Seattle Star announces new downtown office for ads and subscriptions
The Seattle Star lists a new Down Town Office at 1 Second Ave to provide a convenient place for readers to leave advertisements, subscriptions for the Star, and news items. It notes office phone numbers for procurement and includes representative addresses in Chicago and New York.
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Seattle Star Arrichd Star Publishing CO
Seventh Avenue
Ballard Star Agency
Ballard Ave
G&a
Mall of Carriers
Beattie
Inxton
CIA
Down Town
Bunset
Main
E. W. Blackwood
Chicago
Hartford
W. D. Ward
New York
Tribune
Roosevelt Urges Federal Child Labor Laws and Inspections
The president urges Congress to enact strict child labor and factory inspection laws, arguing that protecting children’s health and future is a greater imperative than tariffs or finance. He cites abuses in anthracite regions and sweat shops, calling for federal action to curb corporate exploitation and ensure enforcement nationwide.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Iowa
Christmas Home-Going A Yearning For The Old Home
Christmas time stirs memory and hope as 10000 travelers sail back to old homesteads. The piece celebrates the old home as sanctuary and source of renewed ideals, noting $50 million in gold accompanies the journey and that memory sustains love against life’s coldness.
Wild Vancouver Island figure sighted and Merrill mischief noted
A reported wild man with long hair is said to be seen on Vancouver Island, drawing speculation about his identity. John D Rockefeller gifts Chicago University a large donation. students plan a charity show for Standard Old crusaders widows and families. A Tacoma man’s coupon scheme promise prompts a reply about withheld pennies. Josh Wise offers a quip on borrowing on looks. Bellingham’s Police Judge James vows extreme penalties for drunkenness.
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Vancouver Island
Mr. Kipling
Mowgli
Charney Ross
John Dr. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Death Penalty for Minor Injuries Warned in Ad
An old advertisement extols a topical salve claiming it prevents fatal infections from minor cuts and boils. It promotes a product sold at a Grug store on Seco avenue and Yesier, urging preparedness against serious harm.
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Seco Avenue
Yesier
Angrily Rioting Huns and Odd Verses in Morning Paper
A fragment from a Harboursville Kentucky Advocate page notes a headline Angrily Huns Start Riot and includes assorted verses and observations about a snowy morning, a drawn train by electric locomotive, and reports of plentiful possum hunting by local boys.
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Santa
Harboursville
Advocate
Yon Yonsen Stages Raise at Third Avenue Theater
The Swede star in Yon Yonson draws crowds at the Third Avenue playhouse with a performance viewed as an improvement over past local offerings. Marie Heath leads the company presenting For Mother's Sake starting Sunday. she previously thrilled audiences in A Turkish Bath and is praised as an able actress and mimic.
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Yon Yonson
Yon Yonsen
Third Avenue Theater
Marie Heath
Miss Heath
Seattle Theater Prepares Dark Week Before Christmas
Next week the Seattle theater will be dark as is typical for the week before Christmas. An American Citizen, on stage this week, is a major hit of the Neill season. George Stewart Christie will not play Mr Nettis and is winning favor.
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Seattle
Neill
George Stewart Christie
Mr. Nettis
The Black Flag at Alcazar Ends Week with Success
Pratt Fanning company presents The Black Flag at the Alcazar theater drawing strong crowds with Meta Marsky delivering a standout performance. Beginning Sunday matinee the troupe shifts to Siberia a Russian drama.
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Pratt-Fanning
Alcazar Theater
Meta Marsky
Siberia
University Ball Preparations Highlight Varsity Event
University Station December 15 The university students decorate the gym for the annual varsity ball under Prof Roller from the physical culture department The floor is waxed and classes decorate booths in their colors Invitations go out while a large attendance is not expected The University of Washington Young Ladies Glee Club plans a postholiday concert tour under Prof C C Kimball with a assured repertoire
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University Station
Roller
Young Ladies’ Glee Club
University of Washington
West Seattle Merchants Seek Chamber Relief Over Freight Costs
West Seattle traders urge the city chamber of commerce to intervene with relief measures. They complain steamship and ferry charges of £2 per ton plus taxes push prices up, allowing Seattle dealers to outcompete Beattie shops. A petition will outline requested remedies to curb bay crossfreight and sharpened Seattle competition.
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West Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
Narow
Beattie
Chamber
West Seattie
Bay
Star
Confessed Robber Arrested After Tacoma Flight to Portland
William Elbert confessed yesterday to robbing and beating James Boston at the Phoenix hotel last Sunday night. He was captured in Tacoma while about to board a Portland-bound train and brought to the county jail on a grand larceny charge. Boston identified the sock-wrapped rock used in the attack and aided police in the investigation. James McElroy sues Puget Sound Electric for damages over the Dinivergence of the Duwamish River affecting his property.
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William Elbert
Hubbard and
Freeman
James Boston
Phoenix
Elbert
Tacoma
Portland
Boston
James McElroy
Puget Sound Electric Company
Duwamish River
Walton Sued for 16000 by Seattle Brewing Company
The Seattle Brewing Company sues Walton for 16000 alleging misappropriation of funds by the former cashier. The complaint charges Walton with unauthorized withdrawals and states the money was in the company’s hands. Attorneys have the case and a criminal action is expected to be dropped.
