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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1916
Page
2
The Hoquiam and Labor Council reports false claims misrepresenting Grays Harbor conditions have spread across the district. This misinformation allegedly lures workers to Harbor, only to arrive broke and unable to find employment amid the surplus of labor.
Dr L R Clark promotes a high quality, registered dentist office emphasizing fully trained graduates and state board licensure. The message touts painless dentistry with Novo-Catnon supply and modern methods to save teeth, inviting free examinations and urging prompt visit.
Seattle music lovers will hear 50 professional musicians under John M. Spargur perform new Victor Herbert pieces at the Hippo drome next Sunday afternoon. Grace Farrington Homated will sing Beach's Song of Love with the orchestra, plus other English and American songs with piano by Mrs. Inez Z. Morrison.
The Seattle Electric Co plans one man cars and asks the Puget Sound Service Commission to allow conductors to be removed and motormen to collect fares at front entrances. A cross-town test with new smaller cars is proposed, though trunk lines and safety ordinances may block the move.
Mrs Nellie Rininger and her daughter Dorothy sue Puget Sound Electric Co in superior court seeking 200000 damages for the death of Dr E M Rininger who was killed by a train at Riverton on July 26 1912.
Judge George D. Alden spoke on the Star Lyceum course at the Y M C A. He will deliver the mass meeting address at 23 p m Sunday at the Y M C A with the topic The Powder and the Match.
A 60 mile an hour gale hit Astoria early today causing significant minor damage. The O W R N dock shed roof was blown off and telephones poles and trees were toppled.
Seattle business leaders led by Otto Grunbaum and Robert Boyns condemn the 17.50 differential in passenger rates favoring Southern Pacific lines. They argue equal tariffs would boost Northwest tourism and commerce, citing Beattie and Seattle firms facing reduced tourist traffic and business travel.
Superintendent Wats of the Great Northern in Seattle said at noon he could not estimate the death toll. Three bodies had been recovered as the only definite fact. Rescue trains were not ordered from Beattie as work continued nearby. The Great Northern offices received numerous calls from anxious relatives all afternoon.
Three injured survivors were reportedly pulled from the ruins of two Great Northern passenger cars buried in a gulch below Corea near Cashmere. Four Cashmere residents were aboard the train: Fern Murdock, 19, a student at Bellingham normal. O A Miller, station contractor. Matt Lakens, merchant. and George Brandenburg, a carpenter.
An actress likely to be named joined in a divorce suit filed by Misa Dorothy Taylor from New York against Claude Grahame-White the famed English aviator who has just resigned from the British air service.
A historical ad lists remedies for numerous ailments from worms to whooping cough and malaria. It promotes Humphreys Homey Medicine Co products sold at William and Ann streets in New York with receipt price and free medical mail service.
Police nationwide seek William La Trassee an escaped convict and Pauline Bradford Toledo queen of shop lifters for a daylight hold up at Cook Tourist offices. A cashier was wounded a policeman killed and about 900 dollars vanished. The pair fled as the crime unfolded outside bystanders.
Police Chief Lang and City Attorney Van Ruff spoke to about 200 Seattle druggists in the assembly room at police headquarters on Friday outlining dry law rights for pharmacists. John Cleorin proprietor of the former Columbia bar is under arrest for possessing 72 quarts of liquor. A raid on the Fourth Avenue hotel at 415 Fourth Ave resulted in the arrest of a manager and seizure of beer and wine.
A Thursday night blaze destroyed Schmidt's Bakery and Louie's Restaurant in Valdez causing about 20900 in losses and threatening to engulf the business district.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a nocturnal remedy for a cold and constipation. It promises a clear head by morning, noting the product cleanses the stomach, regulates digestion, removes sour food, and expels bile and waste while users sleep. It urges a 10 cent box and appeals to parents for children.
Three men Marc Hamilton James Duffy and Tom Thornton were found in the streets Friday exhausted after braving a severe gale that chilled the town. Duffy may lose a finger as the mercury drops 12 degrees below zero in one of the worst cold snaps on record.
Maj. Gen. Scott chief of staff and Maj. Gen. Bliss assistant chief of staff fully backed Secretary Garrison’s proposed army plan before the Senate Military Committee on Friday.
Star Want Ads advertises acreage for sale with details on parcels and contact options for prospective buyers seeking land investment opportunities.
Women members of the National Security league fled to tabletops and chairs for safety as a rat scurried through headquarters in Philadelphia on January 22, highlighting fear beyond war concerns.
Washington dispatch reports allied diplomats were feted last night while Entente and central envoys avoid contact since war began. President and Mrs Wilson prepare to host a diplomatic dinner Tuesday amid ongoing tensions.
An advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as a cure and preventive for grip or cold symptoms. The copy emphasizes a single product, GROVE'S BEW, with a distinctive box signature and claims of rapid relief from cold onset.
Sheriff Robert T. Hodge blasted a morning paper for alleged past lies and threatened an exposé aimed at damaging its owner. He claimed to possess photographs of sensational yacht scenes and planned to use stereopticon views in campaign talks.
Five people died in floods in Oklahoma within 24 hours. The victims include Mrs G D Cleveland and three children in Crusher and James Shennard in Sulphur. The floods caused extensive property damage totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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