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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1915
Page
2
Edwin J Brown argues advertising dentis ts often fails due to incompetence dishonesty and insobriety rooted in heredity and environment He mocks Dr Shark style ads and urges readers to seek real qualified dentists over flashy guarantees and boastful claims.
Physicians over twenty years report Resinol Ointment and Soap effective for eczema and similar skin troubles. The products stop itching quickly and clear eruptions, praised for gentle action safe for infants and children. Free trial available by writing Dept. 23-R, Resinol, Baltimore, MD.
A house at 416 East Denny Way becomes a self run lodging and employment aid center for working girls. Eight founders financed the project privately with no charity board control. The club offers 25 cent lodging, telephone access, a small library, and an informal employment bureau via Capitol 2753.
City officials in Olympia refused to back down when a street railway company laid spur tracks without paying required costs. The city tore up the tracks with a work crew and obtained a temporary injunction from Judge Mitchell to prevent relaying them, mirroring long standing public utility tactics.
The club announces a membership fee of 50 cents every six months and urges renewed commitment to expand the ranks. It invites more participants to join and enjoy anticipated benefits as numbers rise.
Nearly every retail jeweler in Washington gathers in Seattle for two days of annual sessions starting Monday. About a hundred leading diamond merchants will meet at 10 o'clock in the Chamber of Commerce assembly room. Tours around Lake Washington and Puget Sound are planned for visitors, with President L. W. Suter presiding.
Nelson Beeman in Los Angeles declared himself the ugliest man in Upland. He ordered hospital surgeons to sew a cut in his forehead to create a pronounced scar, saying his reputation for ugliness must be preserved at all costs.
Art Smith, Panama Pacific exhibition flyer, says fewer than 200 aviators would be of value to the army or navy if the U S enters war. He notes there are not more than 100 aviators outside service and that current exhibition machines could not serve militarily. He blames government neglect and calls for greater funding, more trained pilots, and improved aircraft.
Jay Cooke Howard, president of the National Association of the Deaf, spoke to Seattle deaf residents after returning from the San Francisco convention. He urged reliance on sign language rather than attempting audible speech, saying vocal training is of limited value.
The Metropolitan and Moore theatres stay dark next week until Al Jolson arrives in mid August. Vaudeville at Pantages Empress and Lois features six acts incl The 1916 Cabaret Review with Jitney Jim and Granville and Mack. Flying La Mara aerialists and The Stars of the Movies film bill headline at the New Pantages.
Lois theatre presents motion pictures of the Eastland disaster showing the panic rescue and body recovery scenes along with first aid demonstrations. The program features the Harmony Duo Fifi and Moore and other vaudeville acts plus photoplays. Mo r e Jolson comments and Sousa concert at the Metropolitan conclude Seattle programs with a well attended audience.
The Frankfurter Zeitung published the papal appeal text revealing that the latest peace proposal from the pope was rejected by the Italian press. An advertisement for the Hollywood Lunch and Soda Fountain at 212 Pike 81 follows.
The ad proclaims all dentists are graduates and registered with certificates displayed in the office. It highlights high quality materials and up-to-date methods, and asserts the lowest prices. It claims patient satisfaction and rapid growth as reasons for success.
In Portland on July 31 W. J. Bryan said he has no political plans for future office and will stay in politics to advocate measures aiding the masses and expose the plunderbund. He warned one class demands a pledge not to run while affirming lifelong political activity. He assessed Republicans as lacking prospects, tied to Roosevelt’s choices.
Joe Beott of Los Angeles, noted lawyer and vice supreme master of the Fourth Degree, will attend Seattle events Monday after winning a $30,000 libel suit against the Los Angeles Times. He will speak at the Arctic Club banquet after 140 candidates are initiated at the Knights of Columbus clubhouse, with Maurice Lachey coordinating.
In Olympia July 31 Miss Dora Weiss, daughter of tailor Fred Weiss, identified the shoes worn by Joe Parrot at his arrest in Tacoma as the shoes her father wore the day he left Olympia for Gate City. Weiss, a logger, carried $35 and was later found beaten near Gate. an old discarded pair was found near the body. Parrot, about 22, faces trial.
Eugene Oregon July 31 property valued at 25 000 dollars rewards today to Elizabeth Murray who tended the late James Sanford for 18 years without salary. She had worked at 1 50 a week until 15 years ago when he offered to leave her his property if she cared for him free for life. She agreed.
A Star reporter observed a routine Everett police court session where young women charged with lingering around cases faced the judge. Maud Harless, 22, and others like Mrs Helen Miller and Rose Van Dyke received minor penalties or warnings as attorneys and petitioners crowded the proceedings.
The Seattle teenager Jennie Middlevich, age 16, played for John Philip Sousa and received high praise. Sousa said she outshined many violinists and urged her to continue school work and practice, noting her promising future.
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