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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1912
Page
3
Advert promises four stomach ease with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet and perfect control for indigestion. It claims quick relief, easy use, and steady recovery by aiding digestion and taking care of the stomach after meals.
Small turnout across Washington towns saw socialists win in Burlington and Hem. lose in Edmonds Bremerton and Sunnyside. Edmonds elected city attorney and two council members. Bremerton fusion swept all, including navy garden candidates. In Olympia Republican Mayor Fridgeport fell to George A. Mottman on Citizens ticket.
Portland dispatch reports eleven Oregon towns elect new administrations with women voters dominant. Bend reelected Mayor Putnam, while Gresham saw 90 year old Mrs. J P Powell cast her first ballot as women participate broadly.
Representatives of city social agencies met at the Chamber of Commerce and organized the Central Council of Social Agencies of Seattle. The group began last June with a 25 member committee and will work like a central charity organisation. It was called by Mayor Cotterill.
Trainmen repelled a fight at Kanasket station last night when Elwood McConnel and Christ Knudson attacked N. P. agent O. D. Pinch and telegraph operator Owen Ackrey as a train was missed. Knudson drew a revolver and it wounded his companion. both attackers were knocked unconscious and jailed.
Redmond and Taft set December 23 to vote on incorporation as fourth class cities. Hearings on the elections were held before the county commissioners yesterday. Both towns have nominated full slates for city offices.
The state tax commission seeks to tax all sea craft under a proposed law. If enacted, counties will set marine assessments individually, with varied treatment by counties. The commission plans to push the measure as an emergency action.
Filing for city council seats opens December 20 and closes January 13. Primary is February 18 and general election on March 4. Councilmen Blaine Griffiths and Marble’s terms end next March. Griffiths will not seek reelection. Marble will run for reelection.
Laboratory assistant Milton V. Veldee of the state university inoculated two guinea pigs with sweepings from the wrestling mat to determine if germ contamination could cause blood poisoning among student athletes. The animals will be observed closely for reaction.
An advertisement touts AI materials and experienced staff in dental work at Regal Dental Offices Dor L. R. Clark claiming guaranteed results and very low prices. It pitches a $10 gold crown for $4 and a $19 NeverSip plate for $6, urging readers to visit 1405 Third Ave. NW corner Union.
Reverently staged on the historic site of the event the Flight into Egypt is part of Kalem company’s moving picture production to be first shown at Christmas time.
Mrs Ida Radt wife of a New York banker walked in her sleep to a hotel window in uptown New York and fell seven stories to a skylight. She was seriously injured and unable to recall the fall after awakening.
Miss Dixie Armestead of Evanaville Indiana named prettiest working girl by the Tri-State Photographers Association during their annual convention. She works as a bookkeeper and was selected to pose for photographers from Indiana Illinois and Kentucky.
Police hunt a would be bomb planter who placed 60 sticks of dynamite under the Trent River bridge in Nanaimo British Columbia on December 4. The charge failed to explode due to the fuse burning and freezing weather. Authorities suspect the act aimed to disrupt coal shipments to Union Bay, the coal mine shipping point.
Los Angeles officials draft a city ordinance limiting hat pin length to one inch with guards for longer shafts. Violators face 500 dollar fines and five to six months in jail. The measure moves to the city council within a week.
Miss Sadie Sales, a preparatory school student and loyal mousette, wore sandals and silk hose out of season when she contracted pneumonia at Browns Bridge. Her condition is described as serious.
A huge kite like an army biplane will be the target for the three inch aeroplane gun to be tested at Sandyhook. A locomotive will provide drawing power, with expected speed of a mile a minute as the guns fire.
Fred W. Newell and D. Hamm were reelected and Max Schmidt was elected to the Duwamish Waterway Commission in yesterday's vote. The district includes Georgetown South Seattle Van Asselt Youngstown and South Park. Work starts immediately on the waterway with a dredging contract to be let Friday. When finished the waterway will cost about 1 600 000 and measure 300 feet wide and 200 feet deep at mean low tide.
In New York a dramatic courtroom moment features Mrs. Evelyn Thaw denying she is the mother of a boy. The claim arises during a $2,041 suit by Gorham Mfg. Co. over goods allegedly bought and unpaid. The witness, under cross examination, asserts she has no children.
Miss Elizabeth Kite of the state department investigates Burlington Atlantic and Ocean counties finding exchanges of wives and sale of babies for liquor and small sums. Many victims are described as feeble minded amid arrests and further inquiries.
Mrs Edward Stiff of Oxford area has cared for two sons who never left their beds for 29 years since birth. The two sons are helpless invalids in a rural farm setting near Oxford Michigan. The story emphasizes a mother’s devotion and daily care.
A patient from Clinton Iowa testifies that after failed treatments the Dr Kilmer Swamp Root remedy restored health. He, W. C. Cook aged sixty, says three weeks of use led to gains and return to labor. The statement is sworn before a notary on July 13 1909.
Letter to Kilmer Co. Shamton MA and Singhamton NY offer samples of Swamp-Root. Promises a booklet on kidneys and bladder. Regular 500 and 1.00 bottles sold at drug stores.
The markets show varied values for head lettuce and timothy hay with prices around 17.00 to 25.00 per unit. Eastern Washington and Puget Sound regions list feeds and grains including corn and brome hay with several price points noted amid trading activity.
New York December 4. James L. Laidlaw banker argued at the Metropolitan temple that white slavers abducted Dorothy Arnold the New York heiress and killed her after discovering her identity.
Everett authorities report the new vocational school for backward boys is a success. Twenty two boys shifted from regular classes to the shop have shown marked improvement and many now excel as mechanics, with formerly slow students displaying notable mechanical aptitude.
Edward Arnold celebrates a prodigal calf moment after a prize heifer fell into a crevasse and survived 29 days without food or water before being found alive in La Crosse Wisconsin.
An advertisement touts Papes Diapepsin as a quick, harmless remedy for sour upset gassy stomachs. It claims the product digests food, relieves indigestion and bloating within minutes, and costs fifty cents for a large case at drug stores.
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