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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1912
Page
3
An OCR fragment presents a health beauty formula claiming to purify skin remove impurities and brighten features. It mentions a weekly plain application and specific preparations using water powders and quinine like components to dispel wrinkles and rejuvenate the scalp and eyes.
Three automobile accidents in Seattle yesterday left two boys injured and one driver hurt. Ployd Williams, 10, riding in an express wagon on First Avenue North near John Street, was struck when he darted into the street by a car driven by Dr. H. B. Allen. He suffered scalp wounds and facial and arm bruises and was taken to Pacific hospital. Jesse Mellirth, 12, playing near Seneca and Seventh, ran after a ball and was cut on the head and bruised when hit by a car driven by H. H. Hine. The third crash involved a collision between a Washington Motor Car Co. vehicle driven by Frank Reynolds and F C. Johnson of Northwestern Taxicab at East Union and 10th Avenue, causing extensive damage but only minor head cuts to the drivers.
William Wray, a house member and lawyer, seeks re election from the Forty third district. He authored bills regulating milk and cream and led insurance code framing, with a busy last session including reforms on garnishments primary courts race and city powers. He has lived in his district 21 years.
The circuit court in Springfield Missouri sustains Cris Northrup a 12 year old boy in his claim to 32000 from the will of James Burge a recluse who died recently The judge holds Burge on his death bed bequeathed the house and all it contained to the youth who cared for him during his illness
Portland report details the Rose Festival tragedy when 7 year old Alexander Brault was struck and trampled by galloping horses as a fire truck responded to a call. Firemen attempted to halt the horses but could not avert the fatality.
In a historic experiment at Johns Hopkins, Ruth J. Stocking and Mildred A. Hoye test punishment and reward using rats to explore effects on learning. They find combined punishment and reward aids learning, and that punishment can produce longer lasting lessons than reward alone.
The article surveys past U S leaders who influenced or named their successors. It notes Jefferson appointed James Madison and James Monroe, Jackson backed Martin Van Buren and then James K Polk, and discusses how their choices shaped party lines and elections, with only Jackson's era showing a clear succession pattern.
The Roosevelt campaign song appears at Congress Hotel sung by headquarters staff in a parody of a war chant. A Shanghai market note reports panic in opium trade with $16 million loss since May 1 as Chinese Indian merchants urge limits amid heavy supplies.
A near riot occurred on the United States cruiser Boston a training ship for the Oregon naval militia. W H Rober the executive officer and George S Shepherd clashed over who led the organization. Shepherd had sued Capt Edgar E Simpson for the right to command. the suit was ignored and Judge Bradshaw ruled Shepherd commander. Shepherd arrived to claim possession while Rober refused to yield, leading to heated exchanges.
Lieut. Joseph T. Balak, while asleep and sliding down a brass pole in the fire engine house, fell from the second floor and died. Investigators say he may have been in a somnambulistic state and thought he was responding to a fire alarm.
The Astor family safe, long believed to hold secrets known only to Col. John Jacob Astor, was finally forced open using acetylene gas, chisels, and files. Experts and steel drill men failed to breach it first, and the trustees refuse to disclose what was inside, keeping the contents a mystery.
General Booth, 82, blind head of the Salvation Army, faces a libel action in Dresden as the Association of Dresden Bar Cafe and Saloon Keepers claims the War Cry denounced the convulsion surrounding Dr Burk, a German temperance preacher found guilty of libeling local saloon and brewery owners.
Frederick August king of Saxony was thrown from his horse while reviewing cavalry during army maneuvers in Dresden. His right leg was badly wrenched.
Dispatches report a three minute earthquake causing twenty seven deaths in Colima and Jalisco. Colima volcano was erupting with no casualties reported from that source yet.
The duma adopted a bill permitting women to practice law in St Petersburg. In separate item from Ohio, Carl Seipple, a graduating high school student from St Clairsville, has walked about 6500 miles to and from school over four years, never missing a day or being tardy.
The Atlanta report notes Irene Meredith, claimed as the South's only female sign painter, entering a traditionally male trade. It highlights broader comments on women entering offices, law, and professional fields, while noting Meredith's unique move to the sign-painting trade.
A pile of 450000 Mexican pesos totaling $216000 blocked street traffic near the Crocker bank in San Francisco. The coins, weighing 18 tons, filled several lake trucks and caused major disruption during the scene.
In a quo warranto recount for mayor Gill versus Cotterill, Judge Kite will address the Pioneers' association this afternoon. Court rules allowed self supporting students who lived a year to vote revealing several names, some disqualified, affecting totals and margins.
In Portland on June 12 a spark from three small American flags touching an electric wire caused a small blaze. Fire department responded with a full crew to extinguish the flames and prevent spread in the urban area.
In Portland on June 12 Nell Pick erell, a male impersonator, confronted three lost children in jail with a blunt remark about not needing "papa" only to thrust menswear aside and slip into a skirt, demonstrating a bold, provocative scene.
Crowds rushed to rescue after two baboons mauled a wax man near a cage. The crowd fled when danger passed, leaving behind a surreal incident in San Francisco. Separately in Portland, Joseph D Deveny accused Mayor Rushlight of anti socialism and sent a four hour work plus $1 fee for the mayor’s time.
James Wickersham, Alaska delegate, introduced a House joint resolution to appropriate 50 000 dollars for immediate relief of volcanic eruption victims. The plan directs United States revenue cutters to rush relief supplies to Kodiak at once. In Portland, Oregon, a rose festival story notes a hen laying an unusually large egg shaped like a rose.
A fragment describes a sale offering a piano with full guarantees and no work or solicitation required, simply pay a dollar per week to own the instrument. It emphasizes the easy terms and guaranteed condition of the piano.
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