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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1915
Page
5
An advertisement touts Dila rit Sufferers Pyramid Pile Remedy for itching bleeding and protruding hemorrhoids with private home use. It promises quick relief and a coupon sample with a booklet and boxed unit mailed from druggists.
Beattie operates a dental department at 713 First Ave and an optical department at 705 First Ave Washington Block. The firm invites customers to visit evenings until 715 ve lvet and Sunday until 4 for workers.
King County commissioners deny salary hikes for the sheriff's office while approving seven additional deputies for Assessor Thatcher to pursue delinquent personal taxes. Deputies will cost three thousand dollars for four months before dismissal. Sheriff Hodge protests, vowing to publish letters exposing officials, starting with a public note questioning stockade payrolls and past practices.
The Wisconsin Goldenrod will meet with Mrs L B Collier at 4421 Eastern Ave on Wednesday at 2 p m. All Wisconsin ladies are invited to attend.
Mayor W H C Gill addressed a Seattle Moving Picture Operators smoker claiming cinema reshapes government. He argued films promote liquor reform and may lead to national prohibition and women’s suffrage, noting screens in the land show the bad side of alcohol.
A letters column runs Q and A on breaking mirrors and luck, Crowley population, naturalization, and marriage. Readers ask about citizenship papers, the value of free information, and how to handle love and duty with a soldier lover. The editor weighs in on tempering vice, union ideas, and personal responsibility.
Maxine Evans, key state witness in the Crane case involving alleged tenderloin activities, disappeared prompting the trial’s postponement. Bail set at 1000 dollars. authorities seek her location as Judge Albertson reschedules. Crane remains under sentence pending Supreme Court appeal.
Dr. M. A. Matthews of the First Presbyterian church spoke at the Beattle Ministers' Federation second midday Holy Week service in the Liberty theatre. His topic was Groupe at the Cross and Why They Were There. Theo Karl Johnston sang solo with the Presbyterian choir and sacred music filled the program. The theatre was crowded.
Police were led by two prisoners to a well equipped Chinese opium den at 707% King street after a raid Monday night. Officers gained entry with keys supplied by the jailed men. Four Chinese men were arrested at the scene.
In Bycamore Kansas the burlesque tale A Perfect Lady stars Rose Stahl as Lucille Le Jambon, a former burlesque queen whose presence stirs town reformers. Her sister’s convent life and a minister’s romance drive four lively acts with humor and heart.
Marie Russell headlines with A Study in Brown and white arms on display plus Vic Gauntiett making a debut in vaudeville with a drawing and talking routine. The Honey Girls Ray Snow Arno Stickney Warren Francia Cathy Tom Kelly Reed Brothers and Gertrude Van Dyke appear with acts, while Beeman and Anderson close with a novelty roller skating routine.
Sheriff Hodge fails to secure broad raises as county commissioners grant only two of eleven proposed increases. D. W. Morgan and H. A. Nets receive $25 monthly boosts for roles as bookkeeper and guard at the county stockade.
Congressman Humphrey spoke at the Rotary club luncheon in the Washington Annex Monday on maintaining peace. He urged a bigger navy and cited China as an example, arguing disarmament leads to vulnerability to other nations.
Fashion notes showcase dresses in taffeta faille and crepe de chine with meteor crepe. Skirts feature corded yokes and plaited designs in wide flaring shapes. Waists offer varied collars and cuffs with high and low necks and Eton effects at $16.50.
Special Remnant Day offers on slightly soiled muslin gowns skirts and dresses for infants and children. Gowns sized 2 to 12 years with or without yokes priced 25 to 75 cents. Skirts infant size to 14 years at 25 cents. Dresses for infants up to 3 years with lace and embroidery trim priced 50 cents to 1.50.
Up to four dollar rain or shine silk umbrellas offered in a splendid assortment of colors including black navy national taupe hunter's green Emerald maroon gray purple brown and red. The frames feature a fine rib construction with patent runners and detachable handles. Handles are long and graceful made of black ebony with heavy silk cord. An excellent value at 2.95 on the first floor.
Small lot of Button Boots in patent and dull leathers with cloth quarters in gray or black priced at $2.95. Broken lines of Pumps in patent and dull leathers with broken sizes 82, 90 5 on second floor.
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