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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1914
Page
3
The Seattle Commercial Club pledged not to promote Bremerton to visitors. It accepted Vashon Island's invitation to a strawberry festival on June 20.
A. Skalabrin of 227 Eighth Ave N. was hospitalized in Providence with a fractured skull after being held up and beaten by three footpads at Eighth Ave and Blanchard St shortly after midnight. He underwent surgery today.
A search is underway for Neld Chandler a 67 year old man of 2208 West 60th Street who went out in a rowboat from Andersons Boat House at the foot of 20th Avenue yesterday and did not return. He was seen rowing against a heavy tide near the government locks at Ballard around 5 30 p.m. The empty boat was found adrift later.
A widow and her children in Minneapolis returned 900 dollars lost by Mrs. E. A. Colliton, twenty three years ago, to ease their conscience. The amount included half in one dollar bills.
County Committee and Young Men's Republican Club clash over control as they call each other bosses marking a contention during the handpicking season.
Gossip of politics threads through King county with five opponents named to Bryan as handpicked delegates loom. The standpat convention size shrinks with 192 chosen in caucus from 625 expected, risking unrepresented precincts unless more selections occur. Tensions rise between the county committee and the Young Republicans as both aim to control the convention. Former Judge W R Gay may seek the 47th district seat while John Ryan weighs a run alongside Danlandon J B Wallace James Bradford Austin Griffiths and J France as Bryan remains the sole declared candidate for the nomination.
Columbus and St Louis have decided to elect councils at large as part of a government reorganization. The move shifts representation away from wards toward citywide seats, signaling a major change in local political structure.
Will Atkinson voices strong opposition to a proposed charter for Seattle, arguing it mirrors St. Louis and Columbus forms, risks legislative and court interference, disqualifies candidates, and keeps council pay high while limiting public service. He questions pay for the city manager and labels the charter an oyster with shell.
A large crowd at a Municipal League gathering led to a one week delay in the charter vote. Opponents and supporters clashed over whether attendees were invited, with James A. Haight and Police Chief Griffiths opposing the charter while Howard Waterman supported it.
Readable items note Scribes meet Thursday, a Follies dance on Issaquah ferry Friday, and various community notices including PTA meetings, a court case, and local events. Additional items cover a jewelry store incident, divorces, marriages, and civic updates.
Thin men and women can gain five to eight pounds in fourteen days by taking Sargel with each meal and weighing and measuring beforehand. The plan claims fat from meals can be converted into nourishing tissue, with Sargel stopping waste and aiding fat production. Sold by Bartell Drug Co and Swift's Pharmacy in Seattle with forty tablets per box and money back guarantee.
Mrs. Samuels testifies that she intuited her husband was murdered and accuses another woman in relation to the case. The testimony centers on the suspected party and the motive behind the alleged crime.
In a Seattle coroner's inquest the widow Mrs. Samuels and rival Blanche Smith testified about the death of Nome merchant Michael D. Samuels. The widow claimed murder by another, while Blanche Smith faced questions about her life with the husband. The jury and officials awaited further evidence to determine if Samuels died by his own hand or by others.
Portland’s Mayor Gill, nursing a broken arm in a plaster cast, plans to march in the Tilikum parade despite Seattle health chief Dr. J B McBride shadowing him. He will pay respects to Queen Thelma and her court, with secretary Jimmy Crehan excluded from officiating this time. The special train carried 75 Tilikums from Seattle.
Fifty thousand strange insects with bear like heads and whale and raven arms were found in Seattle stores. They bear the marking Seattle 1914 and the phrase Tilikum Potlatch. The bugs were used as advertising for the midsummer carnival starting July 16 with a bird bear totem motif on display.
A man borrowed a match from J. N. Edberg of a Vancouver hotel last night and vanished. A second man appeared with a gun, and the pair searched Edberg, stealing $16 and a gold watch.
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