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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1911
Page
2
A late 19th to early 20th century style advertorial claims Pope’s Diapepsia cures indigestion in five minutes. It markets a 50 cent case promising swift relief from sour stomach belching, gas, nausea and headaches, and asserts effectiveness for most stomach disorders with no further details on evidence.
A family photo marks 22 years in King County. Grandmother Margaret Wilson, 82, moved to Seattle in 1889 from Hood's canal ranch era. Her daughter Rose Butler, 44, lives in Algona. granddaughter Margaret Turner, 20, resides with her mother. youngest Charles Turner, 4 months. Family traces to Zanesville.
A 106000 gallon steel water tank designed by Eastwood is set to replace the current wooden tank at the university. Bids will be called immediately. The plan aims to improve Seattle infrastructure and meet growing demand.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed a Waters and Thayer streets store owned by Dave Bailey in Rainier Beach. The blaze damaged wiring supplying Merit and caused a total blackout. the loss is estimated at 1500 dollars with partial insurance coverage.
General belief holds M. 8. Good, endorsed by the Central Labor Council, will fill the vacancy left by James Bradford’s promotion to corporation counsel. He will announce his selection tomorrow. Plans for a Native Daughters auxiliary to the Native Sons were discussed at Evergreen Hall that night.
The piece notes Burnett excusing Lite Lord Fauntleroy fans who keep their pets’ hair bobbed and questions Mrs. Burnett’s role in writing the Little Lord Fauntleroy book. It mentions the royalties she earned, reportedly around 200,600 in two years, and compares her success to male writers.
A brief exchange shows Gerald accusing someone of taking a bill from them today while Geraldine responds that payment will still be required. The dialogue hints at a petty dispute over owed money.
A collage of brief items reports quirky remarks about a lawyer named Necessity, a centenarian Abraham Kalinsky claiming to have witnessed Waterloo and Moscow, and politicians pushing campaign hate. Chicago offers a mean man candidate, a coal seller, infant mortality proposals, and a hospital joke. A death notice for Nelson Lewis notes funeral rites at the Masonic temple with Scottish Rite involvement.
W. J. Cummins, formerly a trustee of the Carnegie Trust Company, was sentenced in New York on November 24. He was convicted of stealing $149,000 from the trust, with a term set between four years and months and not more than years and months.
Theatres present Moore The Caledonians with The Bonnie Brier Bush at Moore. Metropolitan shows The Country Boy. Seattie offers Checkers. Loie presents At the Mercy of Tiberius. Vaudeville acts at Orpheum Empress Pantages Grand with motion pictures mixed in.
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