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Har
Ule
Walton
Rossi Fears For His Life Amid Wealth Exile
Special to The Star Craig Mountain Idaho December 15 Joseph Rossi who inherited about 16 million dollars fears assassination by relatives after marriage to an American woman They fear killers sent to Italy may claim his life before he completes travel to settle the estate Rossi and his wife are guarded and plan to depart for Italy soon to secure the fortune.
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Craig Mountain
Idaho
Joseph Peeat
Assamnine
Nore
Italy
Rossi
Spokane
Koes
America
Reonsi
Mary
Bowes
Friends Press for Craemer Pardon After Murder Conviction
A petition signed by many who recall Henry Craemer’s first degree murder conviction near Seattle circulates for a pardon. Craemer received a death sentence later commuted to life. Attorney Vince Faben claims an unfair trial amid public lynch mob sentiment and says Craemer had no witnesses besides his wife. The petition will be presented to the governor on December 22.
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Henry Craemer
Craemer
Mal
Seattle
Vince Faben
Faben
Tacoma
Hill Will Not Attend Minesota Arrival Banquet in Seattle
Horace C. Henry, chairman of the chamber committee for the Minesota reception, reports James J. Hill cannot attend due to business. A banquet is planned in his honor on arrival in Seattle, date to be set when Hill’s arrival is confirmed.
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Horace C. Henry
Chamber of Commerce
James J. Hill
Star
Hill
Arer
Mr Hill
Seattle
Mr. Hill
Local divorce suits filed on grounds of non support
In superior court today several divorce actions were entered including Ida Hubbard vs Hubbard, Ida Cummings vs Cummings, Mary Herrington vs Herrington, and B Buchner vs Buchner all grounded on non support. A junior court info accuses Flora nce and her daughter of larceny by false pretenses at a local store with an accomplice Mrs Price. Delphia Strader custody hearing set for December 23 at Washington Children’s Home society. Wang Chin Hip captured by US customs on the waterfront and to face a hearing before Commissioner Keifer. Fire at Ohio Seat Co plant and Anchor tannery in Cincinnati causes $100000 loss. General Azarraga asked to form new cabinet in Madrid with support from retiring premier Maura.
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Ida Hubbard
William Hubbard
Ida Cummings
Claude Cummings
Mary Herrington
John Herrington
B. Buchner
Wollvar Buchner
Flora Rnce
Gry Gooda
Clarence Hanford
Price
Delphia Strader
Washington Children's Home Society
United States
Wang Chin Hip
United States Customs
Comnistoner Keifer
Cincinnati
Ohio Seat Company
Madrid
Azsarraga
Senor Maura
Hyomei Promises Cures for Catarrh with Inhaled Remedy
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a complete, risk free treatment for catarrh. It describes using a pocket inhaler four times daily to deliver a antiseptic balsam and claims a 99 percent cure rate. The Quaker Drug Co sells the outfit for 1.00 with a lifetime inhaler and 60 cent refills.
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Quaker Drug Co
A Bid for Freedom in the Town of Mystery
The narrator and the commander in chief pursue the abduction of Lady Olivia. They race through shops, question a greasy shopkeeper, and enlist help from Maxwell and the enigmatic Jose to locate the missing dame as Hassan operatives loom and a Greek ally offers guidance.
End of Bitter Fig Ends With Cure From Dr King’s New Discow
J F Hughes of DuPont Georgia faced a fatal lung abscess and a grim prognosis. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with a rapid recovery after a brief illness. Sold by GO O Guy druggist at the corner of Second and Yester.
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J. F. Hughes
DuPont
Dr. King
Soc & Bottle
GO. O. Guy
Drogetet
Corner
Yester
Return to Villain Valioch’s Shop Stirs Alarm
A cryptic note describes a plan to return to the shop of the feared Valioch where a captured woman is said to be present. The fragment hints at a rescue attempt and English phrases used by the unknown speaker.
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Valioch
Pyramid Pile Cure Promises Lasting Relief
An advertisement asserts Pyramid Pile Cure dissolves piles after twenty years of suffering. A Mexican customer, RE A Leonard, praises rapid relief from a single suppository and recommends buying two more. The copy claims the remedy is best as a suppository and widely sold for fifty cents, with a free descriptive book from Pyramid Drug Co.
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United States
RE. A. Leonard
Nueva Calle de San Antonio de Las Huertas No. 5
City of Mexico
Pyramid Drug Co
Marshall
Mich
Big sale of woolens and shoes at Monarch Store
A broad price sacrifice at Monarch Shoe and Clothing Store 1317 1319 First Avenue. Youths to men women and children offered all wool tweeds worsteds serges casuals and shoes at half to one third of former values with many patterns sizes and styles listed.
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Monarch
Norfolk
Monarch Shoe and Clothing Store
First Avenue
Post Office
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