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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
12
An old home remedy explains how to darken gray hair at home using Bay rum glycerine water and Barbo Compound. Dissolve Barbo in water add rum and glycerine to create a solution applied periodically to darken hair while keeping scalp soft and dandruff-free.
Advertising copy urges readers to visit DR. LR. CLARK D D S manager at 05 Third Ave N W corner Union St to receive a free examination and estimate. It claims gold crowns for $4.00 and sets of teeth at low prices, promising high quality work with reinforced 22k 30-gauge materials and lower costs than competitors.
Jane Cowl made a striking entrance before about 600 blind attendees as her performance of Within the Law began. The audience’s immediate applause surprised the star and highlighted how the absence of sight did not hinder their grasp of comedy and tension.
Bankrupt cads dominate chaperone trade with outsized prices. Aristocrats offer society invitations for Ascot and Cowes events at reduced rates, while rivals undercut with lower fares for tickets and receptions. Officials warn of royal enclosure penalties amid ongoing trade.
In San Francisco on May 16 John Whelin killed himself after a trivial telephone talk with his fiancée Miss Mary Boney. He believed she was talking to a rival and cried that he would marry no one else before shooting himself.
Western Union Telegraph Co in Washington employs men ages 45 to 70 as messengers. More than 20 men wear the messenger uniform and caps, earning the same wages as boys. The shortage of boys plus a 16 year age limit drives the substitution.
Mrs. Peter Berger, blind for 32 years after cataract surgery, is regaining sight in Syracuse. She can distinguish person forms against light and see electric street lamps and home lights. Doctors expect full vision soon. She is mother to 11 children and has seen only one, her eldest son, who died 12 years ago.
Eugene May 16 Dress reforms are urged at university social functions after a Pan Hellenic rule. Freshmen girls living in sororities must wear simple gowns devoid of finery at dances and parties in the future.
Miss Frances Beoville a Kansas City beauty will wed Walter Mumm of a champagne firm on June 3 at St George's Hanover Square London. She has been visiting sister Mrs Louise Treadwell in England.
New York May 16 The Ragged Edge Klub debuts the banana slide in a tango contest led by Misa Stella Johnson and Albert English of San Francisco. Dancers wear tight yellow skirts and white stockings, lifting the yellow layer to show a banana peep when they rise on their toes.
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