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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1915
Page
5
A reader seeks advice on marriage trouble and child support with a warning about a husband's infidelity. Other readers weigh in on grammar, dressmaking, carpet painting, silver initials, and chilblains with practical, period guidance across topics.
Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson announces a final farewell engagement at the Moore theatre in Seattle at age 62. He plans retirement after a career with royal honors and a high standing in the English speaking world, and will host a reception at Judge Burke's residence to aid Belgian and British American relief efforts.
Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs will address a large crowd at Dreamland Sunday at p.m. as part of a national tour timing Seattle as a late stop in his United States circuit.
Fraddie Lik J. O. Jameson visits as Julius Caesar six parts is praised, Ed Kennedy promotes campaign cigars, ushers hide hands in uniforms, Freddie Gordon earns applause at the Class A, and protests arise over Sunday movie closures. Local theatres list Keystone Patty and Mabel, The Mysterious Howe, and On the Verge of War with other acts.
Listings reveal scenes from Keystone and Pathé comedies, dramas, and two reeler features at multiple venues. Notable appearances include Charlie Chaplin in The Rounders and Tillie's Punctured Romance, Dustin Farnum in Cameo Kirby, and The Evil Men Do at the Mission. A good comedy is also announced alongside dramatic pieces from The Face at the Window to The Bond.
In Judge Tallman’s court a humorous yet sharp letter by Clayton W. Richards of Pennsylvania and California to his wife Anna of Seattle provoked amusement as the judge read a clause condemning “all women.” Separate cases followed where husbands deserted or abused wives, resulting in divorces and modest alimony. Names include Anna Richards, Josephine Hill, Arnold, Grace Stenson, Mamie Ness, Mabel L. Smith, Lena Ball, Addie Knox, Stella Walker, Carl DeLong, and William A. Evidence covered years of marriage, desertion, and financial strain.
Peter Miller, labeled Seattle's most notorious criminal, had his last petition denied by the state supreme court. The court rejected his appeal to make sentences run concurrently, ordering consecutive terms totaling 28 to 70 years in the penitentiary.
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