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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1914
Page
4
A suffraget arson group burned six passenger coaches and damaged railroad yards at Kings Norton near Birmingham. They disabled switches and caused other damage in a dawn attack reported from London.
John Williams aged 28 and Arthur L Toombe 27, both colored, were arrested by Patrolman A L Stevens Sunday morning at lith av and Yesterway after one was seen peering over a bank with a handkerchief on his head. A revolver lay near a telephone pole as the pair were approached. Stevens was in plain clothes.
March 16 reports from Southern Irish ports indicate a storm on Saturday cost lives of fishermen who could not reach shelter. The tally notes multiple fatalities from the sudden gale.
The Brotherhood League reports that about 2,000 more men were out of work from November 1913 to March 1914 than in all of last year, while the group provided 2,400 beds and fed 2,535 individuals over the period, highlighting strain on shelter and food services in Seattle.
Los Angeles on March 16 Alexander Krystosick received a six months jail term after pleading guilty to a battery charge filed by his wife. He requested the sentence as a vacation from Mrs Krystosick and the case was taken under advisement.
Fred Churchill, 22, is under arrest for taking the automobile of H. R. Schmoyer from a station near the Westlake market Saturday evening. He was arrested by Sergeant Tupman who located four men riding with him.
The market notes paying price down to 19 cents, signaling egg storage soon. Yakima potatoes fall to 17 dollars, onions drop a half cent, and sweet potatoes rise briefly to 2.5 cents. Sprouts vanish from the market while meat and dairy prices vary across items and regions including California head lettuce and fresh dairy products.
The Dream screens Dolly of the Dailies third Mary Fuller entry An Affair of Dress with Irish Rory O Moore and other features. Colonial Alhambra Clemmer Calanial Dream programs run through Tuesday with various two part dramas comedies and news reels.
At the Home Tonight through Wednesday the program presents two reel drama The Thief and the Hook and For Her Brothers Sake, a Sallys Elopement comedy and Hendricks Divorce plus The Sign of the Snake and The Henpecked Hod Carrier, A Divorce Scandal.
Mrs Ralph T Crane dressed in a costume for the Pasadena millionaires Hard Times Ball. The event drew socialites to the ballroom as they marked a blend of charity and fashion in a festive crowd.
The narrator writes about her seven month marriage to Dick, noting initial romantic ideals giving way to steady companionship. She sees love evolve into friendship and mutual support, stresses honesty, duty, and endurance, and predicts a tomorrow continuation. Advertisement ends the piece.
An old health advisory warns neglecting coughs or colds risks bronchitis pleurisy or pneumonia. It promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound as a safe quick relief and cites a testimonial from A R Ellison of Taylor Wisconsin. Bartell’s Drug Stores is listed as a local outlet.
Poem extols dental work offered by Albany dentists in the People's Bank Building at Second and Pike. It boasts bridgework of gold and porcelain, pain free extractions, teeth cleaning, tightness of bite, long lasting results, and surprisingly low fees under the Albany's Cut Rates banner.
In New Orleans on March 18 Joaquin Bonilla’s 17 year old fiancé Margaret Kingston fled with cabaret dancer Billy Stone to gain freedom from the elderly leader. She offered $250,000 but he refused to look at it and the couple eloped.
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