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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1914
Page
5
An article describes a homemaker who previously spent long days scrubbing over hot fires to wash clothes. It promotes Fels-Naptha Soap as a simpler method: apply soap, roll garments, soak for about thirty minutes, rub lightly, rinse thoroughly, and hang to dry.
A reader letter page discusses a young man who avoids marriage citing finances, with a caution that desertion often follows such promises. Other questions cover how to call off a square dance, appropriate costumes for a masquerade, and property rights for a child when a mother dies intestate. The column offers practical answers and social guidance.
Col Theodore Roosevelt traveled by car to Gary Indiana and Hammond Indiana where he was slated to speak at political meetings. Crowds cheered the former president as his motorcade rolled through the streets of Chicago.
De Wolf Hopper stars as Ko Ko in The Mikado at the Moore theatre. The cast included Herbert Waterous as Pooh Bah and Gladye Caldwell as Yum Yum. The evening drew an enthusiastic crowd with uproarious applause and a droll curtain speech. The Moore also hosts Gilbert and Sullivan and notes a strong variety bill at the Orpheum.
Daniel Willard of Baltimore and Shriver testify at ICC hearing on 56 percent flat rate request from 122 railroads. They warn the European war worsens the crisis as dividends slip and eastern lines report substantial capital investments with shrinking net operating revenues.
Despite four doctors declaring him dead, C. J. Wagner of Portland was found in the Wingfield hotel in apparent heart failure. The aunt forbids embalmment for three days, insists he is in a trance and may wake. Physicians and deputy coroners held vigil, noting lifelike pupils and lack of dilation. The aunt is due from Portland this afternoon.
Chamber of Commerce campaign committees work to raise 150000 for convention use next year. The remaining balance needed is 34791 dollars.
Washington October 19 The United States Supreme Court moved the hearing for Harry K Thaw to December 7. The action postpones the previously set date and shifts the schedule for the high profile case.
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