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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1913
Page
3
A long polemic argues for recall of judges and broader political reform. It cites ancient codes and union history to claim special privilege corrupts courts, and urges voter-led impeachment as a remedy to judicial tyranny in King County.
An usher located a sleeping baby near the front of the Colonial theatre on Saturday evening. Manager Hamrick and staff took cautious steps until the mother arrived at closing time, admitting she had forgotten the child. A brief motion picture list follows, noting releases and showings through the week.
An old tale explains Mother Goose as Mary Goose a Boston woman who crooned rhymes for her grandchildren. Her son in law Thomas Fleet published them as Mother Goose Melodies and she gained fame. The piece notes her grave in a historic Boston cemetery and a sketched image of her riding a broom.
Dr Hofman, former consul to South Africa, argues cannibals prefer not to eat white meat due to taste, not fear or magic. He notes four scientists in New Guinea deaths and notes natives’ dislike of the flavor from salted dishes and spices.
A pitch-style ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast cure for sour stomach gas indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims five minute relief, harmless candy tasting doses, and digestion of eaten food, promising renewed appetite and avoidance of laxatives.
The Technicolor style review praises Quo Vadis shown at the Metropolitan cinema. It highlights Nero’s cruelty and the Christian martyrs, noting the film’s 2.5 hour length in three acts with intermissions. The piece calls the moving pictures a great and instructive spectacle and urges audiences to view the production.
In Seattle Florence Roberts earns her first dramatic success as Sapho in a photodramatization of Daudet's tale. Misa Roberts headlines the production shown at the Moore this week with daily matinees. Elaborate staging and six reels accompany special incidental music.
Special services at the YMCA commemorated Sir George Williams founder of the association. About 500 young men attended across multiple rooms. Williams, a draper's clerk aged 22, organized weekly prayers and grew the group into a nationwide network later knighted by the queen.
In New York on October 13 the Episcopal Church convention discussed a canonical amendment viewed by many as creating an American pope. High church supporters back it while low church factions oppose the display and formality. Committees to report resolutions within days on health certificates for marriages and changes to divorce canons.
Portland police search Lloyd H. Wilkins 29 a locomotive engineer in connection with the lay ing of Lou Winters a mason found unconscious with a fractured skull Parts of evidence include three sandy hairs adhering to a felt mask matching Wilkins hair Wilkins formerly lodged at the Winters home Long Beach California report adds grave ashes scat tered at sea in line with last wishes with a Dreamland dance ad to end the item
A brief remark notes that a woman is no funnier than she appears in her current costume style.
Senator W L Jones seeks re election on a Lorimerism defense after returning from Washington D C Chairman Slater of the state progressive committee issues a sharp public letter accusing Jones of championing Lorimerism and Special Privilege and failing to disclose his role on the Lorimer investigating committee The note warns that Jones campaign will be the last stand of the Republican party in the state Prince Joseph Chimay dies of pneumonia in Brussels today
Advertising copy touts Ely's Cream Balm as a fast remedy for clogged nostrils and catarrh. A small bottle is claimed to open air passages instantly, relieve headache, and cure catarrh or head cold by morning, with soothing, fragrant menthol-like but harmful in reality.
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