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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1915
Page
2
The office promotes painless methods with free dental extractions from 8:30 to 10 00 daily to attract customers. A new dentist has joined the staff and shows state board certificates on wall for verification. Owner L R York emphasizes guaranteed service and safety with a clear pledge of quality.
Regal Dental Offices lists Dr. L. R. Clark as manager at 1405 Third Ave N W near the corner of Third and Union.
The text argues against hoarding money and for depositing funds where they benefit the community and local industries. It emphasizes that dollars are tools of business and should be put to work to aid local progress rather than stored away.
Promises of high value savings in a savings account with urging to act immediately. Emphasizes security and benefits of saving with the bank.
A Hornbrook California user plans to ship alcohol across the state line into Oregon and Washington as they go dry January 1. An index lists 380 000 tipplers in Oregon and Washington, stored in a fireproof safe in a 100 by 80 foot warehouse. Property values in Hornbrook rise 50 percent amid the expected dry states trade. A second mail order house already buys land to enter the lucrative northern market.
Chicago readers are teased with a clash of two unlikely rivals in a local event. The brief notes a confrontation labeled Roguish Eye versus Hefty Fist, signaling a spectacle to attract attention from sport and entertainment fans.
A humorous account from a 1920s scene describes Hoffmann with a roguish eye and Miss Johnson with a fierce fist. After Hoffmann makes a pass, Johnson strikes with a umbrella on the nose, tram, and chest. The engaged pair end with police intervention and a judge remark about teaching self defense.
Brigadier and Mrs Dubbin will lead Salvation Army services at the citadel at Fifth and Washington streets this Sunday at 3 and 8 p m. They command the Iowa Nebraska work and have headed the Northern Pacific province for years. They visit the Pacific coast for their silver wedding anniversary celebration.
W. H. Walker, a county stockade prisoner serving three months for larceny, broke from a road gang as it left the stockade Saturday morning. He dodged two bullets fired by Guard John Mack and disappeared into the woods, the second escape of the summer.
Minnie Timmerman sues Dr. Homer J. Davidson for 5000 damages in superior court alleging he forcibly tried to make her sit on his lap during a May visit. The suit names Mrs. Mable G. Davidson as a co defendant and notes Davidson shares property with his wife.
David Bain of 1196 Lietave claimed his son Arthur was 21 but could not recall his own birth year. School certificates showed Arthur was 18, Bain Sr. claimed 1894 as birth year while noting Fraser River floods and his New Westminster council election. Police Judge MacMahon fined Arthur $25 and warned the father about future offenses.
August 14 report from Pt. Angeles says the Peruvian bark Alliance lies a mile off Ediz hook light before Victoria. Only one crew member, Capt Paragon, remains aboard. the rest are sick and five died en route from Callao of beri-beri. The ship has been 94 days at sea.
Emma Goldman arrives from Portland and will deliver a ten lecture series at W. W. Hall in Seattle starting Sunday afternoon. She speaks on War and the Sacred Right of Property and later on The Power of Billy Sunday. The case against her and manager Dr. Ben Reitman for distributing birth control literature was dismissed in Portland after municipal fines were appealed.
Former president William Howard Taft will speak to Chamber of Commerce members at a New Washington luncheon on Friday, September 9, following an invitation. He will also visit Seattle to address the American Bankers Association during its convention next month.
The Municipal league plans a fight for Councilman Hannah's billboard ordinance after the buildings and grounds committee of the league approved pursuing the measure despite the council public safety committee recommending against it.
Miss Ethelyn Byrne Rounds, 22, a popular university junior, died at Providence hospital Friday afternoon of peritonitis. Daughter of B J Rounds, contractor, she was a member of Delta Delta sorority and the Girls' Rowing club and active in women's athletics.
Al Jolson returns to Seattle for a week at the Moore theatre in Dancing Around at the Winter Garden with a strong vaudeville lineup. The bill features Kitty Doner, Eileen Molyneux, Rae Bowdin, Mary Robson, Mae Dealy, and Ben Frank Carter among others, plus first-run films at the Pantages and Lois theatres.
Seaside Ore August 14. Theodore Peterson twenty an O A C student of Portland was drowned while fishing from Escola rock off Cannon Beach. He was surrounded by incoming tide and tried to swim ashore. Companion William Dalzell swam to safety.
Everett August 14 disbarment charges are on file against Attorneys Robert McMurchie and Earl Husted. Husted was a Democratic candidate for Congress last fall. They are accused of misappropriating client funds.
Daniel Kiefer, chair of the Fels Fund in America, recalls Henry George and predicts the single tax idea will spread. He notes 400000 voters in recent U S elections favor it and cites partial adoption in Western Canada. Kiefer promotes land taxation and cites support in Denmark Sweden Italy France England and the United States. Mrs Fels and Dr Slaughter plan speeches at San Francisco events and in Boston area venues.
The Seattle Police band performs at Leech Park Sunday afternoon as part of a booster tour with the Seattle Fire Department band. They start at 8 o clock near 20th and Ballard avenues, then move to 22nd Ave and Market Street for a dance, followed by a Salmon Bay Park concert at 8 o clock Sunday evening.
Forty eight of fifty University of Washington students completed summer swimming lessons. They mastered overarm, side overarm and side underarm strokes, floating, rhythmic breathing, and plain diving. Clair Sexsmith was the instructor.
For over a century Haarlem Ol, a Holland remedy, is claimed to relieve kidney and bladder disorders. The ad promises quick relief from back pain, fatigue, headache, indigestion, insomnia, frequent urination, and bladder irritation. Available as GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules at 50 cents or $1 with a money back guarantee if not effective.
A new large mezzanine dining area offers ample reading space and three service counters to enhance patron convenience and comfort.
The War Department authorized a business men's maneuver camp at American Lake Washington from August 24 to September 12 similar to the Plattsburg model. Scores of Seattle business men signified their desire to join before the official announcement. The plan calls for men to leave offices for several days to receive military instruction, physical training, and recreation.
Today is the final day for readers to submit names for Seattle Electric Co weekly pamphlet. The traction firm will award three prizes of 15, 10 and 5 dollars, with August 26 set for public announcement. About 1,000 suggestions have been received, including The Last Gasp The Wall The Sardine Box The Apologist The Last Stand The Tomahawk The Juggernaut.
A fire in Kincardine Ontario caused about 20 000 dollars in damage. Investigators said the blaze was started by German sympathizers and destroyed the Hunter bridge and a boiler plant that was to begin producing shrapnel today.
Bert Vincent the vaudeville singer and accompanist Moore will perform from the Smith Building top at 12:30 Monday. Their rooftop concert follows a successful show from the Tower of Jewels at the San Francisco exposition. Vincent sings My Honolulu Bride, a piece by H. T. Weeks.
More than 5 000 teachers arrived in Oakland and San Francisco to attend the 58th annual convention of the National Education Association. An estimated 16 000 instructors and 27 foreign country representatives are expected over two weeks. The first session opens Monday.
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