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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1919
Page
6
Seattle resident G. Younert suffered a devastating house fire at 1607 N. 40th Street on Saturday evening. The blaze destroyed his one room shack and valuables including $560 in cash two Liberty Bonds worth $100 each two gold watches and most of his clothing and personal effects.
Rev. William H. Bliss of Trinity Parish church preached to his congregation Sunday about the Portland conference where ex President Taft outlined the league covenants. Bliss had been a delegate to the Portland gathering.
A last letter dictated by Victor Freed from a French hospital to his mother Mrs. Max Freed reveals his fear of death and his hope to ease her pain. He describes illness from dysentery and fever while serving with casual medical unit No. 102 in Cu r el France during World War I.
Relief comes instantly with a dose every two hours up to three. It clears stuffed nostrils and air passages in the head relieves feverishness sore throat and headache and stops runny nose. The genuine Pape's Cold Compound costs only a few cents at any drug store and acts without assistance.
A nurse writes to Mrs Freed on January 17 1919 that her son Victor died after about two weeks in the hospital with typhoid fever. The note mentions a motorcycle stored at 121 N 230 Ave unknown to the mother and is signed by Ivy E Dolby nurse.
Chicago dated report says Isaac Cohn Minnie and their three children carried $1000 of stolen sheet leather to New Orleans then telegraphed for a New York shop opening. Minnie sold $700 of the goods en route and the group later reached Chicago in custody as fences for freight car thieves.
George L. Rowse, a Washington pioneer miner and merchant, died at his home in Astoria Oregon. He was 64 years old.
Advertisement states repair services offered near Liberty theatre. The ad emphasizes watch repair by Haynes and places the business location in proximity to the Liberty theatre.
The Metropolitan week features Kolb and Dill with As You Were, a war era script blending two civil war veterans, German extraction, and a lively orchestra. They deliver sharp dialogue while the chorus and patriotic songs fill the gaps, with other acts including Valeska Suratt in The Purple Poppy and a circusy troupe. The Palace Hip presents the Royal Hawaiian Sextet and a string of European novelty acts, with Evelyn Miaine and Minus and Bryant among the entertainers.
Carnival crowds welcome the new Ike and Mike show at Coney Island where the duo outwit a crooked card sharp to raise fare home. They pose as feisty artists and deliver about ten minutes of fun in the ring amid additions Dot Claire Joe Bonner Floy Ward and 30 Winter Garden dancers.
An old advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a mild laxative for children and adults. It urges mothers to check for a coated tongue and offers a tease of health benefits from a safe “fruit taxative” while cautioning buyers to obtain genuine bottles from the California Fig Syrup Company and beware of fakes.
Mra. Brenna Lang, famed Opera Star with a 16 year Seattle based history, joins Casper Fincher at the Hippodrome Dancing academy. She will open a studio to teach dramatic art and all phases of the profession. Lang began as a child and started a Seattle school 17 years ago. Her early groups produced amateur plays for Elks lodges before forming the Williams Opera company, later known as the Juvenile Boston Fang, touring the region. Their Seattle debut was at the Metropolitan three years ago.
Recent patents granted by the United States patent office include 13 Seattle men. Arthur Ward a sign painter. Frederick K. Butler a 106 Broadway eraser. Kaemon Kurose a Pioneer Building janitor airplane. James F Rit ter fireman 623 James st vegetable cutter. Charles M Stuck chiropodist 612 First Ave hallux corrector. John KE Bryers automobile speed changing mechanism. Louisa N Vincent engineer 324 19th Ave N automobile relief valve. James J Anderson R H W James and B F Cake paving brick machine. John F Keenan machinist 3756 W Hinds at apparatus for forming brick surfaced paving. Ludwig Langham low pressure alarm for pneumatic tires.
George Sherman of New York head of American Factor Ltd and acting president of a major Hawaiian sugar exporter sailed as a cabin boy on the Matson vessel Lurline from Honolulu to Manila. The trip required him to sign on after his passenger license expired, though he gave the impression that he did little work aboard.
A German agent posing as an American was unmasked by Rear Admiral Sir Reginald Hall of the Admiralty when the suspect stiffened and saluted during questioning. After the arrest, definite proofs of guilt were found, confirming the espionage case.
The British motor ship Malahat while near the lightship on its way to Japan was hailed by the launch Buster Tynan. Captain John Morrison learned of the newborn son born today in Nova Scotia and a telegram confirming the birth arrived ashore after the Malahat departed.
New York ports report four more transports reaching port after storm delays. The US cruiser Kansas carried 1,930 officers and men, while cruiser Montana held 1,401. Corp Charles E Nelson of Prosser Washington died at sea. Wes Durfee carried 33 casuals and Artemis 25.
An advertisement touts the Hyomei inhaler as a portable, lifetime device filled with antiseptic eucalyptus solution. The maker claims rapid relief from catarrh bronchitis sore throat croup coughs and colds with a money back guarantee. Sold by Bartell Drug Co and druggists nationwide.
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