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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1913
Page
5
In Wintington West Virginia on February 20 Edna James and Maude L Wilson died after ingesting carbolic acid and Ruth Watts took morphine in a suicide pact prompted by love disappointment. The third woman remains in critical condition.
A collage of letters to Miss Grey about social hypocrisy and moral choices in a small country town. A young man rejects a hypocritical girlfriend, a reader debates caring for aging parents, and guidance urges frank discussion with siblings to avoid burdening one child.
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast remedy for colds and grippe symptoms. It claims the first dose relieves headaches stuffed nose feverishness and throat pain and says two hourly doses for three doses will end the ailment without quinine and with pleasant taste and gentle action.
Ladies will be admitted free at the Broadway rink this evening located at 7illant Pine street near Broadway high school. Managers promise one of the finest winter sport surfaces in the Northwest with latest roller skates and courteous attendants under H. G. Koller. Come out for a good time tonight.
An advertisement for a Pine extract based cough syrup asserts a simple mix of sugar, warm water, and pine in a pint bottle cures or eases deep seated coughs within 24 hours. It claims superiority over Pinex and offers a money back guarantee.
A partial letter states that letters cannot be answered in the paper and many lack names or addresses. It notes a stamped self addressed envelope will bring a prompt reply. Cynthia Grey signs the brief notice.
A reader asks about marrying someone with mixed race ancestry. The reply recounts two incidents where husbands divorced wives after learning of African ancestry in their spouses. The first case involves a young man from a good family and a fostered bride whose unknown heritage leads to divorce upon revelation. The second case features a man unaware of negro blood in his veins who discovers it after a child’s color, choosing divorce to avoid injustice to future children. A farmer girl signs the response.
Cynthia Grey clarifies a printing error in a past item stating a Catholic cannot hold the presidential chair. She stresses religion plays no part in electing public officials and apologizes for the mistaken line.
A Norwegian steamer Hornelen, from Sidney, Australia, reports a stowaway cat giving birth to two kittens after a 10 day voyage. The mother cat refused food after the litter were lost overboard in a gale, and crew believe she committed suicide from grief.
A woman who suffered continual hair shedding finds relief after trying Hall's Hair Renewer. She discussed it with her doctor, used the product, and reports immediate stopping of hair loss with no hair staining. She shares the tip with friends.
Swift's Pharmacy reports Seattle people gain quick benefit from a simple buckthorn bark glycerine Adler ika mixture touted as a German appendicitis remedy. A single dose allegedly eases sour stomach gas and constipation instantly as the mixture antisepticizes the digestive organs and draws impurities.
Poem excerpt describes a woman who flirts with many men, causing heartbreak. She seeks attention from old and young, rich and plain, and breaks vows with insincere love. In youth she shuns true love, but as wooers fade she faces a lonely fate and longs for one lasting partner.
The estate of Mrs. Octavia Fried, a Brooklyn recluse burned to death last November, was reported by her sister Mrs. Amelia T. Chittenden as totaling $9,500 in the will. Most of the wealth goes to barber Anthony Oricinto with small bequests to Alfred Friedrich and Mrs. Chittenden.
In Fort Smith Arkansas on February 48 Elmer Norris aged five from Batavia was killed when a gasoline engine built by his older brother exploded. The boiler lacked a safety valve, causing the deadly accident.
Hutchinson Kas February 20 1911 Williams granted a divorce from Siddie Wirt Williams The aggrieved party planned to wed Count Hugo Leal of Brazil but reportedly flipped a coin to decide The Wirt family of Garden City provided background and the couple married February 9 1911 in a motor car in front of Reno County courthouse.
John Decker aged 21 and Miss Bessie Stacey 18 of Elizabeth, Texas, were married in the cabin of the steamer Lowry at Evansville Indiana by Justice Elmerdorf. The bride, once sworn to never marry, kept her vow by choosing a shipboard wedding and the couple will honeymoon aboard.
A 10 cent Cascarets box promises relief from constipation indigestion biliousness and headaches. The ad touts gentle cleansing for children and adults claiming to clear sour bile gases backache and torpid liver for months with a regular once night dose.
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