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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1912
Page
8
Claiming to be painless, the dentist advertises daily success with patients afraid of chairs. They assert never causing pain and offer patient referrals, a written guarantee with all work, and a trial to prove their claim.
Edward Frostman a Seattle city ditch digger crippled by a steel fragment in 1908 fought through three failed trials against Stirratt and Goetz Contracting Co and powerful lawyers. In Judge Tallmans court a fourth trial yielded a $10 000 jury award to the impoverished husband of three.
Circulation complaints and delivery issues prompt readers to report late arrivals. Items cover Alaska steamship routes, park pianists, hero funds, a damaged roof case, lodge anniversaries, local accidents, and a fatal car collision witness.
Fremont Commercial Club members demand immediate construction of a bridge across the Fremont Avenue canal. They also contemplate several other improvements in the north end of the city.
Jakey Furth has accepted a plan by a Car Extension league to seek a council franchise extension two blocks for the Kinnear line. The league urged bypass of a charter clause and Furth approved the concept. The offer was sent to the franchise committee for action.
Frances J. Lewis 40, wife of attorney J Hall Lewis in San Francisco, killed herself early today. In a farewell note she said she could not live apart from him after a week’s separation and claimed he unjustly accused her of intimacy with another man.
Alfred Rogers law partner of Senator La Follette said the report that La Follette backed Woodrow Wilson for president is absolutely false. The comment was made in Madison Wisconsin on October 8.
Ellaworth Turner, 17, son of G. L. Turner, sustained a badly shattered arm while hunting near Renton. Doctors fear amputation may be necessary to save his life. Mrs Croselota comments on household changes after purchasing a phonograph, moving picture machine, and enlarging the kitchen to entertain a cook.
In West Pelham Massachusetts on October 8 Mrs George Shaw lies dying with six bullet wounds as her husband guns down his wife at the grave of their son. After firing he sat on a stump and exploded four sticks of dynamite then killed himself leaving only bones and torn clothing.
A series of overnight burglaries yielded limited loot. Frank Campbell’s at Salisbury hotel netted one pair of trousers and 83 dollars. Bik hotel room of C A Covell lost a coat. purse with 75 dollars vanished from W Wykes’s room at Spring hotel. Grossman brothers store suffered only an L C Smith typewriter theft. Mrs W G Wilbur’s home yielded a gold watch and 40 cents. F H Charter’s residence saw a gold watch and chain taken after an open window. a passing thief was drawn by a window and a coat was stolen at the Bik hotel and 1531 Second Ave.
Building Owners' and Managers' association spokesman F. T. Bradley protested county employees earning $1,000 per month while allegedly not providing full office services. The group and other business representatives sat with commissioners to review 1918 expense estimates and urged cuts, including $856,174 charged to roads outside a proposed $3,000,000 bond issue. The session trimmed $20,370 from county office estimates.
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