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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1914
Page
5
A reader asks about changing guardianship to allow the stepfather to raise children for religious reasons and whether the father should contribute support. The adviser suggests consulting juvenile court and notes belief differences do not preclude charity, citing public figures like Thomas Paine as examples.
When you first notice a cavity consult a dentist. Dr Clark offers up to date equipment and experienced staff with years of practice. All work is done carefully with less pain and a written guarantee on every bill. Gas is used and prices claim to be the lowest for high quality in Seattle.
An advertisement proclaims a cleaning service that handles very delicate fabrics and removes shine or gloss. It invites customers to send items that are hard to clean and promises to demonstrate the truth of its claims. It touts six wagons ready to serve by phone.
Union leaders say conditions are the worst in the country with labor organization as the remedy. E B Ault of the Union Record cites broken eight hour laws and job losses for truth telling while J G Brown of the International Union of Timber Workers accuses firms of wage dividends, hire and fire practices, and hospital and board charges as exploitation. The inquiry continues in Seattle with testimony about systemic misuses in Centralia and Grays Harbor camps.
An unidentified woman, registering as Mia from Salem Oregon, repeatedly stepped into traffic at Oakland streetcar lines, hoping to die. After three hours of risk, drivers stopped in time. she later drank iodine in her hotel room and was dying. The 33 year old blonde was involved.
L. W. Suter of Seattle is named new president of the Washington Retail Jewelers' Association. Seattle will host the meeting again next year. West Seattle ferry resumes its crossbay run last night after two new rudders were installed.
An advertisement touts a satin smooth complexion using a mercalized wax that absorbs old skin. It claims freckles liver spots and pimples fade as new skin appears within a week. A second remedy uses saxolite dissolve in witch hazel to soften wrinkles and show dramatic results.
Mrs May Jarvis wife of clown Art Jarvis joins Barnum and Batley for Seattle shows after convincing management and recounting her life starting as a clown at 18 months. Her story notes family clown lineage and her early stage debut alongside uncle George Adams in Newark New Jersey.
Thin men and women can gain five to eight pounds in fourteen days by using Sargel with meals. Weigh and measure before and after two weeks to track changes. The ad claims Sargel converts eaten sugars and starches into fat without adding waste, stops waste, and increases flesh between skin and bones, with a money back guarantee from Seattle druggists.
In a letter to J. E. Chilberg H C Henry urges Seattle to stock and send a relief ship immediately to aid starving non combatants in Europe The plan will be acted on by the national affairs committee of the Chamber of Commerce and supported by the Red Cross.
Seattle Knights of Columbus members hosted a dinner at the Arctic club for W W Dyer of St Paul a member of the supreme board of directors. He is traveling to Alaska to install a new council at Juneau.
Stam peding de luxe is on today for the new gold strike on the Healy river 90 miles south of Fairbanks. Pros pectors are rushing down in their automobiles. The Wise House Hunte hunts her house at home. Sh reads STAR FOR REN ADS until she finds it.
Marguerite Aprons offered in light and dark colors trimmed with rick rack braid priced at 35 cents. Located on the third floor.
Ault declared strong support for boycotting foes of unions. He told the commission that in the teamsters and shingle strikes in Seattle dynamite plants had been framed against the strikers, suggesting provocation by opponents.
Mayor Gill endorses Chief Griffiths plan to rotate officers off on Sundays. The mayor will support adoption of the Sunday off schedule in response to the police chief’s letter outlining the arrangement.
Shikhs enlist in Vancouver as August 12 reports recruiting offices flooded with applications from Canadian HIndus aiming to organize a company to aid England.
Insane patients at Steilacoom were sent out to fight threatening grass fires near Tacoma on August 12. The day was oddly pleasant for the patients despite the danger and unusual assignment.
Walter Landin, 17, escaped from the state training school and assaulted Dan McCurdy, a fireman, knocking him senseless and stealing his purse. He claimed the training he received did not take when caught.
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