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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1913
Page
6
An advertisement touts home remedies for hair care and skin improvement. It claims a cheap shampoo from canthros and hot water cleanses, reduces dandruff, and adds lasting lustre. It also offers a fat loss tincture, an eyebrow treatment with pyroxin, and a hazel and glycerine lotion for a lighter, smoother complexion.
London May 27 United Press Leased Wire war fears deepen as Bulgaria Greece and Serbia drift toward renewed clash over Salonika. Reports say 80 000 Bulgarians mass near Sofia ready for further fighting while Belgrade and Athens tighten a covert alliance potentially triggering vast consequences.
Horace Fletcher, American food reformer, arrives in London and launches a clothes reform campaign. He appears in a white serge suit, white boots, and a white fedora, appealing to Londoners to adopt white attire to symbolize purity and curb dirt. He argues dirt is easy to rub in and forget.
Boise May 27 The Idaho district court exonerates Mayor Arthur Hodges from charges that disorderly houses operated in the city and liquor was sold illegally with his knowledge. The ruling places responsibility for enforcing the law on the police department.
A premature blast near Bellevue Ontario fatally injures three construction workers and seriously injures three others. The blast occurred during preparation for the Canadian Pacific spur line as a gang blasted a pot hole.
Former President Taft told Yale listeners the United States is unprepared for war and urged a stronger army and more battleships. He warned against underestimating potential Japanese aggression and stressed the need for preparedness despite past luck.
In NAIROBI East Africa May 27 extensive lion slaughter by sportsmen under Roosevelts influence prompts the executive council to consider protection measures for the king of beasts on crown lands. Separate item notes a hotel party by a lodge with whist and bridge games at Hotel Stander to raise funds for Masonite and Eastern Star home.
In New York on May 27 Mrs Ophelia Schiff testified she cannot control her eyes when she sees an attractive man and Justice Glegerich ruled her hazel eyes would be Exhibit A in the divorce suit against Mar Milian Schiff. She described the condition as an affliction after being questioned about flirting behavior.
In a Philadelphia report from December 6 1912 Mrs M J Bateman describes relief after using Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment for a facial eruption dating to 1908. She notes years of suffering, then four months of treatment yielding clear skin and the last pimple fading about four weeks ago. Free samples offered by Resinol Dept 26-8 Baltimore Md.
Er. B. Martin and N. Randall headline a series of socialist revival meetings this week at Ballard Presbyterian Church under the Shingle Weavers' union. They are billed as the "Moody and Sankey" of Washington socialism with topics like The Call of Profit and The Brotherhood of Man.
Free booklet explains the remedy claimed to relieve asthma bronchitis and conditions leading to tuberculosis. Sent on recommendation of friends with user testimonials to be provided upon request. Address requested.
Subpoenas issued to meat packers including Louis Swift Edward Cudahy Jr and Arthur Meeker to testify before the state senate white slave and starvation wages probers on wage conditions in the packing house district. Armour could not be reached in Europe. Professor Graham Taylor disputed wage poverty links to prostitution citing 1105 cases with 139 blaming poverty or low wages and blamed family conditions discipline dance halls and misused affection for vice.
Secretary of Commerce Redfield approves a plan to introduce and acclimate Eastern lobsters in Pacific states and adjacent territories. The project will reuse female lobsters from New England hatcheries, add males and egg-bearing females, and ship several carloads each season to preselected suitable locations.
Roseburg observers rejoice as Pilot Unger and passengers Robert Leadbetter Luther Page and Earl Stewart are reported safe after their balloon voyage began Saturday. The gas bag landed Sunday night in a remote Cascades district about 75 miles east of Roseburg, after drifting toward unsettled areas of Central Oregon.
Walla Walla May 27 three people suffered burns from a fierce thunderstorm. Mrs Julia Jensen is expected to recover while farm hand Newt is in serious condition and another unnamed farm hand is severely burned. Lightning ripped the shoes from Mrs Jensen’s feet.
Ada Schweikert testified in Newark that in the apartment house the couple were known as the Honey Bells. Belford hugged and kissed his wife each morning and sent kisses to the unknown recipient as he walked away. Charles Meeker corroborated witnessing affectionate departures from a woodshed.
Miss Katherine Hoyt Reynolds age 12 secretary of the Northwest field committees of the Y M C A to dead at her home following a stroke of paralysis. She was taken ill in her office two weeks ago and never regained consciousness.
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