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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1910
Page
5
Woods accuses Mayor Gill of failing to calm city affairs and defying public opinion. He faults Gill for backing Wappenstein, discrediting business interests, and sparking calls for recall while Wardall tries to mediate the crisis.
Notices at three Seattle science churches honored Mrs Eddy, founder of the Science movement, with mourning signs and hymns such as Nearer My God to Thee. Ministers across Seattle denoted her passing and praised the venerable leader during services yesterday.
A bizarre case from Los Angeles details Miss Lewis becoming the wife of Bernard Schulman, creating a complex web where Mrs Schulman becomes mother to her stepson and her own mother’s husband becomes father-in-law. The narrative centers on intertwined family ties, with Mrs. Schulman and the bride linked as step-siblings and in-laws.
Belasco’s The Girl of the Golden West starring Ethel Clifton in Seattle captivates with a strong performance by Blanche Bates’ archetype. Baker Stock Company presents a vivid frontier tale with Joe Galbraith as the bandit and Frank Dentthorne as the sheriff, highlighted by a sunrise act.
Hiram Perkins returns after eight years as Max Figman announces he will not have Mary Jane and her family next year. The charming play Mary Jane's Pa opens at the Moore showing Perkins growth through love and crisis with a solid supporting company and a near flawless performance by Figman and Lackaye. The audience demanded a curtain speech after the second act.
Ole Oleen leads the Swedish comedy Ole Ole at the Grand Theatre with Ben Holmes in the title role and Luella Arnold plus Lottie Hyde in supporting parts. Holmes succeeds Ben Hendricks while Ole Ole son remains a familiar Seattle show element. Angeline Flavio mentioned among cast.
The Lawrence players at the Lois last night presented Conan Doyle’s The Sign of the Big Four with Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes tale of a hidden treasure. Mr Lawrence starred as Holmes, Miss Kelton portrayed the orphan girl, Miss Byers played Mrs Sholte, and Carl Stockdale acted as the escaped convict with credible performances.
Laura Jean Libbey's drama Parted on Her Bridal Tour plays this week at the Alhambra. A beautiful heroine battles scheming villains across five acts, with tears for the wronged wife Elizabeth Hale and hero George Webb praised as the savior. Applause follows a moral ending as villains are defeated. A second item notes a Center of the Christian Socialist Fellowship meeting at 6 o'clock in the YMCA building room 200.
Emma Bunting, noted for her Seattle audience appeal, will headline the Al year production as leading lady. George Whitaker named new leading man succeeding George Webb in this duty. Webb to play villain. Additional cast changes planned and Frohman plays under negotiation.
The state game commissioner, appointed by Gov. M. BE. Hay, calls for jail penalties for game law violators instead of fines. He also urges banning hounding deer, offering a $50 bounty for cougar scalps, licensing fishermen, banning salmon eggs as bait, and capping trout catches at 60 per sportsman.
A critical expose argues the Washington State Dental Board and the Dental Society form a Combine that blocks competition, defines an unlawful examination, and uses a lax law to protect profits. It cites the Legislative Investigating Committee finding reprehensible conduct and vows to continue probing the dental law and its advocates.
The university campus buzzed after a copy of the Comptopoliten circulated with illustrations from a David Graham Phillips short story plus three photos of Lucian Kellogg a noted Wenatchee student. One image shows him being ordered from a house another shows him asking a girl if she loves him and a third depicts him with the same girl in his arms. Kellogg says he posed during a New York visit but denies the girl is a known student whose likeness the photos resemble.
Rear Admiral Barry announces tests to compare eastern and western coal for warships. The West Virginia will begin a 15 day series after a seven day anchor trial, with the Pacific cruiser fleet assessing merits in San Diego.
Eleven of the 71 applicants for city registration clerk positions are women. City Comptroller William J. Bothwell says the field will be largely opened to women under the new state law and that they will be treated the same as men in appointments.
White Salmon Dec 123 Glavia faces trial at Goldendale next week on a charge of burning a 200 acre slashing without a permit risking adjacent ranchers property. Defense counsel is H J Jones recently discharged by the Taft administration in the Glavie Piochot controversy.
Governor elect Hiram W. Johnson said in Washington that San Francisco will receive solid support from progressive congress members in the race for the 1915 world fair award after a man to man canvass.
A catalog-like listing notes umbrellas for sale with prices from 45 cents to six dollars. Descriptions include men’s and women’s silk and American tafetta covers, tape edges, rib frames, Mission handles, and assorted sizes from 20 to 24 inches.
Multiple leather bags priced from 1.95 to 5.00 offered as attractive gift items. Fitted real leather bags include purse card case mirror and vinai grette with double-strap handles, packaged in holly gift boxes on the Whirst Floor.
An advertisement promotes an $18.50 sewing machine as a reliable easy running gift for Christmas. It notes a convenient payment plan and free expert in home instruction within the city limits on the fourth floor.
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