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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1914
Page
4
The John Panton Company store announces a shift to a ladies ready to wear specialty shop and will close out multiple departments to make room for new lines. President John Panton says specialization is essential and the Northwest store aims to be among the largest of its kind, with several departments already being closed out.
The piece argues buyers and lenders should insist on Title Insurance. It notes state authorization for The Washington Title Insurance Company to insure real estate titles and to maintain a large indemnity fund with the state treasurer. It warns trustees and public officers against accepting less than Title Insurance.
Kathleen Williams stars in The Woman of It at the Colonial, a visionary drama where a woman, a gentleman, and a brute enact primitive life on a desert island, with the brute ultimately winning the woman. Also featuring John Bunny in Hearts and Diamonds and Slippery Slim in a Western Essanay comedy at Clemmer.
Patent medicine ad promises rapid relief from grippe and colds with Pape’s Cold Compound. It claims three doses, two hours apart, clear nasal passageways, relieve headache and feverish symptoms, and cost 26 cents at drug stores.
Two part drama A Gentleman of Kentucky presented at the Home Until Wednesday. The Shooting Match and The Shooting Match two part comedy feature in the bill with contrasting tones and light-hearted scenes.
Grapes grown near Bremerton fell quickly here. Four divorces granted. Bachelors' next dance Nov 13. Native Daughters open dancing house Wednesday night. Home of Dr D A Nicholson looted. Men's club Pilgrim church club meeting tonight. Thomas Miles beaten and robbed by a friend. Eight hour law debate at University Place Baptist church tonight. Trinity Parish Men's club barn quieta. Rev W H Bilas Wednesday night. Hildesheimer Lodge celebrates 14th anniversary. Broadway High debating teams. Library may obtain engravings and etchings by Albert de Chalivat. University Community Flu hears candidates Wednesday night. R R Spencer succeeds late John Mueller as VP Seattle Brewing. Charles Smith and John R Murphy confess counterfeiting. Twelve nabbed in raid on an ambling resort at 415 Sixth. Dr E C Rosenow visits Seattle in January. John O'Brien head of Brooke Seamon-O'Brien Lamber Co dead in Vancouver. V Allen Idaho treasurer resigns to aid audit after charges. War revenue bill delayed in house by filibuster. Gen Julio Argentino Roca dead in Buenos Aires aged 71. U S automobile exports hit record 40 million. Taft and Harvey Wiley meet as private citizens in Washington. Board to check books of J H Griffiths convicted of misappropriation. J W Bryan leaves Washington for Seattle. State attorney probes Chicago graft. Mastodon bones unearthed in Benicia. Centennial Mill Co or Russian Bank must pay 36112 note for flour. St Charlies Borromeo church Chicago destroyed by fire incendiary. Monsignor Hugh Benson dead in London. Nicholas Roosevelt heading to Europe to write war history. Dr E C White sentenced to ten days in New York for masking Mrs George Howe.
Dr Hythella Northington of Los Angeles speaks at Arcade Hall on aging, health and mindset. She says most ailments are mental and urges exercise, minimal food, and avoiding worry. She jokes that men swear and women weep, recommending swearing to counteract unhealthy weeping.
A narrator reflects on surprises in marriage during a sleeping car trip. She contrasts her husband Dick's irritation over a fall with his later tenderness, and argues that wives seek meaningful, sometimes painful life experiences to grow. She notes women’s reluctance to reveal unhappiness.
A 10 cent Cascaret box promises to cleanse the liver stomach and bowels by morning. The ad urges men women and children to take Cascarets to relieve headache bad cold sour tongue nervousness upset stomach and constipation and to avoid salts or castor oil.
The narrator reflects on marriage and infidelity, arguing love blends pride and desire differently for women and men. She praises Dick as capable and steadfast, though occasionally cruel, noting pride deepens with his strengths and flaws. The entry promises continuation tomorrow.
The Seattle Business Girls club renounces this year’s banquet and donates 1000 to Belgium. Founder Samuel Hill inspired the move by outlining Belgium’s misery and cockpit status in Europe. The girls send a letter to King Albert with a message of sympathy and support.
A formal note accompanies a 5000 franc check for an annual dinner, stating the gift is the dinner’s cost and meant to show solidarity with the recipient and their family. The message emphasizes shared sympathy with the world.
The city council previously voted to assess the cost of a recently completed paying strip to the city. Mayor Gill vetoed the plan contending abutting property benefited and should pay. A substitute bill was introduced calling for a rehearing.
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