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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1914
Page
2
The narrator recalls meeting Dick and his parents at a hotel then moving into Dick’s home. She reflects on merging families through marriage and plans to redecorate, clashing over modesty and taste as Dick’s mother weighs in on art and decor.
A brief item discusses advice for single men to save money and manage finances. It notes economic cautions and practical steps for financial prudence, urging disciplined saving habits amid everyday expenditures.
The Metropolitan presents the opera Robin Hood by Mesara de Koven and Smith with The de Koven Opera company. Star soprano Helen Abbott leads as Maid Marian and Ralph Farnbard sings the title role with Friar Tuck by George Frothingham. Jenriette Wakefield joins as Alana Dale. Oh Promise Me adds aria charm. EB HM Sothern heads Moore Theatre week of February 16 with Hamlet and If I Were King by McCarthy. 60 actors in company.
George Barr McCutcheon comedy returns to Seattle for a week starting Monday February 9. It features clever surprises and big laughs as Brewster tries to spend a million dollars in 365 days without waste. The Tivoli bills include The Reef Trust Chorus and In Gay Parts with Ed S. Allen, plus other acts.
Maxwell's Seven Dancing Girls will head the bill at the Empress Theatre next week beginning Monday matinee.
George B. Worley spoke on municipal efficiency and saving over $300,000 in salaries, proposing use of interest on a $6,000,000 bond for new power sites and extending municipal railways. After the talk, a dance and card party followed in Letbly Hall, with music and tables provided.
A columnist reflects on Seattle's push to attend church tomorrow. He recalls St Pauls memories and an old graveyard while describing parish life, church figures, and a private, personal faith. he questions public ritual and imagines a stubborn pastor blessing all.
English actress Marie Lloyd used a leather strap on Louis D. Taylor editor of the Vancouver World after a sharp critique of her Orpheum act. Lloyd faces U S immigration issues as she awaits appeal and may cancel Seattle engagement.
The dialogue centers on teaching children about virtue and the link between inner purity and outward conduct. Mollie and Dick discuss how decency is conceived in the mind and echoed in actions, with a plan to resume after dinner.
The board of public works yesterday ignored Chief Stetson’s recommendations in awarding contracts for two front drive tractors and four pumping engines. In London on February 7, it was announced that Ronald Craufurd Muroe Ferguson, M P, would succeed Lord Denman as governor general of Australia.
A newspaper ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a quick cough reliever and cold healer. A Kingston reader claims it helped her father with lagrippe and bronchitis, restoring her voice, and notes Bartell Drug Stores carries it.
Early today the freight steamer Dispatch of Dodwell & Co burst into flames while alongside a pier at 2 28 a m. Crew members escaped with difficulty and the cause is undetermined. Loss totaled 1500 dollars as the Duwamish fireboat and city fire department arrived to combat the blaze.
Police hunt a talkative stranger who sought loans at the St. James hotel in Seattle after the death of Robert Hodges of London. Hodges was found in his room with a crushed head and robbed of money, motive believed robbery. Hodges, 28, came from London seven years ago and recently moved to Seattle with funds.
Ottawa February 7 The Canadian house of commons rejected a bill aimed at abolishing noble titles. The vote keeps existing titles intact and maintains the current naming conventions.
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