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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1913
Page
6
An old advertisement touts Pape’s Diapepsin as a quick cure for indigestion and sour stomach. It claims the remedy digests food in minutes, reduces stomach discomfort, and leaves users with a healthy appetite. The blurb urges readers to buy now and keep a supply for family use.
Doctors nationwide report severe grip symptoms harming the kidneys and causing back and urinary troubles. Swamp-Root herbal remedy from Kilmer Co claims to cleanse and strengthen kidneys after grip, with free sample offers by mail. Regular bottles priced 60 cents and 1.60.
Chicago January 30 Three men and a woman died in a fire that destroyed the Marco hotel. Twenty guests were inside when the blaze started and several others were seriously injured. The dead suffocated or burned in bed as panic and jumping from windows caused a frenzied escape.
More than 200 cats entered the Queen City Cat Club show opening at noon today on the Fon Marche fifth floor. Cats from Tacoma Vancouver Portland and Spokane will be on view through Saturday, drawing crowds to see Persians Angoras and other breeds valued at thousands of dollars.
A H E Bloomfield advertising manager of Grote Rankin Furniture was guest of honor at a farewell dinner Wednesday as he accepts a position in San Francisco. Speakers praised his efforts to make the store a leading furniture outlet and noted his prior six years at James H Dege in Tacoma.
In Portland Oregon a 19 year old named L H Holbrook was sued for a doctor bill of 26 000 dollars and given an allowance of one dollar a week. The court ruled he will receive the fortune at age 35.
In Portland Nob Hill a burglar escapes after Captain Riley, pursuing him, balances a Texas Tommy rhythm on his feet and back of deck amid a residence chase. Separately, T Roosevelt faces a referee in a suit to dissolve the steel trust and is urged to answer questions about his Harvard sidewhiskers.
The Star teases readers about an unfamiliar creature newly arrived in America. It hints at rabbit tusks goat hooves and a ratlike look but insists the animal defies simple classification. The paper promises a correct identification in tomorrow's edition.
A Washington report mocks lawmakers who claim progressivism while clinging to old guard stances. It cites Sen Piper and reps Sims McArdle and Taylor, noting party divides over minimum wage, women’s hours, and rule changes as the era’s debate on true reform unfolds.
Royal Mail Packet steamers will call at northwest ports each month starting in June as announced by Frank Waterhouse. The service, alongside Hamburg American Line, marks a major expansion in ocean traffic with Panama Canal preparations and Suez routes pending. The Monmouthshire sails May 7 from London to Seattle Victoria Vancouver and Portland. The Hamburg American service begins with the Hiner Sythonia sailing from Hamburg late February.
Local readers react to a quick advertisement touting a simple mix of buckthorn bark glycerine and Adlertka German remedy Swifts Pharmacy claims the preparation antirepticizes the digestive system and draws off impurities so that a single dose relieves sour stomach and constipation instantly2024
Paris fashions reveal Futurist inspired headgear with no fixed shape and vivid color schemes. An eye catching display along Rue de la Paix features trims in red violet green and yellow, while other hats show mandar in blue emerald green Spanish yellow and bishop's purple with cerine. Orchard themed hues of green red and yellow indicate renewed popularity of apple tones.
The Meridian Avenue car line will be double tracked for 16 more blocks, reaching seven blocks from its northern terminus. Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Co asked the board of public works for permission Wednesday, with A I Valentine to recommend grant Friday.
Maude Le Page profiles Josephine Pierce, a Chicago working girl who says she could not live on six dollars a week. The piece highlights Judge Hopkins's reaction, critiques Chicago's virtue signaling, and argues for recognizing the harsh realities faced by women who must "live" by any means.
A self described harsh critic writes to the Marriage License Clerk in Seattle claiming modern women seek husbands for support and entertainment. He asserts 1,500 Seattle women seek husbands and forecasts 100,000 elsewhere, urging reform.
In San Francisco a theft occurs at Harbor Emergency hospital when a wanderer steals the stew from a stew dinner. The thief later sends a new batch of stew from across the street to the hospital as a bizarre follow up. In other items, two Philadelphia girls ask Taft if he was the Philippines administrator.
After opposition to giving the park board the city hall site, the council formally withdrew the plan. A resolution to submit the issue to voters at the March election was proposed but failed to muster five votes amid veto and split opinions.
Advertises Pape's Cold Compound as a fast cure for the common cold and grippe. Claims dose every two hours, three consecutive doses, ends misery after first dose, with no quinine and a 26 cent price. Promotes gentle action and home use with no substitutes.
Goldenale, Wash. Jan. 30 W R Smith of Wahklacus shot and killed his friend Lewis W Carnahan during a deer hunt in the Big Klickitat canyon last November. He pleaded guilty to assault in the second degree and was sentenced to pay a $250 fine under a law making it a felony to shoot another while hunting game.
Paris January 30. Marélin Ader, a painter, invited friends to a final dinner at Bordeaux. After dinner he claimed to forget cartridges, a guest supplied them, the host loaded the revolver, drank with friends, and fatally shot himself by his temple.
On January 3 a Scottsburg Virginia resident asked for a $3,000 government loan claiming hogs sheep and land would secure repayment. Secretary MacVeagh said the Treasury is not in the hog business and discouraged the request.
An old advertisement urges readers to use Cascarets to cleanse the stomach and bowels. It claims quick relief from headaches coated tongue foul breath and nervousness and promises a refreshed head stomach liver and bowels by morning. It also appeals to parents for children’s cleansing.
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