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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1913
Page
3
Washington report explains that duties on curtains furniture carpets linen glass chinaware and kitchen utensils are cut from 35 to 15 percent. The tariff reductions aim to boost foreign competition and lower prices for American households from garret to cellar.
Robert Wildgoon from New Brunswick, one of fourteen in the Wildgoon family, wed Miss Margaret De Hart of Franklin Park. The family includes three unmarried members who are engaged to marry.
Democrats predict a 6 percent cut in retail furniture prices and a 15 percent duty reduction on kitchen utensils will boost US sales. The change aims to push down pot, pan, and kettle prices from American makers while aluminum ware becomes cheaper due to about a 40 percent duty reduction.
Ellers Music House announces closure of its Seattle location and a massive closing sale. The ad lists piano brands, organs, band instruments, violins, guitars, harmonicas, and accessories at deep discounts with cash terms, aiming to clear shelves quickly due to overexpansion and high overhead.
Editor Dan J Singer details a solo voyage to Demerara seeking the Jaguar or American tiger. He hires four bushmen guides, travels by cortal through tropical rivers, endures heat and rapids, and plans to collect tiger skins while learning jungle ways. The narrative introduces guides John Charley and John, and notes a planned continuation.
An old-time remedy claims to banish gray hair by using Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. The preparation darkens hair naturally, stops dandruff and itching, and restores luster when applied with a sponge or brush, with results by morning.
An authority warns that regular meat consumption overworks kidneys causing uric acid buildup and various ailments. It recommends four ounces of Jad Salts daily to flush and stimulate kidneys, neutralize urine acid, and maintain blood purity.
Metropolitan presents Stop Thief with Moore and Mme Schumann Heink in concert. Seattie Bailey and Mitchell star in Sapho. Pantages offers Vaudeville acts alongside Orpheum Vaudeville and Empresse Vaudeville programs.
Delegates to the American Federation of Labor convention will speak from Seattle church pulpits on Sunday November 16. E B Ault and O F Carter of the Central Labor Council will confer with Rev O H McGill to select speakers. Governor Lister's opening address is read and women delegates will be entertained by the Women's Commercial Club.
The Metropolitan theatre will present The Common Law this Sunday night with a dramatization of the Robert Chambers novel. Sapho plays at the Seattle theatre this week depicting a human interest story about real people who are neither hero nor villain. Special commissioner Stanley W. Finch says the Lure’s New York performance, which runs at the Moore theatre next week, supports efforts to combat white slavery.
In Cumberland Maryland on October 31 Judge Robert Henderson ordered Mrs Grate Koentz Midland to have her name appear on the November ballot as socialist candidate for Allegheny county treasurer The ruling noted Maryland women have civil rights but cannot hold political office so she could not serve if elected.
An elderly woman of 74 in Lozere, France, planned a loaded gun trap after rabbits were stolen. She forgot the trap and, while feeding the rabbits, opened the door and was killed when the gun discharged.
London reports: The Old Cellist by Hyerman has been stolen from Bolton Art Gallery. The canvas was cut from its frame.
The Rosery Flower Shop at 1608 Second Ave Elliott organizes a seasonal display of Halloween novelties and decorations. The shop highlights creative arrangements and festive floral accents to inspire Halloween home decor.
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