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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1914
Page
5
Socialists reject the Hinky Dink charter claiming it promises only targeted gains. They warn the ward system will permit district by district spoils and neglect citywide interests, arguing the Saloon and other issues will tilt councils while the city as a whole is ignored.
A collage of sensational items from American life and politics. Notes question of anti trust vs socialism and how trusts push middle class toward socialism. Mentions Cleveland balloon, Detroit police chief on dress, Lorimer case, painter September Morn, naturalists in St. Peters burg, Laura McDonald Stiallo, Mazatlan eggs, pure cro talin, Queen Mary suffragists, and urging congress to support Washington streetcar ownership.
A collection of quips and comic exchanges from Seattle's Laugh Department and brief moral sketches. Humorous bits feature a fish hawker bargaining with a poor widow, tales of astronomer Robert Ball misreading a telescope, Henry Ford’s horn anecdote, an old Scottish village parson, and a final caption about a Woman Posing.
Capt. Frank Tuttle reports a strong salmon run. Nineteen marriage licenses issued. Home Owners meeting well attended. Letter Carriers band concert at the Y M C A. monthly card party at Council 116 F A A. Friendly Club and Y W C A plan Friday play. Five deaths reported. Local associations meet Thursday on charter debate. Marriages of F R Dolansky and Bebe Hoover. Lakewood Outing Club meets Thursday. Transportation Club annual meeting at Wildwood Park Saturday. Manzanillo schooner seized arrives in Seattle. Nokomis sinking reports surface near Clipperton Island. Births total twenty three. Elk herd near Snoqualmie numbered 85. Royal Arch Council hears Dr Matthews. Mount Vernon Bank and Mount Vernon National merge. Victoria arrives with BE L McGavack’s body. Soderberg noted. House approves sale of battleships Idaho and Mississippi to Greece for 12 million. Twenty workers buried in Brooklyn subway. Imperator sails with Roosevelt expected in New York. Northern Baptist convention backs disarmament and compulsory arbitration. Paris postmen strike six hours. Butte & Superior Copper earnings hit one million. Canada aids miners’ families after Hincla disaster. eight bodies in mine. Santa Clara wet vs dry results favor wet. Two robbers hit a busy San Francisco saloon. Dr Woods utchinecn named next A M president in San Francisco. Rev D Everard Dimby to referee Bombardier Bell fight. Baron Forbes 85 kills himself. W Averill Harriman to be UP vice president July 1. Henry Horton Wright drowns in yacht capsize.
Misa Florence Malone, leading woman of the Metropolitan Pilav era, appears this week at the Metropolitan theatre in the role of Mary Tudor sister of King Henry VIII. Her character demands a wide emotional range from sunny and even tempered to sudden rage when her brothers cross her.
A plant story explains how the strawberry failed to stay with the parent stock causing mispronunciations that transformed the original name into straw berry. The piece notes the berry bears little resemblance to straw despite its name.
Joe Gaffney appeared before Judge John B. Gordon in police court yesterday on a drunkenness charge. He said he had tried to get jailed four times to escape relatives who tampered with springs under his bed to make him think spooks were nearby. The judge sentenced him to jail.
A fragmented list shows items such as a 10 cent towel rack a 10 cent dust pan and a nickel plated towel rack. It mentions a 50 cent adjustable leather dog muzzle and a knife sharpener with brief selling lines.
The Church of the Brethren open conference at the University of Washington continues with a debate on state and county fairs. Delegates denounce race and carnival elements, advocate farmer exhibits, and call for dress simplification and reduced Gospel Messenger advertising.
A physician advises thin people to gain weight by using Sargol tablets with every meal. The ad claims Sargol and Igol are safe, not patented drugs, and that a tablet per meal can add three to five pounds weekly. Sold by Drug Co and Swift's Pharmacy with a money back guarantee.
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