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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
3
Francisco May and Mwar announce that 18 year old Saxe vanished from her home yesterday. He fears foul play as a $2,000 valued ring remains missing and suspects attack or robbery. Mrs Saxe left downtown at noon and has not been seen since, prompting concern from her fiancé and witnesses.
A missive from an apparent Mrs Agnes Hollywood expresses admiration for The Squaw Man at a Seattle theatre and praises the acting and pricing. Bailey & Mitchell respond with gratitude and announce a $50 gift at the box office for charity, noting further matinees and upcoming performances as Standing Room Only signs emerge.
Seattle business men plan a surprise Pot latch week celebration. They will be among the headliners and will outline preliminary plans at a banquet at the Arctic club Sunday night at 7 30. Committees will be named and several esteemed guests invited to the event.
Coast arrangements for a steamship line between New York and San Francisco via the Panama canal were announced in San Francisco. J Ryparda Wierdama, managing director of the Holland American line, said ships would be toll exempt if a proposed coastal toll abolition becomes law.
Police circles learned that Lin Toy a half caste Chinese girl who committed suicide in Vancouver was not Esther Mitchell but Violet Newell a mixed Italian Chinese woman. She used aliases Esther Campbell Mia Chin Sing and was known in Chinese quarters and coast city lodgings. Her Masonic ties painted her as a Queen of the Oriental underworld.
An official call for a general election in Mexico on Oct 26 has been promulgated in Sonora. General Felix Diaz, nephew of former president Porfirio Diaz, is the only presidential candidate announced. Supporters of the Sonora rebel government will move the call, according to information today by constitutionalist officers at Agua Prieta, opposite Douglas.
The New York suffrage pageant at the Metropolitan Opera House drew protest over costumes. Organizers chose Roman senators outfits over tunics with legs bare, sparking outraged reactions from some attendees while others approved the show’s message.
An advertisement touts Resinol Ointment as a fast-acting remedy for itching and skin eruptions. It claims long-standing effectiveness, availability in opal jars, and optional free samples by writing to Resinol Dept. 18.8 in Baltimore Maryland.
A dated, fragmentary listings page shows multiple cinemas and their programs through Friday to Sunday. Titles include The Wise Old Elephant and A Snap shot at Jose. The Price of Gold and Redella Becomes a Lady at Yesler. WilLo'-the-Wisp and That Ragtime Hand at Home. In the Claws of the Leopard and His Heroine at Odeon. The Midnight Ball and Buried Treasure at Dream. The Black Chancellor and The Jack Smallpox Scare at Alhambra. A Southern Cinderella and The Divided House at Circuit. Our Feathered Friends and Belle Boyd a Confederate Spy at Clemmer. The Darktown Hello and The Girl Detective's Ruse at Melbourne. The Deer Slayer and A Welded Friendship at Class A.
Advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a 25 cent remedy for falling hair and dandruff. It claims the product cleanses a neglected scalp, stops itching, and makes hair grow back with added shine and fullness after several weeks.
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