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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1912
Page
3
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Pepsin as a gentle laxative for summer constipation and diarrhea. It claims heat worsens bowel issues and urges buying a fifty cent bottle or free trial by mail from Dr W B Caldwell at Monticello, Illinois.
Timetable details for Everett to Seattle and Seattle to Everett services with limited morning and afternoon trains. Lists times including 10:36 am 6:25 pm departures for Everett to Seattle and 9:00 am 4:00 pm for Seattle to Everett plus extra Saturday Sunday trains and freight baggage trains.
Timetable fragment lists multiple arrival and departure times between Snohomish and Everett with morning and afternoon slots. Details include 4:05 and 8:50 and 10:20 a.m. and 12:15, 1:26, 4:05 p.m. and later 3:20, 6:40, 7:50 and 10:90 p.m.
A memorial signed by Gov. Glasscock of West Virginia and many state citizens was read in the Senate urging an investigation of the election of Senators Chilton and Watson. It accuses an unholy alliance and improper money use, noting only 30 members were present and referring the matter to the committee on privileges and elections.
In Tacoma on August 27 three boys in custody face charges for the death of Roy Morris 27 and injuries to brothers Joe Ragen 14 Steve Ragen 10 and John Bridger 9. Authorities say the boys left a trolley controller open causing a car to move and crush Morris. He died at the hospital.
Albert Bullamore of Somers, Wisconsin, has shot a burglar at the Bullamore store for the third time in as many years after burglar alarms successfully halted the crime. The wounded suspect left a blood trail and is believed captured after fleeing toward Milwaukee.
Johno Dalynecho lies dying from head injuries after four masked men halted him and John Dargo on Third Ave. at about midnight. Dalynecho was struck with a revolver and knocked down as the assailants demanded surrender.
Telegraphic instructions from Ottawa abrogate the closed season from August 25 to September 15. The change allows Fraser River canneries to operate during a period traditionally idle, reported by the local fisheries department in New Westminster.
Greensburg Pa Aug 27 Nine thousand stenographers answered the local want ad from Seneca G Lewis president of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co of Jeannette He intended to hire one but found applicants plentiful and cheap and took two The ad drew 7000 replies from rural areas and 2000 from towns beyond the countryside
In St Louis on August 27 a Belleville man, Andrew Hohm, replaced a hen killed by a car with a rooster. Yesterday six chicks hatched from the eggs and the rooster is believed to be caring for the brood, the man says.
Superior Judge William P. Lawier set September 16 for the trial of Louis Glass former vice president of Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Co on bribery charges. The delay aims to avoid a dismissal over the sixty day limit. In London Canada suffrage fight Robert L. Borden consented to receive a delegation of suffragists and said he would decide whether to support the movement.
A muddled report describes Mamma Marguerite distributing jewels to a bride for Francois Joseph Maximilian Maria Antoine Ignace Lamoral, with a thief looting the stash. References to Thurn and Taxis heirs and alibis frame a jewel theft tale amid royal intrigue. New York dispatch notes Navy Secretary George Von L Meyer aboard Dolphin en route to Newport suffering typhoid fever.
In Ostend a royal jewelry plot ends with a theft as Princess Marguerite of Thurn and Taxis loses part of her family jewels after luring highborn brides for her son François. In Berlin, the Imperator, Hamburg America’s giant liner, will be the fastest ship, racing Cunard’s Mauretania with a speed of 27 to 28 miles per hour once completed.
Oliver P Newman profiles Joseph Davies a Wisconsin figure described as bright and energetic. The piece notes his role with the Democratic Party in Chicago and his leadership in Wilson's WWI era campaign in the Midwest and West, highlighting humor and political ascent.
Mrs Homer M Hill leads a King County Women’s Progressive Party club with headquarters at Butler hotel. A countywide voter mobilization aims to produce a large turnout at the progressive primaries on September 7 with volunteer election officials at 281 city precincts and 100 country precincts. Polling places are offered free of charge by the Bull Moose party, with reserved Armory seating for volunteers and officials at Colt’s addresses.
Mrs. William Wright of Tacoma chose suicide over a return to Steilacoom infirmary. After leaving her home she walked to the 34th Street bridge and leaped into the gulch, her body found by two local children. Family members say fear of being sent back haunted her.
Deputy Clerks Jas C Drake and R W Jamieson resign effective Sept 1 as Clerk A W Engle of Seattle retires. Frank W Crosby of Tacoma will replace Engle and appoints Frank M Harshburger from Northern Pacific Railway as first deputy in Tacoma.
In Oakland on August 27 expert burglars dynamited the Theo Gierwine Co safe and made off with 210 dollars in cash.
The document lists average prices paid by local commission merchants to producers and by retailers to commissioners. Prices vary by freshness and quality, with figures for fruits, vegetables, and meats including apples, oranges, beef items, mutton, and pork products.
Catherine Elliott an 18 year old from Newburgh applied at the navy recruiting station for nurse enlistment. She states she was born at sea and raised afloat and notes she speaks five languages and has sailed in seven seas. She was told women cannot serve on ships and plans to appeal to Washington.
Arthur Orr of Dalton Georgia died after three days of agony from a stomach kick delivered by his horse during a Masonic meeting at Tamnel Hill. The horse had disturbed a yellow jacket nest causing the fatal injury. Orr was found unconscious by fellow lodge members.
Franz Sirle a 24 year old unemployed man in New York flipped a coin and as it landed heads declared I ve got nothing much to live for Then he drew a revolver and shot himself dying soon after in an ambulance The incident occurred in a shooting gallery with onlookers present
An advertisement touts the Try-New-Life device as instantly relieving sciatica kidney trouble and muscular rheumatism. It highlights adjustable seven speed settings a simple operation and home demonstrations with free trials and home visits. Sold or rented with locations at 12 First Avenue and drug stores in the city.
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