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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1913
Page
4
In Washington on December 28 senators clash with a new rule that bars pipe smoking in Senate lounging rooms. Oregon's Senator Lane, famed for a beloved pipe, must take his smoke outside and is seen wandering the capitol corridors. An advertisement for Stewart House outsized rooms follows.
Leona Hatton, a slender 109 pound actress on the Kay Bee ranch in Southern California, is known for dangerous stunts and near misses. She aims for fresh thrills in lead roles, insisting she must take chances and perform to prove herself in Western films.
The Clemmer theater partners with Famous Players for a seven part Sea Wolf adaptation opening Sunday January 4 in Seattle. The schedule lists multiple films through Tuesday including Lillian Russell in Kimacolor and other dramas comedies and educational pieces plus Checkers in eight parts. Blanche Sweet and Mae Marsh aged 19 and 17 are highlighted from Mutual program.
Market today shows producer quotes across commodities with emphasis on vegetables. Prices reflect supply levels and regional demand, indicating steadier values for core vegetables and slight shifts for specialty produce.
A narrator writes of intense romantic passion with Dick, confessing fear of over seriousness and the strain of daily life. She compares nerves to wind harp strings, questions fidelity, and muses on keeping love alive while planning to seek privacy to work out their relationship.
Five hours before an intended European marriage trip Miss Margaret Merrill eloped in an automobile with FL Winchell to Oregon City and was then aided by Father Miller to take the next step in the plan.
Metropolitan-Otis Skinner stars in Kismet while Moore presents David Copperfield in motion pictures. Seattie Halley and Mitchell Stock Co. perform Freckles and Tivoli Keating and Flood Co. present A Stubborn Cinderella.
In Wilkes Barre on December 23 a five year old, Mary Shaelaha, daughter of Thomas Shaelaha of Dupont, was buried by her father in a small earth excavation after inhaling sewer gas. The damp ground revived her, restoring consciousness.
Herman O. Engel, a dry cleaning company chauffeur, was arrested for speeding but released after he said he was rushing a dress suit to a waiting bridegroom. The incident occurred in Cleveland on December 23.
In San Francisco on December 23 Tokyo’s geisha girls swap traditional dances for the tango. Dr. D. Tagawa, Tokyo vice mayor, notes the craze spreading from the American colony to locals and wonders about the outcome.
John Davis aged 45 of Cincinnati left the penitentiary after a two year burglary sentence. He told Warden Thomas he would return soon and asked to stay until after Christmas.
In Chicago applicants for city hall scrubwoman roles faced physical tests including hippity hopping and swinging a 25 pound dumbbell as part of the selection process reported in the city news.
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