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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1912
Page
3
Nine were placed in the heart Thompson necro in the hospital last night after a stabbing. Doctors believe the organ would recover and performed quick surgery. A fight between two men led to the attack as police report.
Aug 7 Gov announced the selection of Wells of St Louis as treasurer and Crane of Chicago as vice chairman of the national democratic finance committee. The move elevates two party figures to key financial roles.
A Rev. Alfred Barratt is credited with inventing a device worn on the nose to prevent snoring or breathing issues. The snore stopper is described as a famous invention claimed to make it impossible for the wearer to snore.
An old advertisement touts Calocide as a rapid foot treatment. A 25 cent box supposedly softens callouses, soothes sore parts, and relieves sweaty, tender feet within minutes, claiming it works by penetrating the pores.
In Oakland California a group of women wives of Harriman railroad strikers join the picket line to influence workers and deter strikebreakers. They face police scrutiny yet stay within the law as they urge men to remain on strike for better conditions in the ninth month of the dispute with the railroad.
John Kienlen and Mamie Kiensen wed secretly for a third time at her Maplewood home after two prior divorces and a death. The license was issued at St Charlies with Justice Bruns presiding. Kiensen, 48, had lived alone since her 1911 divorce from Kienlen, 44.
Judge Monro presides over a crowded Los Angeles session where forty nine divorce cases are filed in an ordinary day. More than 200 principals, witnesses, and lawyers fill the courtroom as couples of diverse nationalities seek marital readjustment.
Coshocton Ohio August seventh John McDowell a linotype operator and chicken fancier called a doctor for a prize chicken that had been sick two days The physician diagnosed appendicitis and performed an operation The bird is expected to recover
In Danville Illinois on August 7, Mrs. Alonzo McAbee fainted after doctors told her her son Don McAbee was fatally ill. She remained unconscious for four days, during which the boy died.
In Redding California Mia A Augusta Dorn says a fire that destroyed her $2,000 home last night was incendiary after a watchdog was found gagged, while in Wisconsin Mary Keresen faces a theft charge from a boarder with $265 missing. In Fond du Lac a railroad rule bans neckties to prevent machinery injuries, and in Galena a 70 year old janitor fell thirty feet while climbing a church belfry steps and was fatally injured.
Beef on the hoof topped ten dollars per hundred at Chicago, with Armour and Swift bidding against one another for steers as the market set new records. Citizens express concern over rising meat prices and austerity.
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