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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1913
Page
6
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast cure for head cold misery and grippe with a regimen of doses every two hours, claiming swift relief from headaches stuffed nose fever and sore throat. It also markets restoration dental plates by Dr L R Clark with guaranteed work and reasonable prices.
A family reports their daughter Evaleen recovered from tuberculous bone disease after using Nature's Creation remedy. The note from Elmer Hilligoss praises the treatment and invites contacts at Nature's Creation in Seattle for information.
A controversial proposed bill championed by Washington State Bar leaders would create a life tenured five member code commission to advise and veto legislation. Appointed by the governor, the commission would review all bills ten days before final readings and could block measures lacking its approval.
Superior Court seeks Tynjat T. Gudely a soldier in the allied Balkan army who witnessed a will of Samuel J. Aichovich. The will left property to his sister and brother. Herzegovina mayor was authorized to take Gudely’s depositions.
In Bellingham Washington preparations begin for new machinery and warehouses to pack 25 000 cases of salmon daily with leading packers announcing output will double this year compared with 1912 as the project proceeds.
The steamship Jeanie reports a large seiner and several hories sighted near port believed to be remains of a fishing expedition in the Clarence Strait area of Southeastern Alaska. Captain Karbbe says stormy weather likely caused the loss of several fishermen.
In Stockton on January 9, BEC Dickinson received two cans of oysters from Baltimore. Upon opening them he found the contents frozen solid, prompting a tongue in cheek call for Uncle Sam to include an oil stove in parcel post bags.
Cascades transport improves as Northern Pacific runs near schedule and Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound line resumes service. Great Northern remains blocked by Tye slide with 440 men clearing tracks and a rotaries fight mountainside snow. Chinook melts Seattle snow but avoids mountain floods.
Corporation Counsel Bradford argued for a city and state minimum wage law at the Commercial Club. He outlined a brief for the supreme court citing police powers and public welfare. Councilman Griffiths spoke on aiding immigrants to cultivate unused land for mutual benefit.
Newly elected Nile Temple Mystic Shrine officers were installed with ceremonies at Redding's hall. Imperial Marshal B L Garreston of Tacoma and retiring potentate Daniel B Trefethen led the installing, followed by presentation of a past potentate's jewel to Dan iel Trefethen and gifts from the Alaska Pilgrimage club and Nile Temple patrol. Dancing and social hour with Shrines and wives concluded the evening.
United States Senator elect Dr. Harry Lane of Oregon spoke at Seattle's Arctic Club during the King County Medical Society banquet on Medicated Politica. He recalled visiting Seattle in 1874 and professed lasting affection for the city. Mayor Cotterill praised doctors and Seattle's healthfulness.
San Francisco reports the first student run cafeteria in a city school. Financed and operated by boys and girls, the menu features shrimp salad four cents and beef stew four cents, macaroni and cheese four cents, milk one cent, tea or coffee two cents, bread and butter two cents, potatoes one cent, and corn two cents.
The board decided to formally open the new Franklin high school Thursday night January 16 with public viewing. Built at 400000 dollars, the school is described as one of the finest in the country. Judge McDonald named committees with Craven Shorrock Pigott Winsor and others handling audit, buildings, finance, purchasing, salaries, textbooks, and parental schools.
Senator Troy a Democrat from Jefferson county is slated by Lieutenant Governor Hart for the chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee, regarded as the legislature's most important panel. The report lists other committee assignments including Rosenhaupt chairing the Judiciary Committee again and Nichols to lead Roads and Bridges.
The first state newspaper institute will be provided by the Washington State Press association under the university school of journalism. It runs Monday through Wednesday next week and aims to introduce new ideas and methods for greater efficiency in the newspaper business. Newspaper men from across the state will attend the three day session.
Will Winkfield a negro messenger is alleged to have stolen the Archbold letters from the New York office files of the Standard Oil Company and sold them to agents including William Randolph Hearst. He is to appear in Washington on January 11 before the investigation committee to state how he obtained the letters which triggered a political scandal implicating numerous congressmen senators governors and judges. The letters’ publication prompted resignations including Senator Bokker of Ohio Congressman Ley of Pennsylvania former Governor C. Haskell of Oklahoma and the national committee treasurer. Burns detectives and senate officials hunted across the country until Winkfield was found through a deputy United States marshal.
Emidio Canella sues for injuries from a dog bite on his left leg above the ankle last August. He claims the bite stiffened a leg and hindered his trade and seeks damages. The bite was from a dog owned by L K Kincain and wife as the owner faces a superior court decision. A stray line about a Stanford lock factory and a wedlock note appears in碎 the damaged text.
George Henry completed a long trek to marry his bride in St Louis. The voyage underlines a personal quest that connected two families across miles.
J. L. McPherson of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce compared Alaska weather with U S cities on January 6 noting that a Stka reading of 34 above zero matched Los Angeles and San Francisco. Denver logged 22 below zero while Dutch Harbor Eagle Nome Tanana and Valdez ranged from 22 to 4 to 18 above zero.
A London professor proclaims every woman can be Venus and the ladies respond with enthusiasm, calling him a perfect dear. The remark highlights contemporary debates on female beauty and social ideals.
The mayor of Ocean City New Jersey faces a recall bid, with opponents pressing for removal while he opposes the move. The political clash centers on leadership accountability and local governance during a disputed period.
Students at the military medical academy in Kiev strike in protest of an imperial ukase requiring a military salute to all army officers. The edict also states students must ask officers for permission to sit in streetcars, a rule met with widespread objection among the pupil body.
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