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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1915
Page
3
The ad asks readers to choose a trustworthy dentist over shady operators. It argues a long proven track record, proper state certification, and honest pricing are crucial. It cites John Wanamaker style guarantees and claims Seattle success with high annual volumes and modest net profits.
Emma Goldman, an anarchist, will depart Sunday after completing a season of 19 months and 200 lectures from Atlantic to Pacific. She travels from Seattle to Chicago after her last talk there Sunday night. In Seattle she speaks at I W W hall 208 Second Ave S Saturday night on The Intermediate Sex Sunday afternoon on The Philosophy of Anarchism and Sunday evening on Variety or Monogamy Which.
A gasoline handcar derailed two miles east of Barneston near Tacoma, plunging 50 feet down an embankment. John F. Finnell, roadmaster of the Tacoma division, and Angelo Panni, a section hand, were killed. A third person remains in critical condition.
Port Warden A. A. Paysse met with Mayor Gill to seek a general public service license for the municipal wireless station in the port office. A general license would allow all commercial messages, rivaling Marconi, with rates filed at the federal level and paid by shippers and ashore patrons. Officials from Alaska Steamship Co and Pacific Alaska Navigation Co support expansion while noting current limits. Paysse argues the venture requires no public expense and could attract steady business, possibly adding night staff and equipment if profits grow.
Saturday closed a week of Made in Washington events at the Northwest Merchants convention with a manufacturers fair in the Stuart building. Thousands of merchants from the Northwest shopped for fall and winter stock, prizes were promised to visitors, a large cake was prepared for a musicale, and Washington-made goods were urged throughout the day.
Convicted in police court on reckless driving after striking two women with his car A J Chance is sentenced to three months in jail. He fled to Seattle where arrested and also faces a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. Woman Drowns in River
The American Home Economics association met at the University of Washington where C B Smith head of the US Department of Agriculture home economics division said farmers and their wives face needs of more money less drudgery and relief from isolation. Other speakers discussed nutrition municipal markets and unity of sciences as delegates praised Seattle markets as a paradise for the housekeeper.
The Seattle chief of police defends his actions and rejects a Star demand to dismiss officers Phillips and Collins. He describes attempts to undermine his authority, details gambling enforcement limits, and vows to close chartered gambling clubs with proper warrants and continued police action.
Ex-President Taft travels from Pocatello to Portland to address a joint meeting of the Washington and Oregon Bar associations on Monday after speaking at a banquet last night in Idaho.
Mrs Josephine Preston Washington state superintendent of instruction was elected sixth vice president of the National Education Association at its meeting in San Francisco.
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