The State University board reverses football use, preserving the south grand stand and quarter mile track for track athletics and saving $10,000 by reusing the north stand as stables.
The exposition funds a fireworks contest with three pyrotechnic firms. Pain’s displays opened the fair, followed by Hitt Brothers of Seattle and Wilson of Los Angeles. Each firm runs five weeks, vying to secure the closing weeks contract. Expenditures run $400 per show, with costs rising as displays draw crowds. Opinion split between Seattle firm Hitt Brothers and Los Angeles firm Wilson, though both are praised for unprecedented Seattle events.
Announcement is made of the engagement of Miss Cora A. Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs G A Johnson and Prof Louie F Rabe. The couple began their romance while he taught in Manitowoc and she was an instructor at the high school. Johnson is well known as a teacher who formerly taught in Manitowoc before serving in Seattle schools. The wedding is planned later this month.
Frank Lehmann 19 from Seattle was arrested in Chicago for passing worthless checks. He posed as a relative of a local family and gained the confidence of moneyed individuals before cashing falsified checks. Three people and a firm identified him as the man who supplied the bad checks.
Rev. J. A. Macy of Des Moines died from injuries after an accident. He had planned to move to Seattle to enter the ministry at a Church of Christ and to lead boys work initiatives alongside a new pastorate. The Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition trip to Seattle by the Union League Club was postponed to September 18.
Coroner J Snyder said no inquest will be held into the deaths of four women and chauffeur Ira Parry from Dead Man's Curve at Fourth Ave and Andover Street. Bodies have been shipped to Vancouver for burial and relatives request no inquest. Parry suffered a fatal penalty, and a coroner’s ruling would not yield beneficial results.
Kirby Drennan, former Beattle outfielder now serving as an umpire, faced abuse and threats at Tacoma yesterday after a disputed call gave Brokane the lead and the game. A crowd pursued him from the field, but no injuries or damage occurred.
Mrs M Derby of 503 80th Ave South Seattle reports permanent relief from rheumatism and years of stomach and bowel trouble after treatment by Bake Oven. She says she feels fine and gaining weight after a few weeks. Loughney & Loughney offer free consultation at Suite 220 to 226 People’s Savings Bank Building, corner Beconday and Pike, Seattle, 8 am to 6 pm weekdays, 9 am to 12 Sundays.
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