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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1912
Page
3
A garbled OCR item mentions Pond Conn spring timing, a wasp sting, Norfolk exhibition, groundhog from 1812, Laula Bewtter in a glass globe, and a Pollywog caught under several inches of tea. The text is incomplete and mixes multiple topics without clear events.
The Leyland line steamer Bos tonian arrived from Manchester reporting a near miss by a meteorite at 5 a.m. last Saturday. It fell into the ocean with a dull thud a few ship lengths from the bow, sending waves over the deck.
In Chicago a judge sides with a prisoner named Joseph Hichards despite an attempted $100 fine for carrying a concealed weapon. The court reduces the fine to $1 due to the infant present, declared to be the prisoner's child by his wife. In New York a missing diamond ring prompts a pup’s risky veterinary examination to recover a $150 engagement ring belonging to Miss Alice Jacoba. A Chinese student, Chimin Cha Puh, wins Lehigh University’s junior oratorical contest with the topic The Present Revolution in China.
A 78 year old Ithaca resident, wife of Edward Van Order, died after pursuing a rat that gnawed at her in her Cayuga Lake head of the village home where she had lived for 50 years. In Lee Massachusetts a New York express faced a fallen two foot diameter tree on the tracks. a motor truck dragged the obstruction away just as the engine approached.
In Sellwood near the crematory residents alerted police after nightly prowler activity. Sergeant Wanless waited hours before catching the intruder who was identified as a city detective in a sleuthing role.
An anecdote recalls Ethel Barrymore’s generous friendship with a renowned Mrs. Malaprop and a June visit from London. The narrator recounts rushing from Paddington to a country house, where the lady embraces him and laments her appearance while her daughter rests.
Franklin testified before the county grand jury investigating Clarence Darrow that Darrow paid money to influence jurors Robt. F. Bain and Geo. N. Lockwood in the Me Namara trial. Notes from district attorney attaches, now with the defense, accompany affidavits from Assistant DA Ford and Deputy Keetch.
In a terse exchange Patterson questions why teammates call him Hamilton while Hogan insists. In San Francisco a man named John Hyan defends himself against begging charges saying he distributed alms and offered 60 cents to bankers at Pine and Montgomery.
A period advertisement recommends mercorized wax as a nightly facial treatment to remove sallow skin and reveal velvety white new skin. It claims persistence with several applications, painless absorption, and urges purchase from the druggist.
Average prices paid by local commission men to producers are listed for native butter and fruit items. The figures show variations by grade with notes on quality and market conditions.
Two Texas twins, John and Cobb Harris, share one likeness in stature weight and temperament. Sons of a Fort Worth area farmer they stand six feet four and weigh 118 pounds each. They are nearly indistinguishable to their near sighted father and refer to themselves as we and ours instead of I or mine.
In Phoenix on March 6 Governor Hunt’s base matched the Florence state prison baseball club for a game next Sunday at Phoenix. He denies them the mid field will wear ankle jewelry. The club’s uniforms are causing discus pony.
In Portland on March 6 Francis J. Heney was arrested on a charge described by the clerk as Vicelousneas. Spectators crowded the moanselpa court, hoping to glimpse the famed graft prosecutor of San Francisco, but the prisoner appeared as an offensive looking collie dog named Case dlamiened.
An advert promises rapid relief from dyspepsia and indigestion using Pape's Diapepsin. It claims digestion of all foods, elimination of sour belches, heartburn, and feeling of heaviness within five minutes after taking a dose, with ongoing relief for severe cases.
A letter from Fr. HW. Kptcham Jr. praises Sulphurro liquid sulfur cure after months of rheumatic pain and disability. The piece notes its promotion by M. C Stewart Sulphur Co and mentions barber shop use by Charles Van Atta and its claimed benefits for skin and scalp care.
Cy Johnson of Union City Washington describes severe aciatic rheumatism attacks that kept him bedridden for months. He traveled on crutches to Mt Clemens then tried Sulphure Rheumatia remedy and reports rapid relief within three days and full recovery in six, with no recurrence.
Open for inspection is a collection of testimonials praising Sulphurro’s cures for rheumatism and stomach disorders. Letters from Seattle residents F. H. Ketcham Jr and C. J. Johnson recount strong relief and crutch abandonment. The article notes rapid local distribution and praise from hundreds of supporters aiming to broaden nationwide use.
The narrative praises Sulphurro as a cure for deafness and stomach troubles. J D Van Atta of Seattle recounts near three year hearing loss from a catarrhal ear condition, restored after taking Sulphurio. He credits six weeks to full hearing recovery and notes improved digestion and smoking tolerance.
Lawrence Seed, purser, writes from Seattle on February 21 1912 praising Sulphurro. He says rheumatism forced retirement, but within three days of use he returned to work and has had no symptoms since. He credits Mr White of Eastland for introducing the remedy.
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