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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1913
Page
3
In Fort Smith Arkansas on June 17 John Norris pleaded guilty to drunkenness and received a court sentence to attend church each Sunday for three months. He must help his wife dress and bathe his children weekly and provide Monday minister statements proving church attendance to avoid 100 days in jail.
Dr. Loughney of Seattle promotes a Bake Oven treatment for gout neuritis rheumatic joints promising swift relief and mobility restoration. He offers limited enrollment at $1 per session, with hours daily and offices in the People’s Savings Bank Building at Second Ave and Pike St. Lukes 220-223.
Charleston dispatch quotes Gen. Charles D. Elliott on Kanawha coal field unrest. He defends martial rule as necessary for sanitation and order, linking mine wars to capital labor conflict and industrial conditions shaping the nation. He cites railroad protections and corporate power as roots of the crisis.
The notice lists average prices from local commission merchants to producers and the prices retailers pay to commissioners. It covers apples, beef, pork by cut, veal, poultry, and farm produce with notes on variation by freshness and grade, plus feed and grain prices and local vegetable items.
A vintage advertisement promotes stopping cosmetics and using ordinary materials to smooth skin. It suggests applying an ounce of an unspecified powdery substance overnight, washing off in the morning, and repeating for one to two weeks to remove rough top skin and reveal a smoother underskin. It also offers a face bath recipe with saxolite powder and witch hazel for wrinkles and pores.
London reports Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst the militant suffrage leader regained liberty after a hunger strike that left her near collapse. Authorities judged it unsafe to continue confinement, and she was freed following last Saturday’s funeral.
In San Francisco on June 17 strong men from Austria Sweden Italy Canada Denmark Ireland America and England gather for a three day international tug of war tourney James Munroe chief of the Caledonian Society will referee The American Irish and Canadian teams are favored to win the opening round.
Roslyn Washington letter from William Nichelson claims six bottles of Nature's Creation cured his severe cough and lung trouble. He says symptoms faded, sleep and appetite returned, and urges others to seek full details from suppliers.
A plot summary notes a king seizing a commander’s wife, a mountainside upbringing, and a prince who finds a maiden despite a vengeful father. The father bakes a loving cake to kill the girl. the king and prince forget the tragedy. Three-reel feature shown at the Alhambra with other acts and weekly shorts listed. The item ends with an unrelated cinema ad and a notice about James M. Taylor’s delayed death report restored for a Clinton visit.
Paul Nickels a Sodus township farmer in Benton Harbor Michigan has been coughing up brook trout from two to five inches long over several days. Doctors say he swallowed tiny minnows that lived in his stomach and grew, and he is now recovering.
Resolutions opposing removal of sugar duties and supporting a protective tariff were sent to Washington representatives by the Seattle Merchants and Credit Men's association after an informal meeting. E. R. Adams of Alexander Baldwin Co. warned that freeing sugar would injure Hawaii cane growers while refineries back the move to help themselves.
At the theatres this week list Moore-Dark presenting The Witness for the Defense with Blanche Bates. Seattle features The County Chairman. Orpheum, Empress, Pantages, Grand offer vaudeville. Clemmer and Melbourne present photoplays. Alhambra shows photoplays and more.
A committee examines the reach of lobbyists who allegedly furnish “patent insides” to newspapers. The inquiry focuses on influence practices and the role of funded content in editorial output and public perception.
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