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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1912
Page
8
An advertisement states Swissco will grow hair and prevent baldness and dandruff. It claims to restore gray or faded hair to its natural color.
Councilmen Wardall and Hiatne support a measure to invite Pacific Telephone to settle with the city for the Independent Co. franchise, guaranteeing state commission rates and city access to poles, but the ordinance is defeated as complicating the current phone tangle. Dr. E Gilmer will lose his job June 1 as the lighting department abolishes his post amid civil service disputes. Patrolman Geer arrests Chas Johnson after gunfire and a chase through alleys ending with a concealed weapons charge.
The Moore-Dark Metropolitan-Dark Seattle shows feature The White Sister. The Bondman runs at Coliseum with Oliver Batley Stock Co. Empress presents vaudeville, Pantages vaudeville, Orpheum vaudeville, and Grand vaudeville performances.
Alma a charming German French farce stars Nanette Flack and returns to the Metropolitan for a week long run next Sunday night excluding Monday when Philharmonic Society books the night. The show promises light humor and engaging performances in a favored venue.
Seattle theatre fans praise the Oliver D Bailey company for strong performances in The Bondman at the Coliseum Theatre throughout the week. Next week audiences will be treated to Uncle Tom's Cabin.
At the Empress this week J Humter Wilson and Effie Pearson formerly of the Three Twins perform a laughable sketch At the Reception. The George fair troupe of acrobats headline with daring stunts seldom seen in vaudeville.
A passenger list of about 400 tourists from Southern California aboard the steamship Governor 2 in Seattle was announced. Miss Adelaide Procter will lecture on Birds at the YWCA headquarters tonight. Dr Roland D Grant previously spoke on Snakes in Paradise at the YMCA as part of the Star Lyceum course.
A verse advising women to flatter husbands to win and keep a spouse. It suggests drawing him out in a corner, praising him as great and wise, then watching him respond and “starve” others of attention as they strive for control. The tone imitates old marital advice.
A collage of 1862 era items reports General Lee urging Johnston to press a divided foe, while other reports describe arrestees in Chicago for money to church or neglecting family, a baby float in Kentucky, theft and emetic confessions, varnish scams, a Danish women’s entry into trades, designers setting coat lengths, and a Macon protest over a statue with mass voting by proxy among Jews.
The six big acts at the Pan Tages this week feature a standout comedy sketch titled Nerve. Pretty Mildred Disbrow and Rutherford Davies headline the performance as the top sank act of the new bill.
Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala and his guest list during Secretary Knox’s visit sparks tales of graft and fear. Reports claim Cabrera, nicknamed the Terror of Central America, reacts with paranoia and tests his food for poisons before eating.
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