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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1909
Page
8
A fashion note describes a blue traveling suit with a rough butter colored straw hat and rose accents. It then promotes a milk and water facial regimen claiming simple, economical skincare for busy women, advising twice daily cleansing.
Marshal Rex of Tampa directs the Pay Streak show at the Miractions venue featuring old scenes dances and amusements. The building holds a large crowd with 16 cent admission for children and adults priced accordingly. The event shines amid a busy summer calendar as spectators await performances and the steamer Lar Bas arrival from Honolulu sparks labor movement chatter.
Pleasant excursion on the Chippewa noted by delegates of the Wention. About 800 participants from Dayton and nearby areas joined the outing. they left home on a boat trip this morning.
A 20 year old Indian woman, reported by neighbors, appeared before a judge in Renton after authorities alleged counterfeiting. Judge Van Purser promised sobriety, allowing her return home. A separate note mentions meetings of a local society in the library with George Henry Lillie arriving from By Wii act as com. two women were arrested on counterfeiting charges.
About 100 Beattie business men and shippers gathered at the Lincoln hotel for an informal banquet and the first meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Transportation Bureau. Portland attorney J J N Teal urged that local rates match eastern levels, and 10000 was deemed needed to fight ongoing suits. Gold shipment valued at 100000 arrived in San Francisco aboard the Falcon, while the Paleon encountered a steamer collision on its Alaska voyage.
The drivers L A Sharks W P Glennon and M Woolford were fined 100 and costs each for overcharging and robbery in Justice Brown's court. They were committed to jail in default of payment but expected to pay within 24 hours. Glennon allegedly overcharged W H Dole by 7.50, Sharks robbed employers of 2.40, Woolford held out 60 cents. the two latter faced petit larceny charges.
Official reports on Hawaii work by the United States engineering corps, compiled by Major E. Breleth Winslow, arrived aboard the steamer Lurine and were sent to Washington. The reports include data on shipping at Honolulu.
Friends of Ed Cudihee former King County sheriff celebrate his wedding two weeks ago in Victoria to Ella Steiner. Cudihee served two terms as sheriff and gained prominence during the Tracy era. He now works in the livery business and has appeared in local musicales.
The article urges refined polite conduct for women, stressing modesty, gentleness, and courtesy to all classes. It argues true ladyhood comes from character not wealth, and urges helping others beyond duty while avoiding arrogance. It notes a trend toward washable tub-frock dresses for summer.
A jumbled, recipe rich page lists dishes and baking methods. It includes methods for omelets, tapioca custard, baked tongue with crackling crumb, crullers, cheap coffee cake, quick baking powder biscuits, rice muffins, sour milk pie, and a discussion on how to handle a marriage proposal and refusal with domestic advice.
Judge Ronald grants Mary Landers a divorce from Le Roy Landers of Vashon Island after ruling the mother in law wrongfully used her to gain money. He places property in a trust for Landers’s seven year old son and an unborn child while deeming the young wife innocent and the mother-in-law predatory.
The steamer President of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. left Seattle on Thursday morning and arrived in San Francisco today, beating the Governor’s previous record time of 47 hours. President Ford was aboard, and his presence is noted as influential to the rapid voyage. Also noted is a lecture by Miss Mary Bropkins of Minneapolis on Christian Science at Moore Theatre tomorrow, under Beattie church supplies.
A double affinity case ends with the arrest of B. E. Teeter and D. Wele of 81 Johns Mich for forsaking spouses. The pair were taken in at a South Tacoma hotel after three years of claim they had erred in their matrimonial state. No children are involved.
The Fraternal Brotherhood plans a major week at the A Y P fair from July 22 to 27. The Uniform Rank encampment will be held in Beattie with a six coach special train from Los Angeles to Seattle, stopping to pick up members and advertise the fair, arriving Beattie July 22 at 6 15 a m. Free admission tonight to the Amphitheatre for the Americanna musical military and pyro technical show.
The four day automobile carnival moved from early August to September due to timing constraints with eastern manufacturers. Cars from many makers and numerous owners will enter. M. Robert Guanenheim heads the event and entrants should send names to him. Also the John F. Miller Women’s Relief Corps will hold their monthly tea next Tuesday at Mrs. Sarah Cookeen’s home.
New replica of Robert Fulton s Clermont was launched in New York with a 16 gun salute. Mrs Alice Greer Bates, descendant of Fulton, broke a ceremonial bottle and watched thousands witness the event that echoed the 1807 launch. The replica will travel to Albany under its own steam for fall celebrations.
A pleasure party on the steamship North Pleasure encountered a calm voyage toward the Yucatan area with stop near Beynon. Captain Harwood Leland reported a pleasant trip as the vessel proceeds north along the Inside Passage to Nigmet river for flaking while George Perkins and companions caught twenty salmon and one King salmon off Powell River yesterday.
A resident complains about ducks crossing an alley into a yard daily near 2008 10th Ave as police consider a response. Healy notes the animals bother him and seeks action before Police Chief Ward retires. a duck herder may be appointed to curb the issue.
Fire reports stretch from Mesabo to the Duluth Iron Range with several settlements in danger. Fire crews moved toward Leander near Virginia to battle flames surrounding logs as planes northern settlers are feared to have suffered losses. Canadian Pacific rail line fires reported but damage deemed light for now. Elks advertise as part of a local event.
The coroner was informed that Theodore Cazan died from drowning at Lana Park natatorium on Wednesday. Dr Charles J. Cowan, who performed the autopsy, said initial belief was heart failure during bathing, with the body found in water under two feet deep.
The superior court was asked to appoint a receiver for the A Y P E Daily News. Sixteen white women petitioners claim control of the newspaper assets after a suspension of publication. The Chinese Baptist Mission printer staff and J B Hwang are named in the filing as petitioners seeking relief for their benefit.
A sailor tells how a captain and crew failed to remove grease on a mohair coat until a cleaner used Fels-Naptha. The soap is demonstrated to dissolve grease and blood in cool or lukewarm water with minimal rubbing, lifting dirt from clothes, wraps, rugs, and draperies.
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