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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1913
Page
7
A Kansas City resident Mrs A Biegam promotes a home hair darkening recipe claiming it darkens gray hair and stimulates growth. Mix half a pint water with one ounce bay rum one small box Barbo Compound or glycerine apply twice weekly until darkening then biweekly. It supposedly soothes the scalp, fights dandruff and prevents staining.
In dense fog the Southern Pacific passenger steamer Hugh J Corcoran collided with the steamer Seminole near Angel Island. Both ships sank within minutes while 41 crew members and 45 passengers were saved by the Angel Island and other nearby vessels.
In Los Angeles on February 14, Marcelina Elizacida 105 and Pleasantine Leon 86 appeared before Superior Judge Rives to seek permission to marry despite family opposition. A guardian had been appointed for Elizacida weeks earlier amid concerns the marriage would affect a $75,000 estate.
The four masted German bark Mimi ran ashore in dense fog half a mile south of Nehalem bar entrance and may be a total loss. The crew remains aboard to try to free the vessel while Garibaldi lifesavers monitor a possible breakup. The ship was bound from Valparaiso to Astoria and struck last night around o clock.
Damage estimated at 247000 in a fire that broke out at 3 55 yesterday morning gutting the top two floors of the Times and Denny buildings. About 100000 was lost in type machines and equipment on the fourth floor. Police also reported a grim Chicago scene where a dummy lay shot in Death Corner as officers swarmed the neighborhood.
William Loeb jr, New York port collector, will join the Guggenheim Syndicate at double his present pay. He will handle administrative duties to ensure Alaska interests receive fair treatment, after his role in exposing New York City customs frauds drew the syndicate’s attention.
A damaged fragment reports a fogbound ship from Milwaukee with an abandoned crew. The vessel started a cruise and later remained on point four, the beam indicating two men aboard, unclear after departure.
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