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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1913
Page
3
Juan Contrea, jailed for sixty days after stealing a rubber doll for his year old child, was later released following a court appearance when his wife and five children appealed to the judge. A crowd gathered as a purse was raised to support the needy family while Contrea sought steady work.
Paris reports a fashion craze featuring porcelain heels with silk and Sevres accents. The eye catching footwear pairs with string pearl necklaces, reflecting a bold, ornamental trend.
A feature program at the Moore theatre will run for three weeks showcasing talking pictures with performers speaking behind the screen and other novelty photo plays.
Ellers Music House sold over ten thousand dollars in pianos organs and band instruments at 35 to 75 cents on the dollar in a single day with a resumed sale planned for tomorrow. Hundreds queued before opening as dealers offered Grand pianos uprights and player pianos at deep discounts to clear stock and remodel the building.
Esther Mitchell, once known as the Holy Roller girl linked to Seattle murders in 1905, is identified as Lin Toy the queen of Vancouver's Chinese Masons. She moved to Seattle with Franz Crefield, killed her brother George, faced trial for insanity, and later escaped isolation. She resurfaced in Vancouver Chinatown, ruling the quarter and seeking a Chinese Italian heritage explanation for her pallor. She died by suicide after a tuberculosis battle, with authorities noting no return to asylum.
The cruiser South Dakota sailed for San Francisco after sailors on board voted to choose shore leave in that city. The crew, returning from foreign service, exercised navy custom and selected San Francisco, and the cruiser immediately steamed toward that port.
Congressman Britten of Illinois introduced a resolution in the House urging the departments of state and justice to cooperate to test California's alien land law in court. He asked the judiciary committee to report the measure.
At Society Until Friday a Whee Old Elephant headline shows two reels Checkmates A Snap shot The River Clyde At Yesler Unell Friday The Moonshiner s Last Stand two reels The Price of Gold Hedela Becomes a Lady At Home Until Friday Willo the Wrap That Ragtime Band At Odeon Until Friday In the Claws of the Leopard two reels His Heroine The Two Widows
Miss Inez Clare and Laura Hufft elope to Granite City after two years of friendship, prompting Clare to react angrily at her father Thomas J. Clare a retired furniture salesman aged 59. The pair wed amid family discord as Clare laments the age gap and the loss of her former friend.
The record lists average prices paid by local merchants to producers and by retailers to merchants for farm products. It includes fruits, vegetables, livestock, pork, poultry, and grain with notes on variability and first grade standards. Names of items and price figures are interwoven with measurement units and regional references.
An early 1900s style health ad extols Cascarets as a cleansing remedy for the stomach liver and bowels. It claims the product cleanses overnight and promotes regularity for adults and children with a 10 cent box available from druggists.
In Porterville California on May 6 a swarm of bees attacked two hundred pullets owned by W F Weems of the Plano district and stung them to death. The bees are brought to the district each year for the orange blossom season and then moved on, later swarming over an automobile party and coating the car and tonneau with bees.
London header reports musical comedy actress Miss May Etheridge will marry Lord Edward Fitzgerald and leave the stage after the wedding. The announcement confirms her departure from performing as she joins the peerage.
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