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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1911
Page
3
Fragment of a verse depicts love and plea yielding to spring. The speaker revokes winter and declares spring’s triumph as a fresh beginning. The lines convey seasonal renewal with a playful reversal of tense and verbs.
Urban Walter editor of The Harpoon was arrested by federal authorities over attacks on President Taft and Postmaster General Hitchcock. He is out on bail and vows the gag rule will not stop The Harpoon campaign for railway clerk safety. Walter claims the arrest was a technicality to suppress his paper and asserts 130 congressmen support the effort.
An advertisement claims Pyra Pile Cure provides instant relief and permanent cure for piles with a free trial package mailed in plain wrapper. It urges readers to obtain a box from their druggist and mail a coupon to receive the trial, promising relief from pain and surgery costs.
County commissioners will return warrants valued at 25000 dollars for the Duwamish waterway pending payment of an equal sum into the county treasury as special assessments.
In Baltimore to day a white man named Frank McCauley pleaded for mercy as five lashes at the whipping post and imprisonment were imposed. The court heard he struck his wife seven or eight times, choked her, and took over $20.
Under directors L. H. Lowe and Chris Frasch the antiexpectoration drive shows results with January and February figures. Lowe reports 151 arrests in January and a drop in February with 4 arrests and $186 in fines collected. The trend suggests stricter law observance in public spaces.
W A Schwab broke his arm when the Fortuna park swing rope snapped during the Fourth of July celebration. He was awarded $200 in damages yesterday at the Anderson Company, lessees of the park.
On January 7, 724 last, W. H. Johnson and family discovered their furnished goods bought on installment plan vanished from 2223 Boylstonay. They sue W A Gottstein Furniture Co for 2050 dollars in damages.
County commissioners form a six person committee with six Seattle business leaders to decide trading 40 acres for 110 acres called the Meadows. City officials push 10 year bonds at under six percent. Wells Fargo Express signs contracts expanding control over Alaska gateways. Bids sought for L. C. Smith building 42 story structure plans sent to Syracuse architects.
An advertisement touts Marmola tablets as a fat cutting aid that supposedly alters digestion to burn 12 to 15 ounces of fat daily. It claims users can eat freely and still slim, with tablets taken after meals and sold by The Mole Company of Detroit for 75 cents a large case.
Joe Smith appeals to Rainier Beach audience against Seattle Electric Co influence and high taxes. He proposes half fare for straphangers to deter standing passengers and reduce extortion profits, urging a political break with the company. Also notes Dr Bryant mounted a large Kodiak brown bear killed by Fred A Davidson on Kodiak Island.
An advertised remedy prescribes syrup of Merraie rilla, Tort compound, and whisky to be mixed and taken before meals and at night. The claim states severe rheumatism and backache improve from the first day. It urges readers to obtain the ingredients from local wholesalers and druggists.
A dental office advertises a plate free technique that anchors teeth permanently and improves comfort. Patients can bite foods like beef steak again within hours of placement. The Regal Dental Offices promise a substantial guarantee and claim a major advance in dental science.
An advertisement touts a freckle remover called Freckie-Pace with a money back guarantee. It claims one night of treatment using ethine double strength from Bartell Drug Co will reveal rapid removal of freckles, rarely needing more than one ounce.
The San Francisco firm announces a reciprocity fueled expansion into Alberta with a planned warehouse network if the U S senate passes the reciprocity bill. Mr. Robinson sold the San Francisco plant yesterday for 250000 dollars.
The Milwaukee acquires a new mountain climbing Mallet engine from Seattle. It is the first of its kind run from Seattle and can draw 2,000 tons over the Cascades at 15 miles per hour with one helper engine. The design resembles two locomotives with a second cab and pilot removed.
Elmer Palm was arrested and charged with practicing witchcraft as a Hexeral doctor. The case centers on seizures and curses alleged by Mrs. John Macintosh regarding her child, whose condition caused the mother to suffer a nervous breakdown.
Advert says Pape's Diapepsin costs 50 cents and will thoroughly cure indigestion and sour stomach in five minutes. Claims to digest food, improve appetite, and leave stomach and intestines clean, with no need for laxatives. Notes candy taste and that the formula is printed on the case.
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