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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1913
Page
3
Another week of splendid offerings in Furniture Carpets Rugs Bedding Table Linens. Decided reductions on all these and many other necessary household articles. New room combinations offer excellent value as former prices were moderate and reductions are considerable making them desirable see these particularly.
Bonanza offer shows an eight piece bedroom set including bronze bed with good springs and mattress, bird's eye maple dresser, chiffonier, table, rocker, and chair. Original price $79.25, reduced to $47.50.
A complete oak library set reduced from 167.25 to 100.00 features an etf table bookcase piano finish. The package includes a desk, bookcase, library table, a Morris chair and two rockers all upholstered in genuine leather comprising a good sized ensemble.
A nine piece fumed oak dining suite now priced at $71.50, reduced from $114.50. The set includes a buffet, china cabinet, six chairs, and a 54 inch top extension table.
Eight piece colonial style dining set includes a 6 ft extension table six chairs and a gold oak buffet now priced from 27.50 down from 44.50. A very good set offered at a low sale price.
Reduced from 50.50 to 32.00 for a five piece library set with mahogany finish and a three piece parlor set including settee chair and rocker plus extra rocker and library table. A very pretty set and good value.
Six piece library set in fumed oak includes table, settee, chair, two rockers, and Morris chair all upholstered in genuine leather. Originally $121.00 now reduced to $70.00.
A white enamelled room suite includes chiffonier three quarter bed chair and rocker now priced at 57.50 down from 81.50. A compact furniture bargain list for readers seeking home furnishings.
Bargain alert as bedroom suite priced at $115 from $166. The set includes mahogany dresser, chiffonier, dressing table, bed with first class springs and mattress. Limited stock. good condition and ready for delivery.
A nine piece golden wax dining suite is offered for 157.50, down from 257.50. Includes buffet china cabinet 54 inch top extension table one arm chair and five dining chairs.
In Tacoma on January 13 Detectives detained Geo A Conger just as he and his newlywed wife prepared to depart for Portland. A warrant sworn by the bride’s mother accuses the groom of unlawful marriage with a minor under 18 without parental consent. He posted a $500 bond furnished by the bride’s father who opposes the marriage.
Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora known as Fra Elbertus pleaded guilty in U S court in Buffalo to mailing obscene material. Judge Hazel suspended five counts and fined $100 on one count for sending prints of an obscene, lewd and indecent character through the mails.
United Press dispatch from London reports a Peruvian Amazon Rubber Company inquiry admitting 20000 natives killed over 12 years by company officials. Chairman Gubbins testified the firm spent 8500 on rifles for its employees.
Kaiser Wilhelm directed efforts as a fire broke out at the Neuen palace in Potsdam. The blaze threatened portions of the palace but was extinguished by the Potsdam fire brigade with help from a local department. The fire confined to two rooms while a crowd including the Kaiser and Kaiserin watched.
Bonds for the release on bail of Olaf A. Tveitmoe the San Francisco labor leader serving six years in Leavenworth and W E Reddin of Milwaukee another dynamite conspiracy convict were sent to U S District Attorney Charles A Miller in Indianapolis for scrutiny. The bondmen names were wired from Los Angeles by Southern California union leaders and Miller will review sufficiency before filing with the court.
Miss Ardis Allaworth refused to utter the everyday name for a region referred to as Gehenna Sheol or The Pit during testimony in the Brum versus Bard case over an $800 claim for a film sale. Brum lost the suit as she persisted in not naming the place.
A woman recalls Tom hinting at marriage after a theatre night saying two could ride in a taxicab as cheaply as one. The remark came during a private conversation and reveals a breezy approach to commitment.
In New York on January 13 a newborn girl named Josephine Rafets was declared dead after an hour of unsuccessful efforts. Dr. Harry Fried revived her by blowing air into her mouth, prompting a first small eyelid flutter and then a full cry, bringing relief to the Rafets family.
Dr. Peter Donnelly, a nationally known Toledo surgeon, drowned after his automobile left the Toledo Club, rolled down a steep Madison Avenue incline, smashed through the dock plank, and sank about 265 feet into the river.
New York story reports Mrs Horowitz wife of gangster Gyp the Blood, awaiting execution at Sing Sing, now employed as a salongirl in a Sixth Avenue department store. She says she has been there a few days and may send part of her $7 salary to support prisoners’ luxuries. She says she knew little of her husband’s affairs before Rosenthal case details emerged. She had pawned jewelry and sold gowns after his arrest and disposed of her furniture. Gyp’s last words to her at Sing Sing were Go straight kid go straight.
The Telephone Users association filed an initiative petition with San Francisco election officials seeking a city ordinance that would lower telephone rates by an average of 20 percent. The group claims 10,000 signatures with 6,000 more in reserve, marking an edge in direct legislation for a for profit organization.
In Flemington a large spire collapsed from a church and struck the roof causing damage while roofs and chimneys were torn off across Hunterdon County. Telegraph lines were crippled. Atlantic City reports another church, Salem M E Church at Pleasantville, losing one side in the gale and a Dance at Dreamland tonight.
The Harvester trust gave Prof. Perry Greely Holden one million dollars to teach farmers through the corn gospel train that better seed yields bigger crops. Holden, tied to Ames agricultural school, promoted seed quality and cutting costs, leading Iowa to 27,000,000 more bushels of corn per year than a decade ago.
In Kansas City on January 13 Arnold U. Graves of Fargo argues Missouri need not fear motor trucks as mules reclaim farm work. He says mules feed less, endure longer, work harder, resist barbed wire wear, and replace horses as farmers adopt them again.
The piece lists average prices paid by local commission merchants to farmers and prices paid by retailers to commissioners, with notes on variation by freshness and experience. It covers fruits such as apples pears and meat items with columned selling prices, ending with an ad for Modern rooms at Hotel Virginius near Westlake.
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