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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1914
Page
3
Four men seized a fifth at Fifth and Seneca, displaying a revolver. The detained man protested being a thug, proving he was George Payne special agent of the Northern Pacific. Payne said his gun was taken by others during the struggle. Captain Willard intervened and released all.
City voters decide whether San Bernardino remains wet or becomes dry after years of liquor sales. Wets enter the ballot with confidence in another victory as the Chicago wine scene notes a 900 dollar library buy by the waiters association from champagne cork sales at 40 cents per hundred.
Barefooted and in her night dress Mrs Wim Massover ran through a South Side five story tenement warning neighbors as fire fought through the building. Firemen were injured while battling the blaze. The fire caused $200,000 in losses and the tenement was known as Rabbw Row due to children crowding the entrance.
A land deal involving more than 8000 acres of Central Washington farm land is being negotiated by Calhoun Denny and Ewing with a colony of foreign emigrants. The colonists are experienced wheat growers and have sent fore runners to inspect and report on the land.
In West Orange New Jersey on January 30 Mrs. John F. Kent hurled the family Bible at her son to stop what she believed was a suicide attempt. She knocked a bottle of carbolic acid from his hands and thus saved his life.
Two days remain to buy piano bargains as orders received by 10 p.m. Saturday January 31 receive sale pricing. Instruments include a Colonial mahogany model at 308, a De Luxe mahogany unit at 385, a Story & Clark mahogany style at 290, and a Smith & Barnes large case piano at 286 with notable tone and action.
London January 30 The Baroness de Pallandt collapsed during testimony over a $20 000 salt suit by Dr Ernest Villiers Appleby after two mysterious photographs appeared. Pinkertons report the baroness may have been Miss May Dugas of Menominee Michigan alleging a notorious life before going abroad.
A blast in the Pioneer tunnel under Mount MacDonald by Canadian Pacific construction killed A. J. Powell of Denver and D. Turner of Vancouver by poisoning. Nine other workmen narrowly escaped the poisoned air.
Alfred Salin, the third layman this term, appeared in the Olympia Supreme Court to press his claim for a $500 commission on selling a mill near Dupont. He spoke without counsel, asserting his right to represent himself in the case.
Doctors nationwide report a grip epidemic with distressing symptoms, kidney strain, back pain, and urinary troubles. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root, a herbal kidney liver bladder remedy, is advertised with sample offers and sale through druggists nationwide.
During the week construction began on a new theatre costing 50000 dollars. The owners were recently financed through Calhoun, Denny and Ewin. It will locate at 1412 16 Fourth Ave between Pike and Union, adjoining the Raleigh hotel, and feature a unique design modeled after California mission architecture.
From Salina Cruz Mexico via San Francisco the American Hawaiian Mnet Georgian entered the south slip of the municipal wharf last night at 8 30 The vessel is the first to use the new port facilities in Salina Cruz
Four Wenatchee councilmen Wilson Zener Pybus and Hines face recall on charges of vote trading after petitions were filed again with the city clerk.
An old health column urges mothers to monitor children’s bowel function and diet, endorsing Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative and tonic. It cites a Bloomfield New Jersey family and a Mr. Dey praising its gentleness for all ages, with money-back guarantees and sample offers from Dr. WaWell, 419 Washington St cello ILL.
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