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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1913
Page
8
An ad by Dr. L R Clark D D S promotes experienced Seattle dentists offering a strongest guarantee and low prices. Regular heavy gold crowns listed at 4.00 and Never Slip plates at 5.00 with a 405 Third Ave NW address and note to bring the ad.
Mrs. Clyde H. Tavenner elected her husband to the House as the youngest member of the next Congress. The couple campaigned together, with Mrs. Tavenner guiding get out the vote in Rock Island Illinois while Tavenaer traveled districts. He becomes the youngest congressman and she the youngest matron in Congress at age 20.
Dr Frederick A Cook addresses audiences at the Pantages theatre asserting he reached the North Pole prior to Peary and that Peary is a repeated liar. He promises proof amid colored stereopticon views as the responsive crowd listens. The program features the Golden troupe Russians, Tudor Cameron and Johnny M. OConnor, Elina Gardener, Culff Dean, and the Mardo trio in a varied bill of acts.
The article notes John M. Haines was inaugurated as governor of Idaho with formalities observed. Other briefs report Dr. Lewis Swift's death after a stroke at his daughter's home, and various regional notices including political appointments and local happenings across cities such as Marathon New York and Little Rock Ark.
The famed boxer Pompadour Jim Corbett headlines the week at the BHM Presse Theatre telling stories with evident relish. The Patty Brothers perform acrobatic stairs and The Fire Escape sketch by Charles Deland and Mary Curry brings laughs. The lineup also features Savoy, Leo McGuire, the Great Westin impersonator, and the Manning Twins in tumbling acts. Political notes report Seventh ward precinct committeemen elected with M E B Hallly as chair and C L Blewett as secretary.
The council approved locating a public morgue in the city hall sub basement with Dr J Tate Mason coroner elect to plan the site. The finance committee recommendation allows the coroner to select any available city location and the county will cover alterations and an auto hearse and related equipment costs.
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