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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1912
Page
8
The company will take over the steamship Leelanaw on May 20 and place her on the Nome St. Michael Kotzebue Sound route, sailing from Seattle June 15. This ship is the first of three the company will charter, with negotiations for the remaining two underway.
Peter Burrell, an engineer, yesterday filed suit against the steam tug Mystic, Harold Hickam owner, in the U S district court. Burrell seeks 35.9 dollars for services and 426.66 dollars penalty or 3.33 dollars daily for 128 days.
Lucy J. Pringle, superintendent of the Minor hospital for six years, rejected a city council offer in Vancouver B C to become the city's first woman police officer and lead the girls' protective work.
A shamrock tag sale for the benefit of the Orphan Boys' Home at Orillia is set for next Saturday on the streets with the event also held in other Puget Sound cities. Nobles plan stunts at the Shriners night at the Moore Theatre on Wednesday with prominent state figures attending. Special cars will bring Nobles from Everett and Tacoma.
A Town Topics excerpt recalls a patient placed in a sanitarium after a family concern and playing a better game. The text reports a small garage fire at Dr J Crichton’s residence 1005 Queen Anne Way caused by a lighted match and gasoline. Also advertised incubators and a Dreamland dance schedule.
A jumble of brief items reports snowbound railroads delaying service, a beached wagon crew reaching Larned Nebraska, and quirky notes about a heavyweight death, bankruptcy, a tragic airship accident, a city college class on cost of living, and other scattered dispatches from March 12 across the United States.
At the Pantages a diminutive Princess Victoria headlines with a remarkable voice praised as "the miniature elba." The Italian fan makers perform well with patter and song, followed by Harry Brown in A Case of Divorce. Seymour's Happy Family dogs amuse, and Goolmans display musical versatility. The Fearless De Cora thrills with dangerous motorcycle feats.
David Kellogg, noted scientist, tops the Orpheum program with odd physics experiments. He extinguishes a gas flame by voice and tuning forks and showcases sound vibration demonstrations in a high class, unusual vaudeville act. Eleanore Falke also features prominently this week.
Joseph Spissell and a pantomime company open the Empress program with tumbling and slapstick. Lee Zimmerman performs a whistling impersonation. Mumford and Thompson sing and talk cleverly. Tom Murray and Louise Carver present a freak feature with exaggerated makeup. Apollo Trio closes with bronze posing.
The clipped listing shows F. Moore Henry with a performance titled The Prince of Tonight. Multiple venues such as Metropolitan Dark, Seattie The Girl From Rector's, Empresse Vaudeville, Pantagee Vaudeville, Orpheum Vaudeville, and Grand Motion Pictures and Vaudeville presented acts.
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