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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
9
In a fashion note the petticoat's decline follows split gowns exposing ankles and more. Diaphanous gowns circulate in towns while taffetas hang on pegs, and the era’s silhouettes move from vague impressions to bold outlines of legs.
The streets and sewers committee schedules a public hearing for second Denny Hill property owners on a plan from the port commission to use earth from the cut as fill along the water front. The committee will forward the Central District assessment roll for the North trunk sewer totaling $368,268.60 to the council without recommendation.
Ben J. Cottle, a Wilmington druggist, wears a Carnegie hero medal pin while serving a one year sentence on the convict gang in New Hanover county. He earned the medal in 1911 after stopping a runaway horse to save a girl, used the prize money to start a drug business, and later faced charges for allowing gambling and selling a heavily dosed drink.
An ad touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy claiming 80 cents restores dark lustrous hair quickly. It asserts gray, faded, or thinning hair vanishes after one or two applications and promises dandruff relief and itch stop, appealing to readers seeking a youthful look.
Joe Mason the coroner spoke on several kinds of Dear Ones in response to a toast at the Fraternal Brotherhood banquet held at the Washington Annex last night. About 65 guests attended.
In Uniontown Pennsylvania Albert Miller of Chalk Hill claims a stream kept a watch running for two years after it was dropped. Mrs Miller found the timepiece and noted the water’s swift flow acted as a winder, so the watch never stopped. The Scribes meet Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. with Mrs John D White.
Mrs Meyer Himelhoch wife of a Seattle merchant died suddenly at the family home 909 15th av N She had lived in Seattle ten years and was treasurer of the Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society at her death Survived by husband Harold and two daughters Mrs Louis Garfinkle and Mrs Sol Spring The death ends a long circle of friends in the city
Washington, Oct. 10. Clara Louise Thompson argued at a suffrage meeting that men resist moral change while women face lasting social loss for wrongdoing. She said double standards persist due to oppression and would end when women gain equality with men.
Thomas KR Horner will address Socialists at hall 711 Olive on Sunday at 8 p m. The program will include a music segment. The Young People’s Socialist league opens the dance season Tuesday Oct 14 at Stevens’ hall Fourth near Pine with dances every second and fourth Tuesday monthly.
Judge Hum phries injunction against street speaking at Fourth and Westlake may be dissolved after an agreement between socialists and business interests. Attorney P. V. Davin said he would seek dissolution if socialists voluntarily omit speechmaking at that corner. Socialists say they dropped the corner in principle but oppose the injunction itself.
Council may place a March ballot question asking whether water rates should rise or trunk water mains be financed by property owners who benefit. If city pays, rates likely increase. current Seattle rate of 5.69 cents lags behind coastal cities such as San Francisco at 1.59 dollars per unit.
A garbled summary cites Col. J L Smith's claimed 140 yard dash in 17 seconds and 2 percent miles in 12 minutes 10 seconds at a G A R gathering in Chattanooga as a world record for older runners. It mentions syncope risks, a Hebron Indiana woman’s club president receiving 300 pounds of pamphlets by parcel post, and a British scientist asserting human traits stem from polygamous ape ancestry.
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