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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1913
Page
3
Henry and his wife confront a plan to elope with musician Adolph as a fairy tale reel debuts at the Grand this Saturday night. The program promises kings, princes, fairies, witches and a series of future fairy stories, with other news clips and a hotel ad nearby.
Philadelphia report profiles Joseph Smiley head of the Lubin Kiddies company who describes respectful, actorlike discipline for child stars. He praises Miss O’Beck, about ten, and emphasizes asking rather than demanding to keep youngsters engaged in rehearsals.
Mrs. Himan Barrett, 72, collapsed and died in Indianapolis after witnessing Charles Young strike a yapping pet poodle with a heavy whip on a neighborhood sidewalk. Eyewitnesses say she died before aid could arrive as the dog died at the scene.
Dr James E Crichton Seattle health commissioner urges a new local health measure to arrest and isolate infected individuals including all women of the street under vagrancy law at Firlands isolation hospital. He seeks council approval and funding for an isolated ward to remove infected prisoners and treat them.
The old U S frigate Santee, famed for 1812 1846 1861 service and used as training and prison ship, was towed from Annapolis toward New England but put into the Delaware breakwater with six feet of water in the hold after a minor collision. It had been sold to a Philadelphia firm for copper salvage containing about 15 percent gold.
Six year old Herbert Mercer gave his mother’s diamond ring to friend Juanita Eichelberger aged five when they became betrothed. The ring vanished and police have been asked to locate it.
Frank Blackberg discovered 85 pounds of a peculiar substance on the beach then sent a sample to Prof. David Starr Jordan of California who confirmed it as ambergris. He also sent a sample to France awaiting a test result that could yield a large fortune.
Three Dublin maids brought under the Gaelic league oversee lace and rug weaving demonstrations at the Bon Marche third floor booth starting today through the week. The display runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily with Fionan MacCollum of the league in New York as representative. Visitors may purchase items made by the artisans.
The Pan tages hosts a program built around a recall campaign against a police judge with scenes of police court life. Fanny Warren plays a Women’s Protective League representative, Irving Roth portrays a milk and bread thief, the Connelly sisters headline with song and dance, and Allen and Lewis plus Rapoli the juggler round out the act.
Miss Jane Ott drew aside a very slit skirt in Chicago to reveal 7500 dollars worth of jewels encircling her knee. The display drew exclamations from 300 attending jewelers at the national convention while Ott teaches Chicago’s four hundred the tango and claims the adornment calls attention to natural grace and beauty.
Corrected daily price list shows Appin and Perry Bros. quotes for fruits vegetables butter eggs poultry veal and pork. Entries include cantaloupes peaches white and yellow berries onions squash cabbage lettuce radishes carrots celery corn and various fatted poultry and game items with per unit or per ton values. A note states Pacific coast earthquakes exceed Atlantic shocks by fivefold.
Rufsi Sorenson aged 36, described as a spinster, is appointed as Norway's first female judge in Christiania debuting in a landmark legal milestone for the country.
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