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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1912
Page
8
The article argues buyers should demand title insurance from a permanent capitalized company regulated by the state. It contrasts old warranties and abstracts with forged instruments and limited personal liability. The piece urges readers to insist on protection to safeguard their heirs and property.
The Orpheum week features The Palace of Orpheus with ambitious scenic lighting and costuming. Vuraham Moffatt presents The Concealed Bed with Scottish players and Bunty Pulle the Strings. Ray L Royce offers a monologue. The Five Piroscoffis juggle while Breecn es features Maud Ronalr and Joe Ward. Elliott harpists perform aria repertoire. Jetter and Rogers skate comedians join. Allan Finehart and Anna Heritage present The Two Rubles sketch. John T Murray, English comedian, portrays various characters.
The list of venues includes Moore The Thurlow Bergen in The Builder of Bridges Seattie Dark Orpheum and Pantages Vaudeville Grand Vaudeville Clemmer Photoplays and Vaudeville Melbourne Photoplays and Vaudeville. Local houses present vaudeville, photoplays, and motion pictures this week.
Thurlow Bergen players begin second week at the Moore theatre with Alias Jimmy Valentine a crime melodrama based on O Henry story A Retrieved Reforma tion. Bergen suits the role with virile authority and should convince as Jimmy Valentine.
A six comedian troupe brings High Life in Jail to the Empress with W. H. Mack as lead. Herbert Brooks the comedian magician promises lively muddling tricks. The Krags trio of equilibrists perform while Irene and Bobbie Smith sing and dance with comedy.
The Class A Theatre on Third at Pike Street has been rebuilt into a modern 800 seat playhouse and reopened as a 10cent house. Sunday will restore its policy of three first run reels and a song for a nickel. Management notes that splendid photoplays attract audiences, according to early observations.
The Monday matinee features a big musical comedy act with 10 performers including the broilers. Special added feature is Rosines in That Mysterious Man with Mile Rosine and Carl Rosine. Other acts include Bond Morse Trampology Romano Brothers and Dolesch Zillbauer as Vienna street musicians.
Former U.S. senator C. W. Fulton labeled Francis J. Heney a crook and a liar in a sweeping denial. He rejected Heney's charges that Fulton and U S District Attorney McCourt conspired to attack Heney and the Roosevelt administration over Willard N. Jones’s pardon application. Fulton said Jones was pardoned because Heney used crooked methods to win convictions and promised more evidence will prove him right.
Three bellboys in Albany share a $60,000 estate of Mrs. Hanna Dwight Green 81. She left the money to honor their polite treatment during hotel stays. Green was aunt of the widow of the late California millionaire sportsman and mining speculator.
In a series of frontier confrontations deputy Scott Malone, a greenhorn at first, captures and detains killers without firing a shot. He disarms Jean Fortier, a would be killer, and later subdues a drunken laundryman and an Italian suspect, often using wit and steel rather than gunfire. Each encounter ends with surrender or arrest.
The Broad Way High School presented Professor's Potlatch Bag last night in the school auditorium to a packed house. Various cast members delivered clever performances as the show entertained students and locals. A brief update notes subscription issues and a local puzzle feature amid community notices.
Four people drowned at the Weplage farm near Lick Run after a man fell into a well and a plank tipped. Two women and another man died while attempting to rescue the submerged worker.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes the schoolboard has obtained the Seattle theatre to host graduation for Broadway Lincoln and Queen Anne high schools. The move reflects plans for upcoming ceremonies and community attendance.
A humorous Kansas City Star item notes a man deciding to move this year as another man jokes about his wife preferring the canary sing in a different flat.
The 30th Regiment U S A band performed in University Place last night in a farewell concert before departing for Alaska. Carl Petermann attempted navy enlistment but after 48 hours of eating and sleeping he gained 9 pounds and is now a sailor.
Christian Endeavorers will hold a rally tonight at the Plymouth Congregational church. The item notes a church event and local youth group activity.
In New York a district court hears Paolo Corcorato a musician suing Gustav Gross a baker over Katrina the mare. While an Italian band marched along Katrina reared charged through the musicians smashing a bass drum and injuring Corcorato and his uniform.
A letter promotes a unique treatment system by a self‑described neuropathic physician in Seattle who claims a ten year practice. The writer urges appointments early due to a limited patient load and cites personal recovery from multiple ailments after treatment.
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