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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1912
Page
3
An advertisement touts Stuart's Calcium Wafers as clearing pimples by stimulating sweat and oil glands. It claims the product smooths skin, reduces eruptions, and makes a mirror once again reflecting a healthy complexion. Sold at drug stores for 50 cents a box.
Salem reports that twelve convicted murderers in the state penitentiary have learned voters support capital punishment by hanging. The inmates were informed of the electorate’s preference as a statewide measure, expected to be enacted shortly despite differing opinions elsewhere.
In Haverhill Maas on November 7 farmer Arthur W Butterick swam in a milk tank to test a celebrity claim that milk baths are superior to others. A frightened horse caused Butterick to fall in. He narrowly escaped drowning as doctors weighed the dubious remedy.
Ralph Thompson a druggist hired every automobile for rent in Littleton to flee a plotted kidnapping of himself and his bride. The ruse seemingly worked as the alleged plan unfolded.
Mrs. Gertrude Stehle, 93, who danced at her son Chester M. Wells's golden wedding last week, died today in Pittsburg after an exhausting square dance with her son. She had felt well the next day but collapsed after a nap.
Rockford Illinois report of Mise Myrtle Bowers a Knitting Industry worker who found a note in a pair of socks she made. The note invited correspondence from Robert Cobb a Florida man who read it and came to Rockford seeking work near his sweetheart. They are on their honeymoon now.
Augusta Turczynsky, 38, widow with four children, refused to marry Stanislaus Kuliekoski, 22, of Laporte in Michigan City Indiana. After negotiating a marriage license she returned it and kept no refund, saying he is too young to marry.
London, Nov. 7. A portrait of Mary Wettin as the wife chosen for the future prince of Wales amid a royalSelection. Her life transformed from court intrigue to a peaceful home, guiding the royal family with love and steadiness as the throne passes through generations.
Professor Arthur Schattenfroh of Vienna, attending a Washington Congress, notes two habits he sees in the United States. He singles out Americans drinking excessive ice water and kissing children too promiscuously. He adds germs from kisses pass to children but supports husbands kissing wives.
Miss Mary Philpot of San Benito dies leaving 100000 dollars to aid single women aged 40 or older for two years. Administrators must deny help to grass widows and verify eligibility before distributing funds.
A large deer swam the Delaware River and crawled up the Lehigh Valley embankment as a freight train passed. The engineer halted the train, and the animal struggled under the cars with its antlers snagged in the brake gear. Trainmen freed it after about fifteen minutes.
J Wesley Ladd of the Ladd Tilton bank in Portland faced a staged extortion attempt. A note signed Enemy demanded $5,000 in a sealed package to be handed to a man who would call at Ladd’s home. Areh Hamilton, alias several names, was nabbed with the money on his person after a staged drop at a hotel.
They wander into a conservatory where a woman boasts of many lovers and their failures. A man breaks the mood with a dry quip about corn-plasters, claiming they work when skilled doctors fail. The exchange blends humor with flirtatious tension.
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