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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1908
Page
8
A newspaper ad promotes a limited sale of 5300 yards of brand new Swiss and Nainsook embroideries worth 50c to 4.00 a yard. Items include Filet Baby effects shadow eyelet and open-work designs. The piece emphasizes keeping prices down at 25c and urges readers to buy now before supplies vanish.
Kansas City June 9. Millionaire poultry fancier Kerneat Kellerstrass refused 2400 dollars for a hen named Pes. The white Orpington, prize winner, lives in a steam heated barn, baths daily, and is tended by a valet. Paderewski had urged its purchase but Kellerstrass refused to part with her to build a pure white flock.
Large audiences enjoyed new acts at the Coliseum last night. Applause centered on Serbini and Grovini, Eckert and Berg in The Land of Two Moons, and on other acts including Ann Hamilton Co in Beggars and Alexander & Scott. Eddie Roesch sang a ballad. Filler, a Hebrew boy violinist, also performed. The shows continue all week.
The new bill at the Pantages opens yesterday featuring a motion picture Sealing in the Arctic Ocean. Vaudeville acts include Furnes and Burns in a slack wire travesty Hayes and Allpoint in The Clerk the Bellboy and the Circus Queen The Three Juggling Nannons May and Lilly Burns and Dela-phone in tm
Crimmins and Gore with their musical comedy company scored success at the Star theatre yesterday in A Warm Match. The company showed capable comedians good singers and a lively chorus with Dan Crimmins Hosa Gore Gladys Van and Edna Davenport delivering strong turns. The audience also enjoyed a film about the battleship fleet.
City Detective Warren C. Hubbard and officers Kent Holmes Hardin Cornelis on Humphrey raided the Detroit hotel and nearby lodging houses south of Washington early this morning, arresting 13 undesirables. Bail set at 25 dollars each.
Seoul June 9 Japanese army officials report a rapid thinning out of Korean insurgents between June 4 and June 7. In 26 battles the insurgents suffered about 1,000 deaths and many more wounded with 26 captured.
Silverton Oregon faces bankruptcy after the last local option vote closed saloons. Officials must meet a $250 debt with an empty treasury and consider a 1 percent military tax via a special election to raise funds.
Flood damage delays rail reopening for at least a week across northern Montana. The Northern Pacific reports partial restoration eastward but landslides miles from the hub disrupt western lines. Ties and rails are ripped out, stations and lines require reconstruction, with a 60,000 square yard rock slide at Bonner and river levees under construction to protect Boulder.
The Atlantic Fleet reaches the Navy Yard while Bee Rattieghip Sitoate remains in the drydock. Hosts depart ten times daily from Pier 2 at the foot of Yes ter Way, offering round trips.
Advertises several hammocks with sizes from 36x84 to 42x92 inches in canvas, Persian stripe, and primitive Indian blanket styles. Features include tufted throw-back pillows, fancy tassels, divided head and foot suspensions, and valances. Prices range from 1.25 to 4.50.
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