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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1913
Page
6
Petition drive circulates to Governor Tener urging clemency for Mrs. Fredia Trost who is condemned to death for murdering her husband to inherit his estate. Jury verdict of first degree murder delivered within an hour. sixth day since a Philadelphia murder conviction tied to a will.
A home remedy combines Pinex and sugar syrup to treat coughs and related ailments. One pint mixture is kept in a bottle with instructions to take teaspoonfuls every one to three hours. Guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded through Bartel Drug Co and The Pines, Ft Wayne.
A Washington reader William Nichelson reports severe lung cough and night sweats eased after using Nature's Creation. The letter claims six bottles restored health, enables work, sleep and appetite, and urges others to seek information at the Beattie office for a booklet and full details.
A portrait of Seattle mayor Cotterill shows a 17 hour day with constant mail and 22 city departments. He faces visitors from job seekers to taxpayers and speaks at six meetings weekly, underscoring why Seattle pays him 7500 dollars annually.
W H Russell member of parliament of New Zealand spent two days in Seattle after touring the United States last July. He has since praised the United States and Seattle in lectures and a letter dated December 4 to Frederick B Chandler mayor Cotterill's secretary. The Ballard playground held its first annual mid winter fair with music by the playground band and program of songs and dances.
Forty young Yellowstone elk, aged one to two years, arrive three miles from North Bend to join a corral near Washington hills. Game Warden Reif and Yellowstone guide Walter Shaw oversee care as Seattle Elks greet the herd led by Exalted Ruler T. J. Ivers. Montana lodges assist Seattle in hosting the convention bid, with one death on the trip and total costs estimated at 1600 dollars.
An advertisement claims a dose of Pape's Cold Compound breaks a cold within hours and three consecutive doses cure grippe. It promises rapid relief from headache fever sneezing nasal congestion and rheumatic pains with no quinine and a 26 cent price from any druggist.
Albany January 2 Gov William Sulzer urged New York legislators to abolish child labor in cannery work and beyond and to require safety appliances in all industries. He called for a workingmen's compensation act and immediate submission of women's suffrage, direct election of U S senators, government reform, and resource conservation.
London taxicab chauffeurs quit work over a 10 cent per gallon rise in petrol price. Drivers pay for their own fuel. price jumped from 16 to 26 cents per gallon, effective today.
Jan. 2 Berlin reports a clinic run by Dr. Friedrich Franz Friedman in a poor district where about 100 people wait for injections. Dr. Hana Karfunkle notes treating six to seven hundred cases, with skeptics among scientists about long term results. Fifty women and children receive the serum intake in an afternoon session as others await their turn.
Progressive leaders including Edgar C. Snyder announce a two day state conference in January with a dinner on January 10. Delegates will read letters from Roosevelt Beveridge Addams as national figures are invited by Wil H. Parry. Lincoln day banquet in Seattle with Gov. Johnson also planned.
Twelve sailors aboard the Onaway from Ponce Puerto Rico delivered a relief when the ship finally reached port after a 48 hour gale. The vessel carried molasses and sides were damaged with masts strained and molasses spilled in the hold. The ship arrived in tow and was coated with syrup.
Four county watchers at the courthouse, paid 2.50 daily to guard ballot boxes, announce they will quit. Growing cold, damp, and gas burners failing in the attic have left them miserable and ready to resign their posts.
Evangelist Rev J Q A Henry delivered a revival sermon titled The Three Crosses at the Capitol Hill tabernacle on Wednesday night. He contrasted two classes of people, the repentant saved and the unrepentant lost, using the two thieves on the crucifixion. He said repentance determines salvation and warned of judgment for the unrepentant. Tonight Rev Brown will speak on Paying the Fiddler.
For the first time in three years Seattle is today without negro soldiers at Fort Lawton. The troops left on a special train New Year's day for San Francisco, where they will embark for Honolulu. A 30 man detachment from the Fourteenth Infantry under Captain Me Maas will replace them, with the rest arriving around January 16 from Helena Montana.
Seattle patrons praised Swift's Pharmacy for Adler-i-ka a German remedy once famed for curing appendicitis now claimed to relieve sour stomach gas and constipation in a single dose Instant relief advertised with medical tone and impact.
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