Here's How They Play That Funky Game of Love
This odd item notes a playful game of love with no rules and a mix of outcomes. It suggests some win happiness while others face sorrow, though many results end in a tied score.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1913
Page
1
This odd item notes a playful game of love with no rules and a mix of outcomes. It suggests some win happiness while others face sorrow, though many results end in a tied score.
University of Washington two sophomores J Gordon or H jam and Miss Carlotta Overmeyer have married since January 13. The couple planned to keep the secret until June but Mrs Cooper disclosed the news to her sister prompting the leak of the romance.
Gordon McPherson, sixteen, married a seventeen year old Seattle girl on December 11, 1911. He failed to support his pregnant wife for three months and was fined five dollars weekly under a jail term if unpaid. The supreme court later reversed the ruling, noting his confession of inability to support his wife as a moral cowardice.
Dr Philip Rexford Waughop sought a license to wed nurse Nellie Kiosa but his friends opposed. A six day honeymoon ended when a divorce complaint was filed and a restraining order barred the wife from seeing him. A court arranged meeting failed to allow a proper, near contact. Judge Everett Smith ordered a new meeting with Dr S J Holmes as referee at 3 pm Monday in Burke Building.
The case before the superior court concerns John H. Smith and Julia Smith. Smith denies the claim for permanent alimony, stating he did not marry her and that they were of different churches. He admits a professed willingness to wed but says no marriage occurred.
In a fragmentary note from a historical page the text hints at tragedy and players described as weak of heart, with a proverb about weak hearts not winning fair ladies, suggesting a cautionary air around a game or event.
In Seattle a rising cigarette premium war draws attention to clever incentives. The article cites Miss Rae Valentine and a Miami talk as signs of a broader campaign by manufacturers to attract buyers with rewards. It notes a surge in cigarette production from 3 million to 13 billion over years and warns readers to consider premiums before purchasing.
Clarence Darrow sits with his wife as a packed Los Angeles court hears the bribery case involving Juror Robert Bain. Jurors discussed loudly, with defense counsel claiming the panel favored acquittal, as the trial jury retired after 10 pm.
NOME Alaska March 7 Driving the Heg ness dog team Michael Samuel a veteran musher en route to day on mange the over snow trail to Valdente expects to cut the usual trip by at least five days due to unusually fine trail conditions
The House Ways and Means Committee met to map tariff reform. It considered eight tentative bills and may set a tariff caucus date for House Democrats before April 1.
Testimony starts in the Wolfman & Co. lawsuit against I W W pickets as Judge EB Smith presides. Witnesses Mrs. Agnes Dorr Mrs. J Hansen Mrs. Martha Thiel and Mrs. H H Hart describe intimidation and harassment. Wolfman seeks a permanent injunction. R E Brown leads defense amid illness of Attorney Horner.
Isaac Guggenheim III, a copper trust leader, arrives in San Francisco with Dr. Robert Kunitzer of New York. He is said to suffer from a malady kept secret and made a public appearance despite attempts at secrecy.
March 7 report states four year old Chas Corell stole his father's pistol from a bureau and shot his one month old sister Sue through the eye, killing her instantly in New York.
Ian Sethell music teacher altered by Arma mining engineer Geo. C. Hempel rancher W. H. Earnest hotel proprietor Kyron E. Street rancher R. A. Burner rancher M. H L. Hughes rancher H. J. Robinson butcher David Dunn artist Frank M. Sanderson walnut grower Sylvester Grant retired merchant Fred B. Pettingill contractor
In Ellwood City Pa on March 7 a 3 year old swallowed a nickel after her father Stephen Kromisk gave her a coin. A doctor treated her as two nickels were coughed up from her throat, the family later learning she had dropped coins on the floor while playing.
No new arrests reported as of press time after John W. Rogers of Seattle was arrested in Portland by W L Sischo and Chief Spector on opium smuggling charges. Rogers allegedly acted as packhorse for an organized gang, with potential broad arrests to follow. Also noted, customs salaries in Seattle Port rose from 100 to 800 dollars yearly for 18 employees.
Chicago March 7 Julius Rosenwald head of Sears Roebuck & Co tells Illinois senate committee that low wages do not drive prostitution and that moral grounds should guide policy He says 8 hour workday claims were inflated and raises would not hurt profits Two Rosenwald aides testify including a worker who earned 4 50 weekly and worked over ten hours daily with scoldings and dismissal threats
Sears Roebuck & Co. maintains a large local branch with 268 women employed. A. M. Barry, in charge in H. Bowers absence, says Chicago plant rules for employing women apply here. No self supporting woman earns less than eight dollars weekly, with nine dollars and twelve cents the approximate average wage.
In testimony Rosenwald says his 4702 female workers earn about 9.12 dollars weekly on average. He notes 119 girls under 16 earn five dollars weekly and 1465 receive at least eight dollars, while 23 women earn over twenty one dollars weekly. He pledges equity in wages but cites competition and a $12 million surplus without confirming increases.
A dynamite loading barge exploded amid several ships near Curtis Bay Baltimore, killing many and injuring dozens. The British steamer Alumchine and the tug Atlantic were among the vessels hit, while the navy collier Jason rode midstream in danger of capsizing. Authorities fear the death toll may rise.
Louis, March 17.28 Tholt, 34, cement plant worker at Prospect Hit, is treated at the city hospital for a cemented nose. Doctors report both nostrils filled with cement and are drilling and chipping to remove it while aiming to restore breathing.
In Fallsington Pennsylvania a burglar was chased by a swarm of bees while robbing a farmer's home. The startled thief stung and surrendered after the insects drove him away. Sampson, the homeowner, later escorted the man to the town jail after the revolver he dropped.
J P Burke, noted price cutter, begins a large cash-raising sale at the A Bridge Store at First and Yesler. The event starts tomorrow with full details in today's Star display ad on page 2. Burke aims to meet creditor demands for quick cash.
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