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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1913
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR note hints at a property related sale or listing with measurements and items. Readable entities include Fleet, Cat, Day, First, likely locations or names. Details are incomplete. core action suggests a sale or listing involving a house and yard features.
The Star announces Miss Florence Moore, billed as the funniest woman alive, as a star in the Hanky Panky show to appear at Metropolitan Park Fourth and University for a free afternoon performance. Chorus girls will collect for Mother Ryther's home, and the paper offers 100 reward for anyone who fails to giggle after seeing her act.
A logger named Percell was stabbed near the heart but survived after being rushed to the city hospital. Doctors described expert, rapid treatment and noted the victim awoke during recovery, challenging the belief that heart wounds are fatal.
London July 1 The Daily Express reveals a suffragette murder plot known only to the home office. Militants allegedly plan to avenge militants by starving themselves under sentence, risking cabinet members if any militant dies, with two ministers in danger.
Heat and humidity sweep U S cities as 123 deaths linked to the July heat wave are reported from Chicago Cleveland Pittsburgh Columbus Cincinnati La Crosse Peoria South Bend Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee and scattered areas. In Gettysburg 50th anniversary veterans hospitalizations exceed 200 from sun and heat.
On July 1 the judiciary planned an eight week break for eight of nine judges. Yet eight judges could not vacate and stayed to hear cases. Judge Mackintosh departed for Alaska last week and did not appear.
In Superior Court Judge Gilliam refused a restraining order against the Glaziers' union and allied councils. The decision required the company Helknap Glaze Co to prove violence by a preponderance of evidence. Union attorneys argued for full hearings before any ruling.
New York reports that three policemen were bitten by Louis Voight who was said to have hydrophobia. Investigators found Louis had been bitten by a dog five years earlier and only recalled the incident while intoxicated.
Beginning today the parcel post C O D system becomes effective in Seattle with a dedicated department. Tags arrived from Washington and mailmen must collect and forward money as money orders to the sender. Commissioner Reynolds of Kansas City rules that a pretzel is not food.
Four consecutive coupons clipped from The Star and presented with 15 cents will entitle the holder to a 65 cent pennant. The offer appears in the newspaper’s promotions page and runs for a limited time.
Mae Sullivan sues Arthur Ingersoll Hoe heir to five million dollars for breach of promise and life-time support after claiming a two year affair begun in 1910 in New York. She alleges lavish gifts including a $6,000 car later sold for cash and diamonds worth $35,000. Hoe denies the charges, his wife Evelyn Perry standing by him.
Unwitting sailor George Peterson set a local record by leaping from the Jackson Street sidewalk onto the glass roof of the Great Northern station. He sailed through the glass onto the cement platform, dazed but unharmed, while fleeing hostile sailors. Previous incidents nearby saw two men dying after climbing to the roof to fetch hats blown by wind. A separate New Orleans report notes a girl awakened after three weeks by brain injection of alcohol.
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