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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1911

Page

8

The Strongest Link headlining at the Empress this week

A dramatic playlet titled The Strong est Link leads the Empress program with Charles First and Florence Hadley praised for fine acting. Kennedy and Hollis deliver a lively comedy set with songs and banter, while Howard and Lawrence offer The Stage Manager sketch and Grace Armond places a strong third in the program.

the Empress Charles First Florence Hadley Kennedy Hollis Howard Lawrence Grace Armond

Tivoli quartet shines at Pantages bill in city show

The Tivoli quartet headlines at the Pantages and offers strong vocal numbers. A clever Fagan skit with songs and jokes delights the audience. The finale, Happy and his male Dynamite, proves the funniest act. The six-act bill played to large crowds yesterday.

Tivoli Quartette Fagan

Circuit-Drama and Theatre Titles Mix Genre Spotlight

The listing catalogs plays and genres including Comedy titles Trailing the Counterfeiter and Josh's Suicide, drama pieces The Idle Beast and The Deacon's Reward, scenic Ajaccio Birth Place of Napoleon, and Indian drama For the Flag. The Artist's Son and Jimmie's Midnight Flight are noted among diverse theater offerings.

Josh Ajaccio Napoleon Jimmie

When He Dies Soon What Then Emperor Franz Joseph Photo

A fragmentary note envisions the death of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria Hungary. It references his aging frame and the looming end while hinting at Hungarian discontent and European jealousy in a period of fragile power balance.

Franz Joseph Auvethat Hungary

Amanda Howell Suffered Fall Leads to Amputation

A 16 year old girl in New Jersey fell from a cliff and lay immobilized for six days. Medical treatment required both feet to be amputated following the incident in the woods.

Curling N. J Amanda Howell

Maywood Officials Weigh Egg Belonging Case Inquir y

In Maywood a village board marshal and jailer convene to decide who owns an egg found by a stranger and turned to authorities. Cincinnati jury deliberates on champagne questions with six plots of American product and six of French wine in a related case.

Chicago Maywood Allon Corncil Cincinnati

Newton women protest at YMCA pool incident

Newton women club members protested against men using the Y M C A pool while robed only in birthday attire. Those spoken to said they did not understand how the protest was learned. the demonstration was abandoned.

Newton, Maes Newton

Truck Driver Dies of Heart Trouble in City Traffic

In Topeka Kansas a loaded truck continued four blocks after its driver A Harold collapsed dead from heart trouble at the wheel. Police stopped the vehicle as bystanders watched the motionless driver.

Topeka Kas A. Harold

Western Washington Delegates to Good Roads Meet

The Western Washington delegation to the Washington Good Roads convention in Wenatchee October 1921 will leave Seattle Thursday morning. In other news, an engaged woman asks about domestic science and a friend explains hash and croquettes. H B Kennedy, administrator of his wife's estate, was instructed to remain to wind up affairs, with Kennedy and his three children as heirs.

Chamber of Commerce Western Washington Wenatchee Seattle Loulhwike Courier-Journal H. B. Kennedy Judee Frater Kennedy Thomas Fortune Ryan Sam Pilos T. Fortune

Four Steamships Planned for Panama Canal Traffic

The American Hawaiian Steamship Co. will add four large steamships to the San Francisco to Seattle route in anticipation of rising traffic after the Panama Canal opens. The new ships will cost about 200,000 each.

American Hawaiian Steamship Co Panama Canal San Francisco Seattle

Public Service Commission weighs 90 day delay on lighting rate rise

The Northwest Olympia reports the PSC asked the attorney general if it could delay by 90 days a proposed lighting-rate increase in Bellingham. Justice Morrison is asked to resolve a knotty Vancouver suit where heirs pursue posthumous claims over a promissory note. Old Jack the horse survived a Fraser River plunge after a sling broke during transfer.

Olympia Public Service Commission Bellingham Vancouver Justice Morrison G Lawsult Hakka Ram Hami Joshi Old Jack Burns, Jordan & Waleh Fraser River

Accused Craps Player Forfeits Bail in Tacoma Court

Denver Ed Martin facing charges for shooting craps in Tacoma forfeited his $60 bail after a police court appearance. The inmate had previously held Jack Johnson in check for 20 rounds in 1908.

Tacoma Denver Ed Martin Jack Johnson

Cowboy dressed man eats soup refuses payment in Chehalis

Ray Anderson, dressed in a cowboy outfit with props, reportedly consumed 20 cents worth of soup at a Chehalis restaurant and refused to pay, drawing a $60 fine.

Chehalis Ray Anderson

Coyote Hunts Planned Near Chehalis

Frank Mansning, timber cruiser, plans hunts around Chehalis after already killing two coyotes. A bounty on the animals is noted in the neighborhood.

Chehalis Frank Mansning Timber Cruiger

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