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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1913
Page
8
Billie Burke will write for men in The Star, responding to letters from male readers about marriage and relationships. She has long contributed for women and now shifts to addressing male concerns with practical advice and country-humor style.
The speaker pledges not to upset the country with grand charity but to act with restraint and shared effort. They acknowledge possible troubles to help bear and commit to gentler tempers and modest generosity than in the past.
Vancouver dispatch reports James Brennan aged 22 and Jos Cameron aged 20 were sentenced for robbing Scott Swetland packing house manager of three pennies a beer check a penknife and a purse. Each received a term of not less than five and not more than ten years in the penitentiary.
An observer recalls gusting winds at a construction site where riveters on the 18th floor worked on steel girders high above the street. Workers descended after the 4:30 whistle, lighting pipes and heading home as the flag atop a nearby building strained in the wind.
The week’s theater listings include Moore Valeth Surratt presenting The Kiss Waltz and Metropolitan showing The Quaker Girl. Also on stage are Seattle Stock Shore Acres Orpheum Dayne and van Empresses at Sea and vaudeville acts at Pantages Grand Cleer Melbourne and Alhambra Photoplays venues.
A jumble of items reports a printer's arrest on forgery charges, naval contracts for eight submarines, Uncle Sam's year 1912 accounts, a dropped fraud suit in Wenatchee, and resignations in California. Other notes touch political favors, a death by suicide, shortages and price shifts, and cultural tidbits across cities.
Secretary Douglas seeks councilman at large post as Pacific Northwest Society of Engineers meets at Washington Hotel Saturday. Coroner elect Masn touts self supporting public morgue. City votes two basement rooms for a morgue. Mae son urges $2500 for auto hearse. New Year Eve chatter in downtown cafes. people drift in and out. Hood River plans a tomcat hunt after cats menace suburban homes. Oakland wife seeks divorce over late night football practice. San Francisco maid pays $200 to a gypsy for lover’s charm. gypsy goes missing. Moralist and demoralizer trade quips. Los Angeles chicken keeper shares egg stats. seven hens lay 162 eggs in December. Salem hosts ex-governors and wives tonight. San Francisco aims for coast-wide flower festivals. Ralph W Hoyt spearheads. Dr Mary Walker praises onions. Tangier ex-sultan Hafid jailed a dentist for unpaid work. New York leap year licenses top 96 264, up 2 162. Englebert Kremin, 16, shoots playmate. a year-old boy witnesses a police warrant in an aeroplane. Chicago: Richard Gage, 21, jailed after injuring father. another Chicago incident over taxi fare leads to arrest.
David Warfield arrives next week at the Metropolitan Theatre in David Belagoo's The Return of Peter Grimm. Critics recall Warfield's prior triumph in The Music Master. Itek's Moore Theatre run grossed 22700 dollars, a record outside New York City. Performances run nightly all week.
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