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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1913
Page
9
An advertisement touts a dentist offering pain free tooth extractions without cocaine, chloroform, ether, or gas. The practitioner promises personal, attentive care, doing all work himself and charging fair prices with an absolute guarantee of results.
Pacific Northwest Traction Co Everett announces limited to Seattle and Bremmerton routes with daily and weekend trains. Timings include morning and evening departures from Seattle and Brecht to Seattle with multiple stops and ticket office locations at Fifth Avenue Westlake Greenwood Ajax Drug and others.
In Pontypool at Crane Street Baptist Chapel the Rev Daniel Hughes forced entry after a dispute with the congregation over his resignation. He damaged a window and door hardware, loitered through the day, and during an evening service baptized nine people as a crowd watched. The scene led to a revival of the call for his resignation.
Laurea Gay and May Billinghurst two militant suffragettes were tried at Old Bailey for destroying mail and were each sentenced to eight months imprisonment. Misa Hillinghurst a cripple on a tricycle has served several prior terms in suffrage protests.
An old advertisement extols Cascarets as essential for cleansing the bowels liver and stomach. It argues internal cleanliness is vital, promises gentle overnight relief, and notes a 10 cent box keeps systems regular for months including for children.
United Press dispatch reports marine disasters claim 28 lives and 16 injuries. The Tom Bigbee River steamer James T Staples boiler explosion near Mobile, Alabama kills ten and injures 17. Captain Larkin and seven crew die when schooner Future sinks off Cape Hatteras. Hoath line steamer Ambrose collides with a fishing craft in the Mersey, sinking both. ten lives lost.
In Astoria Oregon the mouth of the Columbia River is without motor lifeboats after the destruction of two Fort Canby and Cape Disappointment rescue boats during the removal of survivors from the Hunted Roses. If another vessel were distressed, crews would rely on old oar-propelled boats, alarming shipping men about readiness in a storm.
After visiting unpaved streets, the council approves permanent paving of a section of Duwamish Ave where the railroad shifts tracks and backs a crushed rock roadway on Ellis Ave to link with the county road. Erickson was absent. The trip was arranged by the Duwamish Valley Commercial club.
Col. George West, American consul to Kobe, reports rapid growth in US Japan commercial activity. He notes rising faith in American firms and methods among Japanese but warns Americans to distrust Japanese financial ratings and banks reluctant to share information. West plans to sail to the Orient January 23 via San Francisco.
Princesses Louisae Clementine and Stephanie daughters of the late King Leopold of Belgium have compromised their claim against the state for a share of the monarchs estate. They now accept the state's offer of 7 520 000 dollars. Leopold's will left each daughter 3 000 000 inherited from his father. The daughters sought a share of Congo interests funds.
Evangelist Hiley spoke to the largest Capitol Hill tabernacle audience of the revival meetings, urging ministers to affirm the word of God as essential to reviving a dead church. He emphasized belief in Christ as the second key to revival.
The Pennsylvanian state group hosts a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce with Mayor Cotterill and speakers R. H. Mattison and I. M. Duke of Los Angeles. The feature is a reunion of Pennsylvanians now living in King Pierce Kitap Snohomiah and Clallam counties.
City council members invite property owners and residents near the courthouse hill to a Feb 2 hearing on removing excess hillside. They seek ideas for the old structure after the new courthouse is built and discuss access improvements including a Ravennd park ravine bridge project and street regrades with a total cost around 40 776 54.
Supreme Court Justice Newberger in New York grants Anna Held a final decree of divorce from Florenz Ziegfeld. the action terminates their long interlocutory separation and ends ongoing marital proceedings.
Samuel Hill, nephew of James J. Hill, publicly offers the state of Washington an abandoned right-of-way and old roadbed between Tacoma and Vancouver. He values the property at $2,000,000 and says it could serve as a link in the Pacific highway. He notes the plan stalled two years ago due to lack of road funds and predicts completion next October with appropriation and convict labor.
Richard Peterson a blaster at the Granby mine in Phoenix was killed when a dynamite explosion blew off his head in the early hour. He had been charging drill holes while other miners were off work and could not reach safety in time. He had worked at the mine for several years.
Senator-elect Harry Lane of Oregon Speaker Howard Taylor and Samuel Hil were honored Friday by the Sense Press club. The group joked and moved bills from the floor to the speaker’s table including a greenback bill buried in the appropriations committee. The event celebrated members who will spend 60 days at Olympia.
Wm J. Bryan asserts in the Com moner that President-elect Woodrow Wilson should appoint officials by higher motives than gratitude. He argues offices must be chosen to strengthen the party and advance the Democratic program, not solely for political service or past loyalty.
Everett reports P. C. Peterson shot three large cougars in the North Bend country within a single minute. He brought the pelts Friday and claimed $160 from the county as a trophy.
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