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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1911
Page
3
An ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as a rapid cure for colds and grippe. It promises relief within hours, claims three years of research and no quinine, and asserts no other medicine cures cold or grippe as promptly. It urges dosing every few hours and guarantees disappearance of symptoms after the first dose.
Local market list shows native Washington produce including Wenatchee apples naval and Valencia oranges and other items like ox tongue fresh pork dressed hogs and trim prices noted in a scanned format. Prices range from about 1.25 to 2.00 for various goods and cuts.
In Chicago the piece outlines three classes of people linked to fortune: gamblers, burglars, and beggars, with Big Jim O’Leary proposing retirement from gambling upon a 40,000 payoff for his police-proof den. It also reports a major lease in the Hay State building and humorous police exams highlighting odd answers. The items mention O’Leary’s raids, a $11 million lease value, and comedic misstatements by exam hopefuls.
The steamer Orteric faces fines totaling 7960 dollars after charges of neglect of steerage passengers caused 58 deaths, including 57 children, during an eight weeks voyage to Honolulu as ruled by Acting Secretary Cable of the department of commerce and labor.
Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr son of the famed general serves as president of the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego in 1915. He devotes time to property, banks, and railroads and has completed preparations for a second large hotel to match the new one in Hanson? This item notes his ongoing real estate and enterprise pursuits.
London reports the late MP Thomas Myles Sandys of Graythwaite Hall Ulverston left an estate valued at 5 656 000. The will includes a clause barring Roman Catholics or spouses of Catholics from inheriting and directs annual reading of that provision at Graythwaite Hall on the anniversary of his death.
The Seattle park board urges the doubling of Alki car line service in anticipation of summer crowds. It also weighs ferry service to Medina. legal says the board cannot build a dock but could convey property to the port commission for that purpose.
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