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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1912
Page
8
Advertises Pape's Cold Compound as a quinine free remedy that cures cold or grippe within hours. Claims three years of research and a fifty thousand dollar cost, with doses every two hours and a 26 cent price at any drugstore.
If you live in your own home you take steps to guard against fire yet you cannot prevent an attack on your title. A title attack could cost you house and land, but title insurance offers real and permanent protection.
The Moore presents The Chocolate Soldier for a week starting tomorrow with Ernie Stanton in Who Btole the Shoe and Hyde and Williams performing. Misa Coy De Trickey billed as The Belle of Coon Town. The lineup also includes Donovan and McDonald Irish skit My Good Friend, Cole De Losee slack wire, Kranz and White, Hert Jordan eccentric dance, Dick Gardner and Anna Reeve variety, and Richardson's Posing.
Three old Seattle stock favorites Stockdale Clara Hyers and Ian Seavey reunite at the Pantages starting Monday for a dramatic sketch by Adele Ballard and Edger H. Thomas. The evening features Gus Sohike and the Hama Bama Girls in Toy Shop Pastimes plus Rice Hell and Baldwin in Down on the Suwanee River and other acts.
A Metropolitan offering next week presents The Red Rose a three act musical comedy by Harry B and Robi and Smith with music by Robert Hood Bowers. The Broadway hit features 24 musical numbers and a large company including stunning young women. A rich art student falls for a model Lola and faces his father’s opposition before a twist via moving pictures and Lola’s true lineage changes the course.
Rose Melville known as Sis Hopkins will appear at the Seattle theatre for two performances tomorrow. Manager Drew secured the return date after full houses last week when Mise Melville presented the show and many could not gain admission due to sellouts.
Valerie Bergerie will occupy the large type in the Orpheum billing during the coming week. She appears in a new dramatic playlet titled Judgment a story of circumstantial evidence in which a devoted wife saves her husband from prison.
The Empress bill next week includes Joe Maxwell's Dancing Girls led by Julia Curtiss in a tabloid musical comedy. Mae Devlin presents The Girl From Yonkers with Mae Devlin and company showing a risque vaudeville style while Altus Brothers perform juggling.
Robert Mantell and his distinguished company visit the Moore theatre for the week of February 26 in a major theatrical event. Mantell is hailed by critics and the public as the greatest exponent of the classic drama on the American stage.
Miss Ruth Bowman daughter of a Kentucky mining man accepted by Augustus Satherlee local auto agent after a dinner party and moonlit ride. He has been attentive for six months and the wedding is expected within ten days, according to friends.
New York February 16 Wells Fargo Express and United States Express appear near merger. Harriman interests control Wells Fargo and have elected four of seven United States Express board members C C Tegethoff Jon W Harriman A G Hackstaff and Wm J Averill. Military School Barrington Syracuse Fire threatens St Johns Military School the oldest in the state with all students reported to have escaped.
Holmes & Haring of Seattle report strong ad results in the Star Publishing Co. classified section. An advertisement placed February 1, 1912 led to $1800 in land sales and promising future prospects, attributing the success to wide circulation and honest representation.
Mrs Hattie J Chaney's children won a 4000 verdict against Northern Pacific over her death after she heroically rescued them from a speeding train. She was struck before escaping in the railroad tragedy. A local discussion urged the train's speed limit violation claim. Abraham Lincoln to be sermon topic in multiple pulpits Sunday with birthday observations in several programs.
Nearly two hundred dollars saved by Broadway high school students will be spent on statues to decorate the assembly room, funding from various savings efforts.
Detective seized a counterfeit five dollar gold piece from C. H. Watts a laborer last night and he could not explain its origin. The case will be referred to the United States Secret Service. May Krueger resigned as secretary of the King County Humane Society yesterday.
Esther C. Peterson of Tacoma sues King County for 5000 dollars claiming a June 18 incident where she stepped on a dock at Burton and removed damaged planking to proceed. James R. Arkeson and Mary H. Arkeson seek 20000 dollars for the death of their 20 year old daughter crushed in an automatic elevator at Jackson apartments in November due to alleged safeguards negligence. Beattie Commandery No 2 Knights Templar conducts its annual inspection led by Inspector General W D Rea of Spokane.
Feb. 10 1862 marks the second distinguisher for Commodore Stephen Clegg Rowan and a Union victory at Elizabeth City North Carolina. A reception for his return drew over 1 000 attendees at Hibernian hall hosted by Father O'Brien.
Hen H. Beery obtained an injunction from Judge King Dykeman barring his wife from visiting their daughter as he seeks a divorce alleging Mrs. Beery neglected home and family.
Attorney George Friend was bitten several times by a vicious dog at Sixth Avenue and James Street yesterday and needed medical care. Deputy Sheriff Myers was injured when a dog attacked him while riding a motorcycle and he had to stop work. Friends suspect Gust Anderson, whose mutilated body was found near the Great Northern tunnel last Sunday, may have been killed by thugs after learning he had $250 on him. A jail transmitter in Gastonia allowed prison officials to overhear a murder conviction. In New York, Sincno Fleischer says he gave $500 to Mrs. Sarah Schalit and $10 to her five sons but regrets nearly marrying her due to her grown children.
New York February 10 reports a Pittsburg chemist has found a way to make a full course dinner from petroleum. The curb market will watch with interest as the development could affect food and energy markets.
A garbled column recounts varied events: Marian Stuart Gombault, kin of John Paul Jones, dies in Paris. Nathan Sagel’s beard ignites but is saved. four women caught in gambling raids cite Katherine Petkrew in Chicago. a boy named John Libgen nearly dies after getting his head stuck in a strap noose. fresh eggs rise to 60 cents a dozen in Columbus. police hunt a man who filed numerous false fire alarms. an ad reveals a dying wife in a barber’s search for work.
A traveler notes seasickness crossing from Tianjin to Nagasaki on a small Japanese steamer. He recalls braving the Yellow Sea by air, jokes about soup and watermelons on board, and mentions a British drummer and noisy crew as the Yangtse steamer narrowly avoided a reef.
A somber poetic scene depicts a poor man, Berton Vorney, jailed and suffocating in a lifeless prison cell. He dies a felon on his cot, with others remarking that it is well. The verse condemns harsh penal conditions and societal indifference.
Paterson New Jersey bans the turkey trot and related dances and jails a man and woman for 50 days for wiggling the steps. Across the country a series of odd notices include an undertaker offering 500 dollars to trap a caller, a 92 year old riding in a car for the first time on a 96th birthday, and other brief items from New York to Cleveland and Wilkes Barre.
Vienna February 10 Count Buch petitions the court for five thousand dollars from sequestrated estates to travel to the United States and seek an heiress. He states he inherited six million francs three years ago, started a racing stable and lost money, and his half of a landed property sold for twenty thousand francs while his brother sold his half for one million francs. Debtor notes he receives eight hundred francs yearly from relatives and declares marriage to an American heiress as his only chance. The court took the request under advisement.
Portland patrolman Mahan displayed three poker chips in a gambling raid as evidence. Mark Carney explained the chips were used to cut into tie holders. The report notes a seven day sentence.
Book for edibles in Portland reveals a raider left religious tracts and a book titled Sovereign Grace and How to Be a Christian in exchange for edibles and two bottles of beer he stole. In San Jose Miss Sarah McGuire chased burglars after they alarmed her sister, who fell down stairs. the pair were arrested.
John McCormack delighted a discerning Moore theatre audience with a sweet tone and cheerful stage presence. The concert, presented by the Ladies' Musical club, featured Miss Marie Narelle as the tenor’s guest and Spencer Clay on piano.
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