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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1912
Page
6
Romance of quick beauty cures paraded as science. Claims include a scalp rub for hair loss, an eye tonic, a blood purifier tonic, a skin cream to prevent chapping and remove dirt, all promoted as simple remedies with simple ingredients. The ad-style text emphasizes rapid, astonishing results and painless routines.
Senator Robt M La Follette leaves North Platte Nebraska for Oregon to push his republican nomination bid. He appeals for Nebraska delegates backing progressive principles and criticizes Roosevelt arguing a fourth term aim with Taft as Roosevelt's chosen successor. He says he will seek the White House again in 1916 if defeated at Chicago.
President Taft announced he will ignore Senator Dixon of Montana’s charge that Kentucky federal office holders have been "perniciously active" for his campaign. He said the civil service commission is the proper body to act on Dixon’s complaint.
In Muncie Indiana Cleme Powell reports Charles H Anthony claims his wife diamond slippers are rhinestones worth about five dollars a quart. In New York Mrs Anthony reacts to her husband valuing the stones at sixty five dollars a quart and plans to read him the riot act when she returns home.
Justice Charles E. Hughes of New York, sitting Supreme Court figure, emerged as a possible dark horse for the Republican nomination at Chicago if Taft, Roosevelt, and La Follette fail to secure the nod. Delegates at Rochester discussed Hughes current stance against leaving the bench while weighing his national appeal.
Immigration through Emerson Manitoba shows a 100 percent rise in March from a year earlier. Bruce Walker Commissioner of Immigration notes American settlers passing through North Portal Saskatchewan carried effects totaling nine million dollars in March.
President Taft signed a bill creating a children’s bureau under the Department of Commerce and Labor. The new agency provides government supervision of child welfare programs and related activities.
In San Luis Obispo California on April 10 Dr H N Frieman a prominent physician is dead after a dispute over a bill Raques Daniels a saloonkeeper shot the physician and then killed himself or died by a gunshot earlier reports state Daniels is dying Daniela shot and instantly killed the physician and then fired at his head
A playful exchange from the Boston Transcript notes a wife inspecting pockets and gaining material for a lecture. The paper mentions specials quoted in today’s edition by Swan sons stall 219 at Westlake Market.
Anne Tracy Morgan daughter of J Pierpont Morgan visits Lawrence Massachusetts during textile strike to learn conditions of workers and children. She reveals awareness of her father role in forming the American Woolen Co and the textile trust amid reports of a mysterious woman appearing at the scene.
In Vancouver British Columbia a report notes a plot to assassinate the president of the French Republic. Detectives chase two Irish men, Arthur Newell and Harold Dove, linked to an anarchist club in Rouen. A warrant has been out for three months.
Louisville April 10 Taft supporters control four to one among Kentucky Republicans as the state convention opens at noon Roosevelt earns three delegates and six are uncommitted to the national convention unit status remains unsettled with Taft holding nineteen district delegates in the race for the presidential nomination.
Theodore Cleveland a wealthy promoter claiming kinship to Grover Cleveland was granted a divorce from his wife Annie by Judge Murasky on grounds of desertion. The case was decided in San Francisco on April 10.
The Mississippi River remains high along the lower stretch while it falls above Memphis. Flood stages are reported at several points. In New Orleans the river reached 18.2 feet, one fifth of a foot above the flood stage.
Dr. Mary Walker once confined to an apartment in New York is now well enough to dress in masculine attire and travel home to Onawego. Mrs. Nettie Van Slingerland called the recovery “little short of miraculous” as Walker leaves the hotel.
A fragment notes New York City debt surpassing national totals and mocks Tammany Hall's long control of the city. The terse lines hint at suspicions of fiscal and political overreach in New York under Tammany influence.
President Taft briefly left his chair to let Reed Smoot Cardon, grandson of Senator Smoot of Utah, sit behind the presidential desk as onlookers watched. Senator Smoot joked about the child’s future as a possible president while a crowd of handshakers looked on.
Washington officials delay the Tie Ton irrigation project opening in Washington state to combat speculators. Since December 26 people have camped on the site awaiting selection. A new allotment system will be adopted to counter the scheme.
Daly City near San Francisco elected three socialist city trustees and a socialist city clerk in the latest municipal election returns. The results indicate a strong socialist administration for the city.
Dr. Charles W. Eliot president emeritus of Harvard University sails with his party from Shanghai for Tientsin en route to Pekin. The group has stayed in the city about a week.
Washington April 10 Senator Jones denounced Col Theodore Roosevelt in a scathing senate address calling the political arena a saturnalia of vituperation. He assailed “new Richmond” and questioned support for Lorimer amid criticism of radical thought and journalistic influence.
The Democratic executive committee considered methods to pick delegates for the state convention at Walla Walla on May 6. Three factions Wilson Champ Clark Harmon push different plans with arguments over delegate distribution and meeting dates.
Prominent Seattle candidate Elroy M. Thayer announces run for sheriff against the courthouse ring. He pledges strict law enforcement and humane jail reforms including no black hole confinement and separate prisoner handling. Thayer cites labor ties and a long career in marble and granite business as basis for his public service.
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