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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1914
Page
5
A brief note records a Moore Theatre test titled Two Dilecks held near Weet Lake Market, with the event described as a local test or demonstration.
Investigating authorities report a box of 38 caliber cartridges tied to the Bailey murder case. Dr Edward Cartan's account of an ambush while driving from Rockville Centre to Freeport is supported by actor Garland Gaden, with witnesses Clara Coleman and Sydney Scollo questioning timings.
William Hodge stars in The Road to Happiness at Moore theatre for a week to a warm audience. The plot blends dry humor with light melodrama as Jim Whitman outsmarts trouble, proves the true road to happiness, and ends with a happy payoff for Hardcastle and family.
Joseph Monahan of San Francisco ended his life by gas in a lodging house at 1202 Seventh av early today. He had been estranged from his wife at 7204 10th av N E and made several reconciliation attempts before drinking heavily and threatening self harm. A lodger discovered the gas fumes and found Monahan dead with a penciled note bearing his San Francisco and local wife addresses.
Thomas Wilson a manufacturer of shoe and stove polish was found dead on a stairway leading to the Elite building basement Saturday evening. He lived at 422 21st Avenue.
A. L. Eyster, a Jeweler of 1327 Fourthay, is jailed on a complaint by Mrs. Grace V. Gillespie alleging repeated threats to kill. Constable Jim Shannon arrested him, and he posts a $1,000 bail. Gillespie says the latest attempt occurred June 29 when he visited her home with a gun.
After three years of litigation Myrtle Longfellow daughter of Captain Long of the fire department receives a $2000 verdict against the city for a defective sidewalk incident that caused her father to be thrown from a wagon en route to a fire. Attorney Dan Landon represented Miss Longfellow. The accident occurred three years ago.
Harry Gilmartin, a salesman for Seattle Grocery Co, discovered his mother Mrs. Adelia Gilmartin, 64, dead from gas asphyxiation when he returned home from a picnic just after midnight yesterday.
Rev. Carter Helm Jones of Seattle delivered the closing address at the 21st annual convention of the Baptist Young People's Union of the South urging more workers in the foreign mission field in Kansas City today.
Ellers Music House announces a clearance sale of thirty player pianos from a moved warehouse. Featured brands include Krell Autogrand Kimballs Deckers Marshall & Wendells Autopianos and Pianolas with payments from five dollars and flexible term plans. In addition to new and used instruments a two year exchange option and money back guarantee are offered. Out of town buyers may request a descriptive list.
A reader asks which contacts to write for locating German relatives who left 38 years ago. A second letter seeks guidance on domestic abuse and money disputes, then other personal subjects touching marriage laws and citizenship cases. The column provides brief counsel and references.
A speaker contends that leaving may seem easier but emphasizes making amends at the moment of error if one aims to repair. The remark centers on accountability and immediate corrective action.
Alice E Fansler president of the Seattle Ice Cream Company testifies that only high quality gelatine is used in ice cream manufacturing. She notes a Clarkson Gelatine Works barrel sent on trial was found impure by government inspection and that the company had no other dealings with Clarkson.
The article promotes opening a savings account at Dexter Horton Trust and Savings Bank to earn 4 percent interest compounded semi annually. New deposits begin earning interest on the first day of the new half year period, framing now as the best time to start.
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