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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1913
Page
3
Mary Boyle O'Reilly reports Mrs. J Worden Harriman endorsing eugenics as a success based on New York milk committee work. Prenatal instruction cut infant mortality from 125 per thousand to 103, and early care in six districts improved outcomes for babies born to working mothers.
George Edward Adams former society man and John G Webber aged counterfeiter were found guilty by a federal jury after a two hour deliberation. Adams had been paroled from the penitentiary after serving six years of a ten year sentence for gold dust theft from the government assay office where he was employed.
Contractor McKenna was summoned to court for demolishing a building without a referee's order. He asked why he must seek permission from Eddie Hanlon or another fight expert, and explained the referee distinction. He was released after posting bond of $895.
An enthusiastic medical advertisement by Dr J H Cannaday of Sedalia Missouri promotes a “free trial” of a claimed eczema cure after twelve years of study. The notice urges readers to write today for treatment and references the Third National Bank and Medalla Missouri as contacts.
Fire destroyed a $40,000 summer home of Chas A. McMann at Loch Arbour. Allenhurst and Asbury Park firemen clashed over water supply and billing, claiming each town paid or used resources, following a year old council order.
In Columbus on April 7 the Ohio house considered measures to curb wedding noise. Rep. G J C Wintermute of Mercer county proposed making disturbances at weddings a misdemeanor with fines between five and twenty dollars.
Walter Robinson escaped Berkshire county jail in Pittsfield by hiding in a potato barrel. He tipped the barrel stand, rolled several hundred feet down a hill, bumped the fence and jumped out, slipping away before guards noticed. He had been doing yard work when the escape occurred.
A freak fowl in St Louis appears as half silver lace Wyandotte chicken and half mallard Indiian runner duck. The eight month old bird stands erect like a duck, has a rooster head and crowing, but its toes lack webbing. An effort will test if it is truly duck enough to swirl.
Mrs. Mary Holmquist a Fort Collins widow 60 says Carl Goad 25 promised to marry her then fled to Seattle after taking 16000 from her She claims 8600 in cash and 11400 in securities were entrusted to him The alleged runaway will likely be brought back to Denver to face larceny in the West Side court.
Postmaster General Burleson annuls the double rate on wrongly stamped parcels. Postmasters must return incorrectly stamped parcels to senders with notice to use proper stamps. If sender is unknown, the parcel goes to its destination and the correct postage is collected.
In Portersville California Towser dragged the small Spitz named Mike from the road after a passing car killed him. Towser guarded the grave for 48 hours then dug a shallow hole in an adjacent orchard and covered the body. A dance at Dreamland is announced for tonight.
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