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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1913
Page
3
A guaranteed 60 day trial for the Clothe Automatic Massaging Truss promises no cost if it fails to hold a rupture. The ad claims automatic relief differing from standard trusses and cites endorsements from physicians and military medical staff as avoiding operation in many cases.
An offer circulated from Box 084 OLUTNF COMPANY in New York City inviting recipients to request a free book and trial. The notice asks for name and address to receive the material.
A parade of families and friends joined Papa and Willie for a Sunday stroll that drew hundreds as crowds drifted toward the town fairgrounds. Circus tents pitched and banners unfurled signaling a weekend of shows and entertainment for all ages.
The Selle Floto circus arrives in Seattle for its 14th annual visit with afternoon and evening shows Monday through Wednesday. Parading through downtown before noon, headliners Lucia Zora and Marguerita Recardo perform feats with elephants and lions. Reserved seating is sold at Gates' jewelry store.
Stockton June 9 A section crew half a mile from Escalon found a man’s body in a six foot telegraph pole hole. The victim Rom an Moll wealthy rancher of Escalon aged likely to have started from his ranch at midnight to walk home. His dog alerted at dawn.
A healthy 90 pound baby girl born to Mrs. Fannie Axter in New York on Saturday arrived with two teeth in infancy. Dr. Abraham A. Levy reported the initial incisors and the later molars, marking Dora as the Axter family's fifth child. Dora shows promise of strong health.
Rainier Heights Improvement Club calls a main meeting for south end citizens to hear an illustrated talk on both sides of the port election at Grace M. FE church Monday night. Councilman Griffiths will speak in opposition to the East waterway.
A fragment from a personal note shows a husband mentioning his wife as a suffraget and the social dynamic of spending evenings at meetings while he plays poker with friends. He references a Seattle location and the Stewart House at 88 West Stewart, later known as the Public Market.
In Monrovia California the board of trustees faces protecting a $150000 sewer system from eucalyptus roots. Crude oil application to pipes and soil saturation around lines may avoid destroying about 400 trees. Street and sewer committee notes fibrous eucalyptus roots clogging sewer mains.
Mrs. Mabel Hopkins Quinn, granddaughter of Mark Hopkins, files for divorce from Charles J. Quinn in San Francisco Superior Court alleging extreme cruelty. The former society sensation wed the Louisville, Kentucky racing man ten years ago, with a public Yorkshire of the time. She returned to San Francisco two years ago seeking separation.
Rumor that Potlatch carnival would be suspended in 1914 and 1915 is not acted on by the carnival association. The issue remains to be decided at the October annual meeting. A letter has been prepared to elinec bodies and the public explaining the situation. Stephen D. Smith, once a Gettysburg nurse, will attend the semi antennial celebration with 118 veterans from Idnitu.
The Yesler shows The Burglar Who Robbed Death by Lanier Bartlett produced by Lem Parker with Kathryn Williams mother and Harold Lockwood doctor. Also listed are other features at various Seattle theaters through Wednesday including The Marble Heart Half Orphans and The Stenographer's Troubles.
The schedule lists Moore Dark Metropolitan Fine Feathers Seattle The Regeneration plus Orpheum Pantages Empresse vaudeville and Grand vaudeville. Clemmer Photoplays Melbourne Photoplays and Alhambra Photoplays and note shows across multiple venues.
A scan lists multiple film reels and showings. Titles include Mine If Dreams Come True The Accusing Hand When Women Are Polles A Timely Interruption Percys Wooing Why Men Hate What the Good Book Taught Slippery Jim Repents Just Kids Pathe Weekly Mercy Maverick with venues Dream Until Wednesday Alhambra Until Thursday Clemmer Until Wednesday.
In Portland on June 9 Mrs Frances Smith testifying in a tailor suit spoke freely about clothes and feminine secrets. The courtroom buzzed as she shared details while two lawyers and a bailiff observed.
Littie Howe, an actress from Los Angeles appearing in a San Bernardino theatre, died from a skull fracture after leaping from a moving automobile on a mountain road to avoid a rollover. The crash occurred as the car struck a rock and skidded.
Milo M. Potter, millionaire owner of the Potter hotel in Santa Barbara, is described as certainly ill after the hotel sustained fire damage early today. The fire emergency prompted medical attention from two physicians who attended to him at the scene.
Richard Eclaire known as Chocolate advised friends not to trust a woman who claims loneliness. He met Lucille Mundorff from multiple cities and took her on a town tour after she paid 25 dollars for expenses. She demanded a refund when daylight showed no relief and blocked his eye with a handbag before court.
Fred Lester recently blinded but living in Vancouver for years could recognize a man by voice after twenty two years. G W Holder arrived for a short visit after being away two decades and spoke to Lester at Fifth and Main Streets. Lester’s ears confirmed the old friendship before any sighted greeting.
Ruben Walden inside guard of Seattle Aerie No. 1 Fraternal Order of Eagles received a life membership in the mother aerie for securing 75 candidates in the past year. He was the first home aerie member to win the prize after a contest with 200 participants that added 500 new members, boosting the Maglodom aerie to first in the order with about 5,500 members.
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