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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
4
An advertisement promotes Caldwell's Laxative as a mild stimulant suitable for the elderly and families. It claims relief of stomach and liver distress and offers a free sample by mailing a card to Caldwell in Montana. The tone urges regular use and home availability.
A humorous tale recalls a family buying a floor piano with easy installments. The narrator jokes about trading for planes and windmills, noting the Piano Factory scheme by Geo. P. Bent Co and Crown Combinola, advertised as lasting a lifetime and affordable on payments.
Mrs. Leotia Northam, suing for divorce from Col. Bob Northam, lies wounded in a California hospital after a night assault attributed to three women at her husband’s residence. She bears two wounds on the left and three cuts on the right forearm and has named suspects to her lawyer.
At the Methodist general conference in Minneapolis debate centers on whether to strike from church discipline the prohibition on dancing and cards. Chancellor Day of Syracuse leads a large minority pushing to remove the ban while Dr Edwin Locke heads the conservative opposition.
Mrs. Dorie Zwerin told Judge Mogan she wanted the pup Rage and $50 alimony in a San Francisco divorce filing. The judge granted that demand, and she got the dog.
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