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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1912
Page
11
Seattle buyers can own modern pianos on easy terms with 1 down and weekly payments. Eilers Music House offers over 318 modern pianos in Seattle and 40 stores coastwide, with player and upright models from leading manufacturers at wholesale-like prices.
The advertisement promises no effort beyond buying one or two instruments with spare household funds. Demand is strong enough to require expanding the delivery service with extra wagons. The tone emphasizes ease of purchase and abundant availability.
Eilers Music House at Third and University promotes a rare sale with a broad guarantee and exchange option for pianos and instruments. Buyers are urged to act quickly to secure favorable prices and terms, with potential future exchanges for Chickering or Sohmer pianos.
A. W. Rinehart, chief inspector of weights and measures for the city utilities department, issues an edict banning scales from hanging higher than five feet. He also orders all scales to be placed in front so customers can view them clearly.
May 10 interview with T W O'Conner president of the International Longshoremen's Association states he will recommend at Port Huron Michigan an ultimatum requiring members to choose between the I L W and the I L W union. He criticizes the I W W for showing no respect for man God country or the devil.
A 30 year old wreck on Lake Michigan inspired a design where upper decks detach as watertight rafts. The concept envisions multiple rafted deck sections with fresh water, lifeboats, and provisions, attached securely yet releasable to float as the ship sinks.
Dialogue shows a Bay doctor addressing a patient in distress. The patient reports insomnia as well as loss of appetite and interest in business, and the doctor suggests proposing to the irrit.
A petition by Georgetown residents to the county commissioners seeks removal of tubercular patients from the county hospital grounds at Richimon Heights due to health concerns. The action could consolidate patients at Henry Hospital as a result of the petition.
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