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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
5
Letters reveal romantic entanglements across youth and duty with advice urging honesty breaking engagements, cautioning against deceit, and stressing home stability and moral reflection in the face of love, marriage, and temptation.
A recipe by Mrs. Janet McKenzie Hill proclaims a famous chicken pot pie as all families will enjoy. The piece counters a stereotype about who can cook and presents the dish as a beloved editor’s favorite.
Mrs. Oscar Purdin and her 2 year old baby are recovering from dog bites in Kennewick. The bulldog jumped a fence and dragged Mrs. Purdin, who rushed inside with the baby. A neighbor killed the dog.
A Seattle fete at the Moore theatre features 200 pupils of Prof Milton Douglas. Dorothy Hendricks, six, aims to break the world record with taps per minute in clog dancing. Effie Kyle, eight, is billed as a champion soft shoe dancer. Prof Douglas and Prof Colburn perform a soft and hard shoe duet, with Baby Seecamp joining toe dancing in Adeline Genvee style.
The midweek program at the Grand opera house opened Wednesday with an unusually strong mix of vaudeville and motion pictures. Lead.
Miss Freda West known as the American Venus presents a novel electric pageant to appreciative spectators. Kathryn Moore and her Dancing Brownies perform well. Ed Hill cartoonist entertains with rapid sketches. The photo pictures receive special praise.
Pearl Smith, 11, disappeared from her sister Mrs. Elmer Pone on Harrison Street after Friday night rest. A grip with clothing, $32, and a gold chain were missing. Authorities report no motive or discord at home, leaving family distressed and seeking information.
Captain of Detectives Tennant plans a report to Chief Ban nick after J. P. Gardener a 70 year old veteran was charged 3.90 for a shave and facial massage at a Fulton hotel barber shop. A refund was secured only after Tennant intervened, highlighting the need to jail barber frauds.
reports identify the self-inflicted death as Mrs. Florence Gebhardt, divorced wife of Prof. George Gebhardt of the Armour Institute, Chicago. In New York Mrs. Dace Melbourne Charlot, aged 22, seeks separation from Alphonse C. Charlot, head of Charlot mines and smelter. In Chicago another woman, Eleanor Ostrander, claims to have been to wed Homer E Morrison, already dead with multiple widows. In Berkeley, Professor C E Rugh criticizes modern student dress for resembling street-walkers.
The board of regents confirmed 21 new faculty appointments at the University of Washington. Twelve current faculty members were promoted. Enrollment rose to twenty eight hundred twenty five students this term, up two hundred from last year.
Among 1274 students in actual attendance, 50 percent were found to be partially or wholly self supporting.
Twenty seven of twenty eight junior bankers passed the final certificate exams held Wednesday at the YMCA. The certificates are valued by banks for promotion readiness. G B Maine, a note teller at Dexter Horton, achieved the top score.
Mayor Cotterill appoints Rabbi Samuel Koch to fill the Iripary board vacancy. The appointment takes effect on Monday, filling the leadership gap anticipated since the vacancy arose.
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