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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1910
Page
3
A new theatre contract was signed and construction on Morrison Street proceeds on the old town site. G. Cooke reports the work will rush to completion with occupancy expected within nine months as the theatre group prepares for arrival of the lead figure today.
An advertisement describes a skin treatment claiming quick relief for eczema acne fever blisters and other conditions. It touts mail orders from Emergency Lab 3 West 25th Street and mentions sale by Quaker Owl Drug Co. and Raven stores.
About 35 Seattle boys join a 30 day YMCA camping trip on Orcas Island in the San Juan group north of Seattle. Frank Moran leads with John Deron F N Gault and others as organizers. A mock municipal government will guide discipline and camp life including a chain gang for misbehavior.
In Kansas City Missouri on June 24 church women told a crowd that ministers are softened by female approval. Holmes of the University of Pennsylvania cited modern church attitudes as a problem, noting women criticize sermons dress and even motives. He warned a pampered minister is unlikely to fight church battles.
In San Francisco on July 5, 1902 Jim Jeffries fought Bob Fitzsimmons in a brutal second bout. Jeffries endured a brutal beating with his face swelling, one eye closed, nose broken. Fitzsimmons bore few marks. The article recounts gambling, money disputes, and Belasco tallying $31,000 while Jeffries faced possible defeat and a disastrous ring surface.
A professor at Cornell is described in Circle Magazine as deeply absorbed in a thought after colliding with a cow on campus. He apologizes, then repeats the incident, mocking the animal and glancing at the president’s wife, highlighting a humorous campus vignette.
An irritable neighbor complains about noise. The paint father insists the sound continues as one must be heard, offering to do chores while noting stopping singing would make the baby cry. The exchange is cited from the Washington Star.
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