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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1914
Page
7
Mrs Walter Newton Jones wife of a widely known tramp actor lies in the Methodist hospital with a newborn weighing two pounds minus one ounce. The infant is in an incubator and healthy, kicking, with doctors saying the baby will live while Mrs Jones recovers well.
The local socialist party and organized labor plan a joint mass meeting at the Labor Temple Sunday night to raise funds for destitute Michigan miners. Speakers will explain the situation and urge urgent aid, with proceeds sent to the Michigan relief committee.
Forty thousand Edison standard two minute wax and Amberol four minute records are offered at prices well below cost. Two minute records priced at 25 cents and 35 cents, four minute records at 50 and 60 cents, with bulk deals showing $35 worth for $10 and $50 worth for $16.50. Records include 25 and 30 cent lines, with hundreds of units available and celebratory sale terms.
In Middleboro Massachusetts Chief Swift deploys patrol censers with two foot rulers to enforce a 15 inch topline for skirts. Officers assess modesty by the perceived tingle of shame and declare any longer slit as a breach of the peace. The piece satirically condemns moral policing.
A string of short items reports personnel changes at Capital National Bank Lansing. marriages in Hastings. a Grand Rapids traffic officer's suicide claim. Ralph Fish alive after a troubling note. hospital openings in Linton. dry option petitions in Portland. Perry Harrison injured by an Interurban collision near Winchester. a 77 year old in Hagerstown fracturing a thigh. traction station work in Evansville suburb Newburg. Steve Hobhole's 36 hour sewer incident in Steubenville. Judge W. P Barnum's divorce suit in Youngstown. Miss Mary McDonal awarded 4700 for finger injuries at Burns Bowle Baking. longtime detective Jas Malloy dead in Cleveland. Judge Samuel Steele found dead in Columbus.
Omaha residents pursue securing the West Farnam property of Chas. Turner for a proposed John A. Creighton working girls’ home. Thos. H. Datley, 69, Civil War veteran and longtime resident since 1869, has died.
Chicago misfit parlors at 1400 to 1404 First Ave announce acquisition of Bailey Tagwery stock at under one third of wholesale. They will merge Bailey stock with men clothing lines and slash prices in all departments starting Saturday January 24, offering suits formerly 15 to 25 dollars for 5 to 8 dollars. Early shopping urged as the sale is limited.
An advertisement claims backache is caused by lumbago sciatica or strain not nerves and promotes St Jacobs Oil as a soothing topical remedy. It urges readers to rub the oil on tender spots for rapid relief from pain stiffness and lameness without skin burning.
An advertisement claims Croxone cures chronic rheumatism by neutralizing uric acid and cleansing inactive kidneys. It asserts relief from the first doses, suits all ages, and offers a money back guarantee via first-class drug stores.
In Chihuahua State Japanese residents express worry over safety due to Huerta friendly government, while Gen. Chao, the state military governor, issues an order to guarantee protection for their persons and property. Meanwhile in Mexico City, Francisco I Madero learns Raoul Maderos role in fighting with Villa's rebel army as Gen. Villa features prominently in moving pictures. Villa commands substantial rebel forces near T orreon with 12 500 troops under Gen Ortega and reinforcements totaling 9 000, while Gen Valasco holds 6 000 with 4 000 more en route.
D. C. Jackling, renowned copper mining magnate and owner of a vast district, sails from Los Angeles for a Panama voyage with stops in Jamaica, Santiago, Havana, and Florida aboard his $25 000-a-month Seattle yacht. He says the trip is a free form vacation and hints at his views on love and marriage being uninterested in it.
In Leaf Bank Calhoun County West Virginia John Mathews, a wealthy retired farmer, was injured when attacked by a ram but survived thanks to his sheep dog. The dog rushed to get help a mile away, guiding rescuers to his master and driving off the ram.
Mrs. B. P. Jewett of Alhambra plunged into a Hermosa beach breaker and surfaced with what she believed a baby seal. A single look revealed it was a young shark, prompting her to drop the creature and cry out in fright.
In Winsted Connecticut Deacon Marshall P. Hays notices his retired horse contentedly standing under the church shed after Sunday service proving it kept its churchgoing habit for over twenty years. In Forrest City Arkansas a seven pronged buck eludes a chase by hounds through town drawing mass attention and crowds. Washington state reports a water power plant featuring a 134 feet diameter and nearly a mile long stove pipe as a noted construction.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast, scientific cure for indigestion gas sour stomach and dyspepsia. It claims relief in five minutes and urges readers to keep a fifty cent case on hand for use after meals.
Judge Craig sentenced M. M. Davison, a swindler, to three years in Quentin, despite pleas for mercy from many.
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