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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1912
Page
3
Edwin J Brown outlines his philosophy of fair treatment in dental work. He emphasizes honest pricing, steady service, and a long term commitment to patients, contrasting it with competitors who chase profits through deceptive ads.
Ella Flagg Young argues for early vocational focus as public schools must fit 14 year olds for life. She envisions walking delegate teachers visiting factories and shops to tailor schooling to practical work needs and involve families in choosing suitable trades. Jane Addams asks how schools teach material benefits to self supporting youths.
Jane Addams argues children should learn through hands on activity from ages 6 to 10, not focus solely on reading and arithmetic. She urges teaching domestic tasks to girls and manual crafts to boys to foster practical skills and citizen readiness.
The eastern United States from Maine to South Carolina is covered in snow with depths from two inches in Columbia to twelve inches in New York City. Snowbound roads and travel disruptions are reported across the region.
Forty six child actors from The Blue Bird company will set up a Christmas tree on the Moore theatre stage this afternoon. The troupe will shed stage names and play as if at home with Santa Claus. Burford Hampton, 16, a star, lives in England with his parents accompanying him. many others are far from home this Christmas.
Otto Ulven of 2209 West Sixth Street dropped 26 feet into a night shaft beneath a heavy glass cover at Bass Hueter Paint Co. on Post and Springets. He climbed the elevator cable to the top and hung there until Patrolman Loeser rescued him.
Ex Moose nominee for Massachusetts governor Charley Bird states that Roosevelt will not be a candidate again. The item notes a playful mock and references modern rooms at Hotel Virginius in a nearby Joplin, suggesting a miscued local ad insertion.
Poughkeepsie, Dec 26 A romance born from the suffragists hike to Albany ends with engagement announced in Hudson. Miss Gladys Coursen daughter of Alfred Coursen president of the American Mineral Wool company becomes engaged to Griffith Bonner a Poughkeepsie newspaper man.
Christmas travelers flood Los Angeles as the season’s severest wind and sand storm of the year halts trains and traffic. Car clubs report over 100 motor parties unable to return home last night as disruptions spread across the area.
St James Cathedral drew large crowds for a high pontifical mass at 11 o'clock Christmas morning. The service celebrated a principal Catholic festival as well as the cathedral's fifth anniversary and the 30th year of ordination for Right Rev Edward J O'Dea.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha line reports to stockholders in Tokyo showing 79 own vessels in operation 5 under construction 31 steam launches and tugs and two chartered ships. Total tonnage of its fleet reaches 369 007.
London reports King George nearly fully recovered from a chill that kept him from Christmas at Sandringham. Royal secretary Sir Frederick Ponsonby said the king was ill yesterday but well again this morning. Autoga South Dakota note tells how a deaf mute family’s cat helps locate their hearing impaired masters.
Residents near Wasco reported an aeroplane sighting the night of a $2,000 robbery near Maricopa. Witnesses say the aircraft was bound north and the robbers may have escaped by air.
Huntington's oldest resident Jacob Sauvers, who turns a birthday on December 20, submitted to his first shave at a barber's hands, secretly arranged by a daughter for a photographer's upcoming celebration.
In Bharon on December 26 Lewie Sacrich age 21 lies asleep in the local jail for four days. Police cannot wake him and doctors say he is sham ming. Officers joke at his bedside hoping for a groan or giggle to break the sleep.
The document lists average fees paid to producers by local commission merchants and prices paid by retailers to commissioners. It names items such as Valencia oranges, oysters, beef cuts, pork, poultry, vegetables, and staple goods with per unit prices and portions, reflecting market rates and selling terms.
Stockton reader learns he is heir to sixty thousand dollars after being committed to the state hospital as a dipsomaniac. M. F. Serrano, longtime drinker and barber, was ordered housed for two years on the water wagon, then news arrived that an aunt in Mexico left the fortune to him and his sister.
Washington December 26 A heated discussion at the Columbia Historical Society centers on whether the president’s residence should be called the White House. Some historians say the term is a contemptuous Brit term after the 1814 burning. others argue it honors Martha Washington whose Virginia girlhood home bore the name.
San Diego police report an additional lead in the Beckman murder mystery after a letter from Gustav Beckman says Carl Beckman arrived with heavily loaded baggage. Investigators seek to learn contents of the baggage while linking the slain upholsterer to a possible money motive.
Two Greeks were arrested in Midvale a smelter town after the murder of Marshal Wm Nelson during a Christmas celebration. One suspect feigned sleep with a revolver in hand as officers closed in.
San Francisco police were alerted to the escape of George G. Wilson from a Southern Pacific train at Pajara while bound for Los Angeles in the custody of Los Angeles Detective Johne. Wilson had been arrested on automobile stealing charges.
Columbia, D C December 25 80 convicts including several nurceoes were pardoned by order of Governor Hiease. The group spans offenses from first degree murder to minor infractions of the law.
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