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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1916
Page
3
In Baltimore last night Dick Loadman of Pittsburg, known as the Mauling Irish man, delivered a severe one round beating to Eddie O'Keefe of Philadelphia at Alberg's. Loadman could have stopped the bout after the fifth round.
Manager C. 8. Jensen of the Coliseum struck a deal to show the Selig World Series on ball pictures paying $600 for 5000 feet of action. The film covers every play from all games in Boston and Brooklyn with six cameras. Reports say it left New York the day of the final game and will arrive a week after the series ends.
A vintage ad claims Pape's Cold Compound can break up a severe cold within hours. It says taking every two hours for three doses opens congested nostrils relieves headaches fevers sneezing and throat soreness all at a cost of 25 cents in drug stores.
Seattle resident Mrs. E. Spink reports backache relief and fewer dizziness spells after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She says kidney secretions normalized and she felt improved after two boxes, with continued well being since.
The Strand shows The War Bride's Secret with Virginia Pearse and Walter Law while The Clemmer features E H M Sothern in The Chattel. The Liberty presents The Return of Draw Egan with William Hart, and The Storm and The Scoundrels Toll headline at Coliseum and Rex theatres with Irene Wrenwick and Cleo Madison star in Bluebird Pictures.
The piece argues title insurance costs are often lower than updating abstracts and securing a legal opinion. It notes title insurance combines a legal opinion from land law specialists with a $500,000 corporate guarantee that defense costs are covered and reimbursement provided if the title is challenged.
A reader asks the age for a boy to start as a railroad fireman and years of service before becoming an engineer with wages stated as about 156 dollars monthly. Other questions cover table manners guests servant roles hands on passing dishes, olives and radishes, politely repeating names after introductions, cleaning white kid gloves, founding of the Young Women's Christian Association, and alimony guidance in separation cases with medical bills noted.
Berlin reports semi official figures show that in September seventy four Allied aircraft were shot down or forced to land in German hands. Among these were twenty one French planes and fifty three English aircraft.
The night clerk Oscar McCrey says Rex Beach of the Yukon house called, then he found $1.75 missing from his trousers pocket. Jack Underwood of Alaska denied Beach’s involvement to police.
Boston October 17 Jack Britton of Chicago faces Ted Kid Lewis in a welterweight bout at the Armory association. The winner is expected to claim the world welterweight championship.
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