This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
10
A newspaper ad claims thousands wear unneeded eyeglasses and offers a two ounce bottle of water with one Optona tablet to bathe the eyes two to four times daily. The text urges readers to try the remedy to strengthen eyes and avoid glasses, warning of neglect and claims of dramatic results.
City engineers completed four miles of track in Division A from Third Avenue to Salmon Bay Bridge, with eight more cars en route from Cincinnati. Substation wiring pending, funding planned for another $100,000 in bonds, total Division A cost estimated at $367,309 as operation nears. Dreamland dance notice appears.
A five day agricultural program hosted in Seattle from October 20 to 25, under Washington State College extension. President E A Bryan discusses Diversified Farming and Prof O L Waller covers Road Making with stereopticon slides. Local speakers and demonstrations follow daily sessions on poultry, home economics, fruit growing, and dairy farming.
Four elderly Seatechmen meet at 6 am in a club room when Dougal notices Jack’s peculiar expression. Donald confirms Jack has been dead for four hours, and both regret breaking the convivial mood. The exchange ends with Donald resisting the urge to break the news.
A storm toppled a 10,000 volt line at Socus New York. The ends dropped and charged the gate, a farm hand touched it and was thrown ten feet. Cows at the gate tried to drink from a nearby kettle and were knocked back by the charged water. A neighboring horse was lifted 12 feet by the fence shock. None of the shocks proved fatal.
Shushanna gold valued at 5300 brought to Seattle by O L Dickson president of White Pass & Yukon route and placed on exhibition at 612 Secondary. Second day of the Columbia River branch Women’s Foreign Mission society meets at First M E church. Six sentenced in federal court for Mann act violations and alien smuggling. Seattle delegates to Washington Real Estate association left for Everett. Civil War veteran M A Murphy dies after 32 years in city. Petitions for new trial filed in Ruth Moulton and Mrs E T Neaher cases over damages from gangplank collapse.
Two workers hung 125 feet above ground on a broken scaffold outside Standard Oil’s Hammond smokestack for nearly an hour. One man fell and died. the other, left clinging by threads of cotton, was saved but found insane upon rescue. John Horak died from injuries.
The Queen City Cat Club of Seattle invites entries at room 328 New York block for a cat show to be held at the Bon Marche on November 6 7 and 8. Entry contact Eliott 6226.
Mrs Georgiana Burdick Tower claims she was married in 1911 to Charlemagne Tower Jr. and has filed suit against his father for alienating affections, in Philadelphia.
H. K. Foster, also called Messlin Foster, reportedly a son of a Spokane widow, was arrested in San Francisco on charges of robbing rooms at the Hotel Court where he was staying.
In St Louis on October 10 six Washington University freshmen were disciplined by sophomores causing a crowd to form near the summer garden. Mounted officers dispersed the group after the freshmen forced marriage proposals on passing women and two students fought over a supposed prize. One woman accepted both proposals, prompting further chaos until police arrived.
Washington reports on October 10 that President Wilson said the bankers convention views in Boston reflect men unwilling to yield control of the nation’s financial system.
A Seattle merchant, who bought a gas stove years ago for 8 dollars, advertised it in the Miscellaneous column of The Star. Six to eight buyers called the same day and he sold it for 5 dollars, having spent only 30 cents to sell. He asked us not to print his name, but he says anyone can do the same and that this was not an exception.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.