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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1913
Page
7
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The Barbary Coast in San Francisco long served as a famed red light district where tourism, business and elite mingled with crime and vice. Dance halls opened at dusk and lasted until dawn with dancers soliciting patrons and drinks priced high, earning workers from ten to fifty dollars nightly.
The Bon Marche debuts a grand opening display featuring Modern Eve and Modern Adam ensembles and Parisian gowns by Worth Cabot Beer Paquin. Shoppers enter through a rustic fountain atrium with ferns and birds, while the second floor showcases gowns and daring millinery. Fashion notables and birds of paradise motifs attract thousands, marking an unparalleled Seattle event.
Fragmentary clipping notes a figure named Wiley claiming people pay too much for living and can economize on food. It mentions a Denver item and a 6 year old girl Jolyn Ardouerdel who assists her father with voting on legislative measures, urging support for child-related bills.
A Chicago commissioner found a mouse in a loaf of bread from Peter Yokeness's shop. The baker attributed it to a mistaken employee and the shop was ordered closed. A collection of assorted news items follows including a mountain chase and unrelated domestic observations.
March 10 report from Washington notes key figures in the Wilwon cabinet weigh candidates for 45,000 or more postmasterships. Postmaster General Harrison’s office is the center of quiet lobbying as officials discuss who should fill future offices. The piece also mentions Hurle bearing the burden of being the “official sister” to the candidate group. In Los Angeles, March 10, petitions seek the recall of District Attorney John D. Fredericks, led by labor organizations. Labor attorneys handle the petitions, with the Trades Council claiming broad support and disputing involvement of Clarence Darrow.
New York March 10. Divorce is to end marital woes of Richard Walton Tully the California author and Eleanor Gates the talented novelist and playwright, according to announcement by Miss Gates today. It is stated the divorce suit will be of a friendly nature with incompatibility of temperament given as the cause.
John H. Marble of San Francisco, secretary of the interstate commerce commission, succeeds Franklin K. Lane as a commissioner. Marble, once a linotype operator, rose to national prominence as attorney for the senatorial committee investigating Senator Lorimer. He came to San Francisco from South Dakota, where he was a professor and editor, and later worked in a printing office. In California he joined the San Francisco Typographical Union No. 21.
Market list from Westlake shows prices for sugar corn flour syrup and staples. Items include sugar at $1 per unit, corn meal and meal goods priced per unit, molasses and flour around $1.1, vegetable oils and fats, canned and preserved goods, and meat and dairy staples with varied quantities noted. Local delivery mentions sanitary market provisions and household staples like peanut butter, sauerkraut, pickled pigs feet, and olive oil, reflecting a broad inventory.
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The notice explains 1 cent per line rates for ads, shipping of classified items, and agen cy locations at 7 m St and 6409 Mallard Ave. It lists subscription expiration dates, removal of names from the list if unpaid, and mail rates, including monthly terms and annual options.
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