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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1914
Page
8
Clerk William A. Gaines staffs the Prefontaine Building with 40 assistants to help voters register. The registration books stay open daily from 8:30 to 5:00 except Sundays, urging immediate action to preserve voting rights.
Albert Dahlstrom founder of a new religious sect and accused white slaver narrowly escaped a lynch mob in St Paul after alleged misconduct with an 18 year old girl. Tacoma furniture dealer Alvin says Dahlstrom fled via a back door and later lived in Minnesota before moving to America from Sweden. Salvation Army officers note language barrier aided impunity.
Tessel Wendt, a Chicago janitor, swore he would not resist arrest and mocked Policewoman Mary Boyd who ordered him to cease swearing at a conductor. She dragged him from a platform to a police station three blocks away.
In Smith Arkansas on January 2 moving picture operators accept one egg for a child's admission and two eggs for an adult. Eggs sold for 50 cents a dozen as cash substitutes.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first electric car service in the United States. The first car was operated at Lynn, Mase, in October 1888.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to give California Syrup of Figs to constipated children. It describes symptoms like crossness feverishness and poor appetite and claims the product cleanses the stomach liver and bowels. The copy emphasizes its harmlessness and potency and warns against counterfeit imitators.
Cincinnati readers hear from Prof. F. F. Triebel, a Rome sculptor visiting the city, who argues that a woman's beauty hinges on her hands and feet, saying hands are too angular to be ideal.
New York fashionists spotlight pantalets worn over tights or at the ankle. Descriptions feature flesh color crepe de chine and lace with shadow lace ruffles, pink ribbon garters, and rose bud embellishments. Knee length versions display elaborate frills and gartering.
Mike Reilly sent a violet tinted note saying he inherited ten thousand dollars. The message surprised the director of parks in Jersey City on January 3.
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