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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1913
Page
6
Mr Padden O'Brien, a Chicago resident aged 100, declares a plan to reach 150 years, enjoy a tango, and participate in elections. He expresses zest for life and civic engagement as he eyes milestones and new experiences.
A period advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for bowel cleansing in sick children. It touts quick results, warnings about counterfeit bottles, and urges buying the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company through druggists.
William Wehr and G Eppler of Hamilton Ohio arrived in Seattle after a coast to coast trek that began July 4 They traveled mostly by foot except for a freight ride through the Cascade tunnel They collected signatures from officials and businessmen in each town along the route Wehr recalls a Zion City Illinois arrest over a smoking incident They plan to continue to Portland San Francisco Los Angeles New Orleans and finally reach Ohio around September.
The drowned boy George Wolf, 10, not recovered after falling from a homemade boat in Lake Washington canal Saturday. Bonds set for sewer contractors Donofrio Halto and Gallico over alleged inspector bribe attempt. Union leader George Hedrick arrives for convention in Seattle. Longshoreman Steve Paseta drowns after entanglement on fishing tug St Anna. body recovered. Oiler A Poldren severely scalded aboard Columbian. he is treated at Providence Hospital. Joe Markey, 50, found dead near railroad tracks. appears to have fallen from a train. $18 found on him.
Claude C Ramsay will not seek the Seattle mayoralty. After considering a run, Ramsay withdrew as J. D Trenholme emerged as a rival. He states Seattle cannot endure more blundering extravagance and does not back any candidate. The field includes Griffitha, Trenholme, and Case.
The Knights of Columbus opens its new $75,000 clubhouse at Harvard and Union streets with a grand ball tonight under the amplres of the council. Mrs Elizabeth Firigeoe oas, who donated the site, will be the great of honor. Formal dedication was held Sunday with Rt Rev E J O Day bishop of Seattle, State Deputy J D Carmody, Laurence S Booth and J J Donovan among speakers.
The NU. 8 supreme court set aside today the sentence of M Summers, former banker of Juneau Alaska, to five years at Mc Nells Island for alleged bank frauds. The court's ruling dismisses the indictment.
The Duchess de Talleyrand formerly Anna Gould announced she would appear personally before the Holy Tribunal in Rome to contest the annulment of her marriage to Count Bon de Cantellane.
Ewen McLennan a Council City prospector and poet dropped dead at the Birkel hotel A search found a poke with 200 in gold dust an 800 draft on a Seattle bank and his poetry and writings His book Sons of the Neukink is cited and a partially finished manuscript for a musical comedy was recovered in his room.
Herman Nelson president of the Pomona grange filed for south district commissioner of the agricultural development district. He has lived in King county for 24 years and is a heavy property owner active in civic affairs. Janet Watson Seward, wife of Gen William H. Seward, dies at 74 after seven years as an invalid in Auturn N J November 10.
A杂 fragment list from a public markets page shows prices on staples such as olives 16¢ per pint, large pickles 16¢ each, homemade bread 7 for 8¢, pound cake 10¢, butter 45¢ per pound, catsup 16¢, pork and beans 2 cans, prunes 10¢ to 28¢, raisins 24¢, comb honey 2 for 25¢, and various fruit, cereal, and baking goods.
Transient rates are 1 cent per line for charge ads or 6 times for the price of 6. Cash ads are 1 cent per word or 4 times for the price of 4. Phone Main 9400. Agencies listed at 2270 Union St and 6409 Hiallard. Subscription rates: 1 month to 1 year. Funeral Directors Mittlestadt Undertaker 1766 Market, Mallard 682. Patterson Valley Undertaking 4861 Halner Ave. Antivareity Undertaking Par lore 4714 14th N. Of North 212 Willott 478a.
The article explains that a title is a chain of deeds from government to today and that forged deeds convey no rights. It notes that abstract examination cannot detect forgeries and offers no protection. It recommends title insurance as complete protection and urges readers to demand it, offering full information on request.
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