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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1914
Page
10
Children from Mother Ryther’s home will attend a matinee at Marcus Loew’s Empire theatre on Saturday as guests of manager Bronson. He says he has no position in the Ryther health department dispute and simply wants to give the youngsters a rare treat.
An Amsterdam dispatch cites Prof Hesserer noting typhus appears in German trenches north of Soissons while Venice reports cholera spreading in Hungary. Government actions aim to hinder epidemic growth and protect troops amid mounting fears.
Police in several cities search for Stanley S Cooper a prosperous creamery man from Prineville Oregon missing for days. He was to meet State Senator from Port Townsend October in Seattle but failed to keep the appointment. He had been ill and may be demented. He has a wife and family.
A five part comedy features Tom Wine at the Grand with a plot in Washington about a Mississippi senator, fat jovial Bill Langdon, and a trust driven scheme. The story follows his stand against manipulation, risking finances and family honor, until he defeats the schemers.
Grace Cunard, born in Paris to a noble French line, rose from child roles in Dora Thorne to stage work with Eddie Foy, then Biograph, and now Universal. She stars opposite director Francis Ford, co-writing many scenarios, with recent work in the Lucille Love series and a distinctive brown hair and gray blue eyes.
Myrtle Point Oregon reports the grave marker for F H Waite an eccentric lifelong bachelor who died at an advanced age the monument depicting a heroic bachelor across the River Jordan with three old maids beckoning. Waite's will specified the inscription. In Paterson New Jersey Frederick Heyden silk manufacturer chased a thief who entered his home recovering a $75 gold watch and a diamond Masonic charm.
Long Beach report details RH. E. Norton city treasurer and BK. O. Miller of the First National Bank suffering sore fingers after counting about $204,150 in gold in three hours at the bank vaults. The coins were payment for water bonds brought to the city.
Margie recounts a travel morning with Dick after a night of drinking and a lost suitcase. She faces disappointment, a messy cake mishap, and a plan to salvage the day with dinner and a theatre visit.
Parents urged to replace calomel and castor oil with California Syrup of Figs for cleansing stomach, liver, and bowels. The ad promises a pleasant taste, universal use for babies to adults, and cautions buyers to choose the California Fig Syrup Company product to avoid counterfeits.
A fragment shows a speaker promising continued action and warning Dick and others that future events will bring ample notice. The text hints at a jinx and uncertain outcomes to come in the serialized piece.
Berlin reports four day railway suspension to permit 90,000 fresh troops moving to the front. In other news at the Class A theatre Lillian Walker stars in A Close Call as Red Mills, an outlaw who abducts a girl and hides gold, only to be thwarted by a brave mother.
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