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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1915
Page
10
Everett Gas Co customers in Snohomish see a rate reduction from 12 to 10 cents per kilowatt hour for the first 25 hours following a Public Service Commission order. The commission found the company had been earning 14 percent.
Prominent Seattle advertising man GEO. B. Wynns endorses Regal Dental Company praising painless extractions and quality workmanship. He cites testimonials and offers $100 if any published testimonial is not genuine as proof of satisfaction. The piece also notes regulatory context around rates and competition involving a gas company.
Five jitney bus drivers were arrested Thursday by the weights and measures department as part of a campaign to shut down unlicensed operators. Drivers were booked and released on their own recognizance with orders to obtain licenses before resuming service. Only 40 of 2,000 driver blanks met the new ordinance requirements as arrests were expected to continue. Names of those gathered include H A Wiener, R P Petit, F M Bonds, and Walter Wojcike.
Vincentas Szipias, driven by the death of a comrade from heat, develops a bizarre sun shooting mania and is held for a sanity inquest in New York. An Eskimo patient scene notes a doctor fee payment upon arrival, with restitution depending on recovery.
Mrs Nitache, mother of eleven, asks Justice Rhea Whitehead to jail husband Carl Nitache for sixty days in a bid to reform him after he was charged with first degree forgery and passing bogus checks. Deputy Prosecutor George Priend supported leniency as Nitache claimed liquor caused his trouble.
W F P Snell a 58 year old realty broker was found dead at the foot of a staircase in his Los Angeles residence. His skull was crushed likely from a fall from the landing above. Snell left an estimated property value of 35000 dollars.
A. G. Brady, a tailor at 1301 Thira Ave, was fined $50 and costs in police court Friday for fraudulent use of the union label while running a nonunion shop. Brady appealed the ruling.
John Slater speaks against Migroine and invites attendees to attend the meeting to ask questions. The notice emphasizes mental and spiritual phenomena as the topic of discussion and urges public participation.
Walter Wilson objects to a statue at the Panama-Pacific exposition showing his head and shoulders copied onto a full nude figure. He says he agreed only his head and shoulders would be used and threatens action after seeing the completed sculpture near the Agricultural building.
Hundreds of girls aided Russian soldiers by digging trenches to prevent German advances across the Vistula, reflecting wartime civilian mobilization and local defense efforts.
The Paragon Cloak and Suit Co at 1420 Second Avenue promotes a fashion week opening with daily New York fashion imports. Distinctive Modela coats and suits for women and misses priced from 9.95 to 30.00, silk frocks and street dresses, and Hoffman System tailored suits highlighted.
A reader asks for plank steak directions and the answer prescribes trimming fat, pan broiling seven minutes per steak, placing on a plank with potato border, baking until done, and serving with butter salt pepper and parsley.
Findlay dispatch reports Waldo Thomas killed a snake and brought it to his mother Mrs. Thomas fainted from the surprise and remained unconscious for two hours before recovering.
Joseph Cohn son of ex rabbi Leo pold Cohn will address the men at the Y M C A Sunday 3 p m on his father’s conversion story. He also has engagements at 10 30 a m Atbury M B church and 7 30 p m University Presbyterian church.
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