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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1913
Page
3
Promote Kellogg's Sanitone Wafers as a universal nerve invigoration remedy offering free 50c trial packs and a 5c trial package. Claims include rapid, lasting effects on nerve strength, energy, and mental clarity for men and women, with no injurious ingredients. Marketing targets include insomnia, nervousness, fatigue, and general weakness.
A long list of film reels and shorts is noted for viewings around Seattle and elsewhere. The Alhambra presents From the Beyond a three reel Eclair drama about an old professor who claims a Hindoo secret of life suspension, ending with a dramatic 40 day sleep in a sarcophagus.
Deputy Coroner Koepfil hunts a man who agreed to arrange a funeral for Henry Bickmyer, 64, who died Wednesday, in exchange for two of Bickmyer’s lots. The agreement was found in Bickmyer’s shack at 2920 27th av.
In a Pine Ridge segment a famed survivor tells how he faced a knife attack and described the Wounded Knee battle. Phillip Wells, now on his farm with his family, reappears in Essanay Company’s reenactment movie, portraying his role as Chief Scout.
At Pine Ridge Reservation a small, weathered man with a circular facial scar recalls the Wounded Knee massacre while reenactments unfold for film audiences. Phillip Wells, a former American scout whose nose was scarred in 1890, recounts the clash as soldiers pressed Indians to surrender and warriors prepared to defend themselves.
Former Senator W. H. Paulhamus urged Seattle and Tacoma groups to cut East advertising and focus on local needs at an agricultural school event. He attacked high transportation rates harming growers and called for coop with farmers to lower costs, arguing it benefits the state more than ads. Speakers included L. Y. Williams on Five Acres, H. L. Rees on plant diseases, J. L. Stahl on Berry Growing, and J. H. Perkins on agriculture policy with Harry Collier addressing Fancy Poultry today.
Mrs Frank T O Harr wife of Representative O Harr of Illinois who won Uncle Joe Cannon s seat in the house counsels that love endures poverty when paired with a good plain cook. Her remark, made in Washington on Oct 238, emphasizes simple domestic wisdom over political rhetoric.
The market opened with fresh ranch stock higher at several dealers while others held back. Seasonal tops may be reached, with Alaska rutabagas and turnips selling well. Prices list assorted fruits and vegetables, with butter, eggs, poultry, veal, and pork prices noted as corrected daily by Perry Bros.
In Buffalo New York on October 23 a police officer found a sailor named John Deleth from Milwaukee inside a box on a sidewalk near an undertaker's. He said he and a mate named Kelly had been out on a lark, then his partner screwed the lid shut and Deleth was taken into custody.
In Boston on October 28 Miss Caroline Smith heads the Woman's Trade board and aims to send 500 New England women and girls west to find husbands. She asks James J. Hill of the Great Northern for free transport, but he declines to commit.
In Lawrence Kansas on October 23 scientists unearthed a pineapple estimated at 20,000,000 years old in Scott County. A complete small fish from the mackerel family, believed to be a million years older, was found in the same district. A 29 foot wing of a flying reptile was also discovered, all in the same area.
A Citizens' Association gathering drew many cooks and waiters who tried to name E. T. Levi as chair. Glenn Hoover won by one vote, and the motion to rescind the 8 pm saloon closing was defeated by adjournment.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a remedy for constipation bilious liver headaches and dyspepsia. It promises a cleansed stomach regular bowels and a clear head by morning with a 10 cent box and even notes benefits for children.
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