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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1910
Page
6
A historical critique recounts fortune tellers as conduits for scams selling love powders and insurance scams. It notes price gouging, manipulation of relationships, and even murders tied to fortune telling, while describing how police exploit the trade to extract bribes rather than shut it down.
The speaker describes a world where fortune tellers lure vulnerable women into financial schemes and love-based manipulation. Fraudsters trade on trust to seize money, with probes of poison, insurance payouts, and directions to quit a life of crime. The text notes how newspapers profit from ads while readers grow wary.
Gen. Charles Morgan, retired after 49 years in the U S Army, warns the Pacific coast is far more vulnerable than the Atlantic coast. He says a hostile force could land and wreak havoc, while stopping at the Washington Annex en route to Panama.
John Beatty died in Latrobe Pennsylvania today in the same room where he was born eighty four years ago. He was a grandson of Benjamin Beatty who crossed the Delaware with George Washington to take part in the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War. The Beatty family had lived on the local farm for over a century.
Three petitions circulated by Washington Art association officers seek bonds to acquire the Providence hospital site on Fifth and Madison for museum use. One petition asks a $500,000 bond for purchase, another seeks condemnation of the property, and a third requests a long term lease.
A song based on Miles Standish and Priscilla will be staged at the Alb ambra theatre on November 21 and 22. The performance features Christchurch members with music by Surette and a burlesque by Cooydge. Ryan leads the local cast with Mine Elica as stage director and Mie Frances Hrinson as dancing director.
An advertisement touts Poslam emphasizing rapid results for pimples rashes eczema and itching. It offers a free mail sample from Emergency Laboratories and trial packs priced at 50 cents with $2 shipping, promoted by endorsements and drugstore availability including Quaker Drug Co. and Owl Drug Co.
Boyd P. Doty, head of the Anti Saloon League of Washington, says the recent suffrage and prohibition victories will fuel campaigns for county and statewide prohibition. The Washington congressional delegation backs the Miller Curty shipment bill to bar liquor imports into dry areas from other states.
Reports from Japanese newspapers in Victoria say friction in Manchuria is growing grave. Thirteen Japanese refused to leave Tadu outside treaty limits were arrested and mistreated by the Chinese governor, with further harsh actions by Chinese officials against Japanese residents.
Train delay and a derailed sleeper blocked the arrival of Virginia Harned and the balance of the play The Man She Married which was to open at the Moore theater last night.
Mrs. L Mooney of 108 Warren av was robbed by a youth snatcher on Firet av near Broad st last night. the thief escaped. Carl Reed announced that all opening per formance tickets can be exchanged tonight or refunded.
Price concessions apply to hats from ten dollars up to one hundred dollars. Hats priced at twelve fifty fifteen twenty thirty fifty and up to one hundred dollars are reduced. The sale runs until Saturday night at 10 o'clock.
Key items include Outing Flannel Night Robes at 91.00, Outing Flannel Pajamas in fine patterns, Men’s Buckskin Underwear and heavy wool shirts at 1.50, plus kitchen and dainty aprons in mull or lawn with lace edge and ribbon bows, all advertised as value buys and popular choices.
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