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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1913
Page
5
Thousands line Fifth Ave and Lenox Street as Al G Barnes Big Wild Animal Circus wagons roll from the railroad to the lot, signaling the start of a big spectacle this Sunday.
Portland adopts a new charter converting to a commission form after a Saturday vote. The change nullifies petitions of candidates from the old system and prompts immediate plans for mayor and four commissioner races. Several mayoral candidates, initially nominated under direct primary, pledge to run in the new system.
Sacramento leaders say only a grave eventuality or a people driven referendum can stop the amended Webb land bill from becoming law. The measure, awaiting Gov Johnson's signature by May 13, bars land ownership by aliens who cannot naturalize while allowing three year leases, with future court action to settle legality.
Ketchikan Alaska May 5 Alaska nearly isolated as Marcon Wireless Co operators strike. Land station workers are union men refusing messages to nonunion mariners. Passengers protest Seattle based operators as inadequate. Steamship Yukon and Curacon crews say union engineers lack power and will quit upon reaching Seattle.
A reader warns of dance culture harms from social dances and dance halls. The letter argues dancing tempts women and corrupts morals, citing consequences like broken homes and danger to virtue, urging caution and abstention.
In Fort Smith Arkansas on May 3, Bertha Capps, 15, daughter of Marion Capps the condemned ex minister and miner, repudiates testimony that said he set fire to their home and killed three children. A new trial is to be sought as she now admits her earlier statements were untrue.
William Conrad, 50, was convicted of stealing wire from the telephone company after a juror initially held out for acquittal. Following an all night session and a retrial in Judge Ronald's court, Conrad received a two to 15 year penitentiary sentence.
The Strand Prosser advertising agency has relocated from the Northern Bank building to larger quarters in the Alaska building. The firm handles several accounts that have become national in scope and reports a very encouraging business outlook. Partners Fr W Strang and W T Prosser are veteran advertising men.
Vancouver Washington May 5. Students at Vancouver high school start a fund to buy a moving picture machine for use in the close rooms. The device will aid instruction across various subjects and will be showcased with a school play in the auditorium.
A collection of letters to Miss Grey includes a grieving young woman in a city who found out her lover will marry another. The reply urges virtue, suggests helping others for relief, and promises further correspondence if she preserves her virtue. Subsequent notes discuss photos while engaged, cousin terminology, marriage without wealth, and basic politics queries.
A note explains many letters lack names or addresses and advises a stamped self addressed envelope for a prompt reply. Signed Cynthia Grey.
The letter from a reader asks Miss Grey for a dandelion wine recipe but the reply provides a dandelion root beer formula. The note lists tincture of ginger, wintergreen, and a fluid extract as ingredients, indicating a misdirected or partial recipe discussion.
Wash Goods and White Goods advertised with prices 25c for Persian lawn 121-2¢ and 35c for sheer white goods. The Persian lawn is crisp transparent fine combed yarn suitable for children’s wear. 132 inch width. Also 27 inch wide sheer woven lawns with embroidered figures noted for dresses.
The handsome prince arrives at the dwarf house and wins the glass coffin for Snow White. A jolt releases the apple, waking the princess who agrees to marry the prince and live at his castle. The wicked queen dies after failing to destroy Snow White, and the couple rule the land after the king's death.
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