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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1912
Page
8
The article argues title insurance will transform property transactions by offering a simple economical and safe alternative to the old abstract-and-opinion method. It contrasts guaranteed protection and defense by the insurer with the uncertain safety of an opinion, urging readers to prefer a guaranteed title.
The schedule lists Moore with Miss Nobody From Starland and The White Sister at Seattie Coliseum presents Oliver Bailey Stock Co in The Bondman, plus vaudeville acts at Orpheum Grand and a new Mrs. Stowe adaptation by Fd Barber at Coliseum. Uncle Tom opens tomorrow. Empress headlines Monday with Chaplin in The Souse and a showcase bill including the Guy Brothers, Eildon and Clifton, Josie Barrowe, Tokio Kiste, and Pilly Chase.
The Regina Prager Operetta company from New York’s Yiddish theatre opens at the Moore theatre with The Oath by the Sefer Torah a four act operatic drama. The run excludes Monday due to a Jewish holiday with shows listed for Tuesday Be a Man and Wednesday Hadassah.
Joe Weber presents George W Hobart s English version of Alma Where Do You Live at the Metropolitan tomorrow night and all week except Monday with matinees Wednesday and Saturday. The French original was very droll and the English rewrite is aimed at domestic wholesome drawing room appeal with Charlies A Murphy Nannette Flack and Aubrey Yates in principal parts.
Miss Argiewicz will be the soloist at the final symphony concert of the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra next Monday night at the Metropolitan. She has a thorough knowledge of modern violin works with orchestral accompaniment and has appeared with leading European symphony orchestras.
The Coliseum announces the Oliver D Bailey company's engagement begins the second week with a sumptuous and stupendous production of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The Bailey company will present the entire cast at the Coliseum in this engagement.
Blanche Walsh, noted actress, headlines the Orpheum engagement featuring Arthur Hopkins' playlet The Thunder Gods. The bill includes the Van Dyke Trio miniature musical comedy with Gertrude Van Dyke, Ray Fern and Max Vincent, plus a Harry L. Webb blackface monologue and Sue Smith singing sketches.
An English comedy titled A Night in an English Music Hall is returning with a cast of 15, promising a revival of the popular stage piece. The production builds on the original humor and stage energy.
The Soul Kiss returns as the feature at the Pantages Theatre with a five scene musical comedy production and a 20 member company. The act is billed as a major musical feature by manager Pantages, also presenting Murray Bennet as character delineator Brooke and Harris as song and patter artists Figaro as a comedy juggler and Corpoe Aros as acrobats.
John P. Draper, 69, longtime Foss resident, died yesterday at home. Survived by four wives and two brothers. Funeral services set for 2 PM tomorrow at Foote Church.
In a Richmond Michigan note dated March 30 a farmer Albert Petting, angered at his wife, takes a thousand dollars from the bank, burns it, and then kills himself. The fragment hints at rivalries involving Napoleon and a would be king, with a tragic end and sharp remarks on war and ambition.
Japan may bridge the Bhimonoscki strait at a cost of 10 million dollars. In New Jersey on March 1 George Hanners left a $5,000 annual post to take a local pastorate offering $500 per year.
An introduced ordinance on chickens and dogs lacks specifics while chicken raiders swarm City Hall. Council President Hesketh says dog license increases will hit one dollar to two fifty for males and two fifty to five dollars for females, signaling tougher enforcement.
Olympia March 30 Clyde Paton and Guy Neeley both 19 will leave April 1 with a letter from Gov Hay of Washington to Gov Dix of New York for a cross country walk to Albany New York They plan the journey as a personal goodwill mission. A second item reports an injunction against J E Benham restraining him from soliciting for one year for another laundry company in his district The Superior Laundry holds the 275 customer route and was awarded 160 damages by Judge Main.
A reader named Mrs Moggler sent a personal item to the Daily Clarion claiming bed confinement due to a troublesome motor. The paper corrected the word to motor, noting the humorous misprint.
London reports the king's proctor rescinded the divorces of Herbert Owen and Arthur Michael when he learned they had exchanged wives after obtaining decrees. Also notes over 330000 tobacco plantations in Russia and Gov Hunt's prison night in Phoenix as a civic exercise.
Advice to avoid hopping between remedies and to select a single cough medicine after consulting a physician. Promotes asking about Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for throat and lung troubles and sticking with the chosen remedy.
Dr Wiley argues in the Star on Monday that a single daily meal can meet daily nutritional needs. He cites digestion, energy use, and long term health implications to support moderation and balanced portions.
A violent clash on a dock escalated until Motorcycle Patrolman Hawkinegon arrived from headquarters after a call from Watchman Wm. Kidd of Heffernan Dry Dock Co. He found two combatants, Wm. Nelson and Frank Phinnie, with one drawing a revolver. A third man, in night attire, attempted to escape by roof but fell into the bay and was rescued. The trio then fled as the fight ended.
Formal charges were filed yesterday by Prosecuting Attorney Murphy against Maynard L. Guion Paul Redsidb Kaldo Brewster Emil Burnvick and Garnet L. Snyder election officials of precinct 219 in the First ward accused of ballot stuffing. Four of the men are under arrest.
Prices for pressed chickens 200 lb pork sausage 2 lb 26 cents lard 2 lb 25 cents veal 10 cents lb pickled pork 12 1 2 cents lb salt pork 17 1 2 cents lb frank hams 12 1 2 cents lb eastern hams 9 8 cents lb bacon 19 to 20 cents lb lamb chops 2 lb 26 cents bacon end 9 cents lb hamburger steak 9 1 2 cents lb cottage hams 16 4 cents lb boiled ham 20 cents lb dried beef 40 cents lb spare ribs 12 1 2 cents lb steak 12 1 2 cents lb.
A dated price listing features salt pork, hams, bacon, roasts, veal and lamb cuts, lamb chops, butter, suet, prunes, bread, scones, cakes, jelly, sardines, bacon, pineapple preserves and more. It notes quantities such as 460 pounds butter and 100 jars sardines, with sale terms like with a $1.00 grocery purchase and two for 26 cents.
A garbled exchange questions fairness of baseball salaries versus a preacher's earnings. The speaker contrasts players earning large sums with a brother named Black Rock who preaches many sermons, then muses about quitting preaching for other work.
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a cure for dandruff and hair loss. It promises rapid relief from itching and brittle hair, claiming ten minutes to remove dandruff and stop shedding. It emphasizes lustrous hair that grows heavy and full after use.
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