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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1916
Page
4
Five persons were killed in an early morning blaze at a W. 45th Street theatrical boarding house. Four died in their rooms while an unidentified man jumped from a fourth story window to a fence. Guests in nearby hotels were awakened and a near panic followed.
A Russian nobleman, Count Morajaska, owner of valuable mining claims, was beaten into insensibility and shot in an Arizona cabin. The countess learned of his trouble, then drove to the site and found him, the report says.
Noted Irish composer and first of 500 Irish Americans to sign call for a convention to declare Ireland has not and cannot be absorbed by England. The convention meets March 5 in New York.
An article touts ordinary nuxated iron as a safe, easily absorbed iron supplement that can raise strength and endurance in two weeks. Dr. Sauer warns against outdated iron forms and urges testing by daily tasks, noting many neuroses and ailments fade as iron improves blood health. The remedy is sold by local New York pharmacies.
Al Fiebta headlines the week at Pantages in a fast paced nut comedy titled The Misery of a Haneem Cab. The Hoarding School Giria and Anita Heyman add musical numbers and dance routines with Maud Marl Pletcher Norton performing joy songs. Reed and Wood perform in classic songs with piano.
Paris reports that seven German battalions pressed more than half a mile into French first line trenches in the Bale Givenchy region while counter attacks drove them from most positions. The 25th Zeppelin was said destroyed yesterday and Allied air actions caused German losses.
Maurice Driscoll of Seattle serves with 100 U S marines as the legation guard at Managua Nicaragua He teaches natives baseball and good government He enlisted in the marine corps on February 21 1914 The camp is within minutes of the presidential palace in Managua
D M Barrett of Detroit, general chairman of the World’s Sailors congress, is a visitor in Seattle. On Tuesday at noon he will address a noon luncheon at the Butler.
A vintage advertisement explains using mercolined wax as a facial treatment to hydrate dry skin and reduce redness roughness and blemishes. A thin layer left overnight absorbs dead surface skin allowing the underlying skin to breathe and improve within a week. One ounce suffices for rejuvenation with subsequent use of saxolite powder in witch hazel.
An advertisement extols money’s value for obtaining desirable things and urges readers to start a savings account with the bank. It frames money as a means to access goods and experiences.
An investigation reveals pressures, rules, and social forces driving girls to leave a boarding home. The article examines the maidens seeking freedom, the strict environment, and the resulting departures.
Miss Kather Packard of the Consumers' League reports New York young women oppose boarding houses with harsh rules. She suggests specialized apartment houses with room kitchens on up to multiple rooms, plus a public cafeteria and reception rooms for visitors. She found 220 vacancies in 31 non commercial homes and cites locking out and strict closing times as push factors driving women away.
St. Joseph Missouri February 22 For 17 months the body of Alexander Duncan of Brantford Ontario 32 years old held at a city morgue awaiting funds for shipment He was a circus employee killed September 5 1914 by being run over by a yard engine Another body is John Bochrabicki whose family is in Russia He died June 2 last and the body is held pending a lawsuit
Advert says moisten a cloth with Danderine and draw through hair to cleanse and condition. Claims include eliminating dandruff stopping itching and hair loss while making hair wavy fluffy and abundant. Promotes 25 cent bottle from drug store or toilet counter as best 25 cents spent.
Readers are urged to lose excess fat safely without dieting or heavy exercise. The ad promotes Ol o kerein capsules from Bartell Drug Co claiming weight loss with weekly weigh-ins and improved digestion.
The piece notes Anita King of Paramount invited to Salt Lake City on February 12 to preside at the dedication of the new Paramount house the Empire theatre. It also mentions a squirrel incident during filming with Fannie Ward and the clashes over money drawing crowds at the Hippodrome last Saturday.
A balcony display outside the American theatre lobby shows a van dressed as a Chinaman smoking a pipe of dope to promote this week’s film Hop, or The Devil’s Brew. The story centers on the underground opium trade and presents the new advertising spectacle to passersby.
Actor William Farnum stars as a fighting preacher in Fighting Blood while a Mojave desert shoot turns chaotic as the guide drinks and crowds get lost. Charles Richman trained as a lawyer but acts in War plays now, and D. W. Griffith directs The Flying Torpedo about war in 1921 at the Liberty theater. Money counts in the closing line.
Henry Morgenthau American ambassador to Turkey leaves on a 60 day vacation to study American affairs and views. He denies being a candidate for secretary of war to succeed Garri son and will travel to Washington at midnight, returning to his post by May.
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