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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1912
Page
3
Hundreds of ads tout Swamp Root as a remedy for liver and bladder issues. A vegetable compound promises purity and easy relief, offered for fifty cents or free by mail with sample bottles available from Dr Anes Y A today.
Gloversville, New York, famed glove hub, links its public schools to glove making. Supt Estee cites vocational training to curb aimless careers while glove magnate Littauer supports continued training to supply cheap labor. Board member Grinnell notes manufacturers pressured schools to train workers for the glove trade.
The page lists average buying and selling prices by local commission merchants for fruits vegetables and meats. It includes Wenatchee and New apples Valencia oranges dressed meats pork and beef cuts and organics with varying prices by grade and freshness. Also shows live poultry and eggs and animal byproducts with prices from local suppliers and regions like Puget Sound and Washington timothy hay and alfalfa.
Pasadena report details J. H. Benner describing the Webb family secret of lead glass making at Somman's Cut Glass factory. The article outlines the process from batch creation to four hour active use, the use of water cooled wheels, and the rare materials like Benny stone from Craigleith Scotland and bauxite powder aiding polishing, noting the secrecy and expertise involved.
Five Englishmen who arrived from Copenhagen were arrested near Kiel and sent to Metz fortress for trial on espionage charges. A German sergeant, corporal, and private were also seized for supplying military information to England and France. Photographs and notes found on the Englishmen suggest ties to the three German prisoners.
In eastern Kentucky’s Cumberland mountains on Ford Creek headwaters a cavern described as the most wonderful in the world has been discovered. It remains largely unexplored with only a few expeditions entering its depths and reporting relics such as old kettles and dish fragments once belonging to explorers who perished there.
Members in the house say they believe President Taft will not veto the legislative appropriation bill and they will not back down from demanding the abolition of the commerce court.
A 60 foot gasoline launch designed to study the ocean bed with a submarine radio light will launch in Camden New Jersey. It seats 50 plus crew and features a glass bottom. John Duyser of Winsted Connecticut killed a large snake and found eggs tucked under his hat. An 80 year old man married a 13 year old in Kentucky in a brief courtship. Harvey Whitlock the Vermillion treasurer was paroled after a 75 000 fine. Jimmy Ryan in Philadelphia ate a massive meal and received 50 cents. The steamer Main arrived with 2 583 barrels of beer. The stork brought three boys to Mr and Mrs Frank Martin and three more to Mrs William Rickard.
Norman Mack, chairman of the 1908 Democratic National Committee, recounts that Col James K Guffey of Pennsylvania offered $6000 which was refused amid suspicions of ties to Standard Oil. He says after the election he accepted the funds to cover a shortfall of $16000, noting he would not have if Bryan had won.
Devastating earthquakes drive hundreds to flee Guadalajara as many districts lie in ruins. Churches overflow with panicked residents praying. tremors have been felt for days, leaving the city under siege by continued seismic disturbances.
In Washington on August 6, a provision was introduced proposing a constitutional amendment to allow recall of inferior court judges. Arizona Senator Ashurst led the effort in the Senate.
Dr Charles W Eliot president emeritus of Harvard University arrives in San Francisco aboard the China with wife and granddaughter Ruth Eliot after a global peace tour. He visits officials worldwide as a Carnegie peace fund trustee and lectures at missions and colleges. He praises the Chinese republic and urges U S recognition only with other nations.
Albert M. Sheldon of Berkeley, a government college teacher, arrived in San Francisco after an attack by river pirates in Szechuen Western China. He and two fellow teachers Bert Hicks and Sheldon were captured at dawn on March 22, their boat set on fire, and they were hacked with swords as they tried to reach shore, leaving Sheldon scarred and weakened.
Gen Jan Tien Wei, leader in the Chinese revolutionary army, expresses enthusiasm for airships in the new Chinese army. Gen Lan becomes the first Chinese military officer to risk his life in an aeroplane alongside aviator Tom Guan as they complete a ten minute flight showcasing aerial stunts.
Capt. E. W. Bixby, who taught Mark Twain how to pilot a steamboat, was found dead at his home at age 86. Twain paid him $500 for instruction on running a Mississippi river steamboat.
In an appeals court ruling here Judge Ross with Judges Wolverton and Gilbert affirmed a lower court decision awarding Anna Maerkl $9,576 as widow of George Maerkl, who was killed in Tacoma while employed as a carpenter for the Northern Pacific railroad. The widow sued for $26,000. railroad attorneys argued she could not claim for her husband, a contention that was overruled.
Fragments of a mastodon ivory tusk were unearthed from the American River beds near Folsom and sent to Supt. Hyatt by Charles Lewis, a Stanford engineer directing the Natomas irrigation project. Geologists estimate mastodon ages in California ranged from 150,000 to 200,000 years ago.
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