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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1914
Page
2
Across worlds a brutal warlord the White Wolf advances through central China toward Pekin leaving thousands dead and cities scarred while a volatile Vera Cruz dispatch chronicles mockery of censorship and Huerta era intrigue. The piece blends sensational exploits with spoof journalism and foreign affairs.
Roy Heart 36 is under arrest in Los Angeles on a card index of houses that could be robbed. Police say they found loot in his room in addition to the index.
The final group of the General Federation of Women's Clubs delegates leaves Chicago today after the twelfth biennial convention adjourned yesterday.
A team of twelve swimmers from the Illinois Athletic Club will visit Seattle next month to give an exhibition off Blakistone Field at the Seattle Athletic Club branch on Lake Washington.
Toronto officials welcomed the tenth annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America. About 10,000 businessmen from 140 affiliated clubs attended the opening session urging absolute honesty in advertising and square dealing between advertisers and newspaper publishers to restore public confidence in manufactured products.
San Bernardino records take cruelty cases against Marvin Charles Horace Southard and Henry Bennett for tying dynamite to three burros tails and lighting the fuse. Accused say they detonated because the animals escaped from a corral.
A New York Bowery restaurant will offer 1000 heat units of food for 10 cents. Prof. Graham Lusk of Cornell Medical College devised a menu with seven and three eighths ounces of beans one ounce pork two and one third ounces of butter five ounces of milk and five ounces of coffee.
Margie describes a tense moment after a friend's wedding, noting an unexpected deep connection with Mr. Sanders. She resolves to visit Eliene's summer home that evening and to write Dick a letter, while debating her own limits on interacting with other men. The piece ends with a tease that the story continues Monday.
The finance committee approved a bill to use $10,000 from the Lake Washington bond issue to build a 76 inch steel penstock linking the dam to the city light plant power house. The upgrade aims to run the plant closer to its capacity.
Ee win F. Davia, inventor of the electric chair used in New York since 1926, is seriously ill at his Corning, New York home. The chair has caused 180 executions in the state to date.
Real estate men and invited business guests meet for a concluding rally and luncheon at Rathakeller aimed at closing the season before the national convention in Pittsburg. Scott Co. Bone, editor of the Post-Intelligencer, will give an address.
In a look back at barber history the craft combined doctoring and hair cutting. Blood letting used to be common, and patients Gripped a pole wound with white bandages to stay steady during taps. The sign evolved from a plain bandaged staff to a red white blue striped pole still used as a barber symbol.
The duchess of Marlborough Consuelo Vanderbilt sailed from London to New York today. She will proceed to Newport to stay at the Marble palace with her mother Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont during July.
A brief classified notice notes a star want ad promising quick sale of an item. The piece emphasizes urgency and broad appeal to buyers in the local market.
Letters pour in on whether a hen sits or sets as Uncle Dell of Happy Valley weighs in with grammar rules. Readers from Seattle to Kirkland argue for sit or set, with notable names like Harold Miles and Leonard Miles among those weighed in on the nest debate.
Complete daily market report lists Yakima and California produce with quoted prices for potatoes onions carrots radishes cauliflower celery peppers and many fruits including cantaloupe watermelon and berries. Also notes live poultry and veal pork and dairy products with various per unit or per crate figures and a brief ad for medical consultation.
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