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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1915
Page
9
S5¢ to 30¢ prices listed for BSe Fresh ranch Eggs two dozen 55¢ New Swiss Cheese per pound 80¢ American Cream Cheese per pound 5¢ Sweet Butter per pound read as a local price brief from a small shop list.
In San Antonio a mother, Mrs. J. T. Rowan, and three of her children died in a fatal fire. A Bible inscription about three souls was found in the bedroom along with an empty gasoline can. The mother stated before dying she knew nothing about the fire’s cause.
Sheridan Kansas Amg 13 The meanest man in the world has been found by automobilists. A man and his accomplice camped near a mudhole and pulled autos through the bad stretch charging $4 each. They directed tourists to the impassable road and collected a substantial sum before travelers avoided the trap.
In Prairie du Chien Wisconsin Myson Gotham a 60 pound boy wrestled a 62 pound catfish in a shallow pool between the Mississippi shore and a sand bar. After a half hour he brought the fish ashore and pinned it. The event highlights Gotham as a rising wrestling figure.
The essay traces Hulet M. Wells born near La Conner Skagit county in 1878 a farmer boy who studied while guiding the plow and resisting vices. He later sought gold in the Klondike returning wealthy yet twice imprisoned before earning respect and stable work.
An advertisement promoting Sargel as a weight gain aid for thin individuals. It urges readers to weigh and measure before and after two weeks of taking one tablet with meals, claiming potential gains of five to eight pounds and describing Sargel as an aid to convert eaten fats and starches into body fat. It notes availability at pharmacies with a 40-tablet package and a money-back guarantee.
The article profiles Wells a Seattle socialist elected president of the Seattle Central Labor council. Once a post office clerk fired for political writing he joined the socialist party in 1904 and served time for free speech. Now a labor leader he advocates keeping politics out of union work and pursuing industrial action with broad cross‑party backing.
Al Jennings describes being held up on a streetcar by two masked men. He says his hands went up faster than others and notes a premonition of danger. He recounts recovery of his purse and a note from O Henry, and adds he hopes the bandits will be identified and helped. A final line mentions a U S Cashier Co. fraud case.
London statistics from the East End report that since the war 60 percent of births are girls, contrasting with Vienna where the opposite is found. The expert analysis notes a clear gender tilt in the capital’s postwar births.
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