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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1912
Page
3
The article promotes alkali and canthrox based shampoos to restore glossy hair and a clean scalp. It describes mixing canthrox with water to produce lather and claims quick effects for hair health. It also advises glycerine lotions to whiten skin and reduce sallowness for a youthful appearance.
An old fashioned syrup remedy claims to relieve asthma croup hoarseness and cough by mixing granulated sugar pine extract and warm water over several hours. The note promises instant relief and urges purchasing a pine syrup kit or sending for the recipe, with refunds through The en Ce in Seattle.
Advertises Paris WE Hair Tonic as a solution for scalp itch dandruff and hair loss claiming it keeps hair thick even and immaculate. Appeals to women and promises safe effective results with a money back guarantee and availability in stores.
Elizabeth Gurley Prynn speaks for the I W W amid the Ettor Giovannitti and Caruso trial in Salem Massachusetts. She warns that justice itself is on trial as workers rally against capitalist oppression and the woolen trust in Lawrence.
At the A F of L convention a motion to bar religious delegates from future fraternal seating is defeated while leaders press for local and state autonomy. John Mitchell, facing a nine month jail sentence, reportedly seeks an A F L vice presidency to avoid prison and strengthen his authority.
Ingersoll of the National Real Estate Association arrived in Seattle and praised Pacific towns for future growth. He said homeowners build comfortable, beautiful homes and pay taxes that benefit communities, noting strong confidence among real estate men and optimism after the Panama Canal opening. He spoke at a luncheon with Arctic Club officers.
It claims chiropractic adjustment is drugless and knife-free, treats the spine as the source of disease, and allows nature to cure. Free consultation is offered to discuss the method and its merits.
A proposal to adopt the single tax in Seattle advances after a 5 to 3 council vote. If approved by voters next March, Erickson’s four year plan relieves 25 percent of personal property taxes each year except public service franchises and buildings, culminating with land and franchises taxed.
Readable fragments show various timetable details for Everett to Seattle and Seattle to Everett service. Lists include departure times, local and limited trains, ticket offices, and connections to Snohomish with multiple daily slots and weekend terms.
State Senator Pliny Allen, political manager for Gov. Hay, may ask the legislature for a recount. A Spokane conference with the governor produced no definite plan, and Allen appears to have abandoned recounting the King county vote.
Karl Ostron files in local justice court to regain his wife Seliman-Ostron who, after a incident on the street, preferred her first husband Charles V. Seliman who she believed dead. The tangled case centers on her choice and the possible reconciliation.
The record lists prices paid by commissioners to producers and by retailers to commissioners, with first grade prices for items like apples pears loins pork and poultry. It includes live turkeys ducks and vegetables with selling prices and notes variation by grade and condition. It preserves the era’s wording and local product names where readable.
A Seattle piano dealer appeals to customers with deep discounts and easy terms. He cites two railroad carloads of uprights and grands, offering half price, one dollar down and one dollar a week, with home delivery and matching stools. He claims eleven years in Seattle and sixteen in California, asserting trust and urgency to clear space and honor ten year guarantees.
In Bremerton on November 19 a banquet united Rep-elects W. E. Humphrey Albert Johnson and J. W. Bryan with Admirals Cottman and Reynolds to support building a third dry dock at Puget Sound. They cited dock limits for vessels over 15 000 tons and received telegrams from Poindexter Jones Falconer Warburton and La Follette plus Gov Hay. Bryan urged a naval affairs committee seat.
A Crown manager invites fan ideas with “More Broncho Billy and John Bunny” and notes John Bunny is funny in a fine Irish comedy at the Alhambra. Edison predicts home movies, and a November 27 to December 2 Dream theatre tag day benefits Theodora home managed by Volunteers of America.
In Gren Bowling Ohio on November 19, masked criminals dynamited the Mann bank vault at Port Stooe near the town. Five blasts wrecked the safe and thieves escaped with 5000 dollars while accomplices armed with Winchesters guarded the area and warned residents to stay indoors.
Butter, which had been steady, rose two cents per pound from yesterday’s level. The market mover moved up this morning as prices increased across the board.
A masked gunman held up Councilman Charles Marble last night taking 75 cents and a watch. The assailant expressed disappointment at the small haul and jabbed Marble with the gun while demanding more money. Marble said there was nothing to give and offered his apologies.
A Seattle man known as sourdough pursued the Glacier Park superintendent position. Facing opposition he traveled to Washington, met President Taft, and secured the job. He left last night to begin duties.
Chicago police say Ella Crawford a wealthy widow murdered her young daughter Eleanor May Crawford in a bathtub at their home and then made two suicide attempts. The mother, described as insane by investigators, carried out the act at the residence.
A health based view of beauty explains most sickness stems from constipation. The ad extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle, permanent laxative suitable for women children and the elderly with free samples offered by mail from Monticello Illinois.
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