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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1912
Page
3
A nostalgic ad essay notes gray hair as unbecoming with age and urges young women to avoid the look. It promotes a hair product from Phiio Hay Spec. Co. Newark New Jersey and mentions sales through Prog Stores and Bartell Drug Stores.
New York July 30 Judge Bicchoff fixes bail at 2500 for Mrs Perkins Frederick Patterson and Patrick Walsh on a larceny charge tied to McNamara automobile theft. Prosecution seeks 5000 bail but court grants 2500. Hearing postponed to Friday as McNamara's lawyers contest ownership of the auto. Joseph Dobson, a janitor, commits suicide after arson accusation at Turk and Larkin.
The St Peter a Catholic Church car will perform missionary work in Idaho under the Catholic Church Extension Society. The mobile chapel features Cuban mahogany interior, room for 60 pew occupants, an organ, sanctuary and altar, confessional, living quarters for the chaplain and manager, a dining reading room, stateroom and bathroom, a kitchen and four upper berths in the chapel near the entrance.
Mrs Louise Toner sues Gertrude Pena in San Francisco charging obtaining money under false pretenses after paying 1099.50 for a wrinkle eradicating formula that allegedly did not work and was misrepresented. The product is claimed to be nothing but egg white and the inventor, Pena, is named in the warrant.
Senator Bourne, in response to letters urging another campaign, says he appreciates the goodwill but would only run if Ben Selling's nomination is declared fraudulent. He adds the initiative to place his name before voters must come from others, not himself, and cites the Oregon primary system.
The indictment against Mayor Rush Light Police Chief Slover and others charging an attempt to bribe Deputy City Attorney Collier with marked money has been dismissed on motion by District Attorney Cameron. He said the case was not strong enough to proceed to trial.
In Portland on July 30 two Japanese stowaways escaped their confinement aboard the Hokuto Maru and leaped overboard as the steamer neared the Willamette River. Chief Engineer Tayoura was stabbed in the shoulder by one of the men who tried to intervene. Both stowaways, chained together, were believed drowned after entering the river.
Brig. Gen. Forrest Henry Hathaway U S A retired died of heart disease at his Portland residence. After a 40 year army career he was made brigadier general January 20 1904 and retired the next day at his own request.
Mrs. Cecelia Kunkle attempted to ride a coal train to fill a family need. The train jolted she fell on the rail and the wheels severed a leg. She sat on the track binding the limb and refused hospital care to care for her newborn, until help arrived. A hospital amputation followed. In Columbus, a state liability report notes a cat at Goodman plant caring for eight baby rats after the mother rat was killed.
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