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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1912
Page
6
Advertises Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a blood purifier improving skin health. Claims pimples blotches and blackheads fade within days as impurities are expelled from blood through the skin. Encourages trial at 50 cents with strong boast of dramatic facial improvement. Charter Oak Heaters. Modern Furniture Company.
A dental ad by Dr. L. A. Clark promises to reduce chair pain and overcome patient fears with painless methods. It offers free explanations, guarantees all work, and notes prices for dentures and plates. Bring the ad for a potential discount.
Bob Hodge a progressive candidate for governor and Governor Teats for lieutenant governor gain support in the southwestern part of the state. Congressman Warburton adds momentum as crowds of several hundred rally at Glide rink Chehalis. Hodge denounces tactician attacks and character assassination by standpatters, saying he prefers battle over apologies.
In Gary Indiana Willie Rugh a newsboy lost his crippled left leg to graft onto Miss Edith Smith after a motorcycle crash. Miss Smith left the hospital after visiting Rugh who remains in serious condition. She kissed him and mourned his sacrifice as she departed.
Dispatches from Constantinople report Turkey formally declares war on Bulgaria and Servia. The war office orders a general advance on the Greek frontier and a Turkish fleet sails toward the Gulf of Sparta.
Mrs. Jennie Schweyer, 27, jailed for a year on a bigamy charge after marrying ten men, nine living, without divorces. She started at 17 and lists husbands including Miller Gowan Meyers Knoll Barber Williams Stephens Biller Garis and Ed Schweyer. Only three certificates found. she has $1,700. She describes a better husband than any she had and stays active despite the record.
Frank F. Bergeon, 53, was arrested by Detective L A Barbee after posing as a police officer and extorting money from women leaving cafes at night. Bergon lured victims by claiming to be from the purity squad and demanding payment to avoid arrest. A dozen complaints have been filed about Bergeon’s alleged police officer scam.
In a University of Minnesota history class, Prof. F H Swift discusses early Native American dances that resemble the turkey trot and zoophiliac “hugs.” Records show Pueblo Indians in Mexico in the fifteenth century engaged in dances likened to Terpsichore to seek rain or sun, including movements of the bear deer and buffalo.
Advertised remedy claims to end grippe and severe head cold after two hour doses, with three in a row, removing headaches runny nose and feverish symptoms. Warns that product contains no quinine and urges buying two cent package from a druggist.
The estate of Dr BE M Rininger, who died in an automobile accident last summer, is appraised at 111469. Part of the amount will be bequeathed to a hospital he founded before his death. The executive of the estate handles the Union Savings & Trust Company.
Westlake Public Market marks its fourth anniversary with bargain stalls music and decorations. Wagner's fall band performs 2 00 pm 6 00 pm and 7 00 am 10 00 am while Goodman decorates outer displays and Hollywood Gardens outfits interior displays. Exhibitors offer samples and generous price concessions exciting local merchants and shoppers.
Advertisement touts PARISIAN SAGE as a dandruff killer and hair tonic priced at 50 cents a bottle. It promises to banish dandruff or refund money and features a testimonial from Eliza Archer of Hartford. Mail orders and proofs of purchase noted.
Dispatches from Vera Cruz report Gen. Felix Diaz nephew of Porfirio Diaz declares rebellion aiming to restore peace and place government in hands of the people. Diaz enters Vera Cruz with 500 men seizing arsenal and garrison of 600 infantry and a six gun battery.
Pronia Brayant eighteen daughter of a Seligman Missouri family hid in Tulsa for two years fearing her mother. She borrowed money from her grandfather to run away. Employed as a domestic, she finally confessed to Humane Officer A M Welch who notified her parents. The family sent funds for her ticket home after she agreed to return.
L D Lewis of the Seattle Civic Center association spoke at a university luncheon urging a Civic Center and bond passage for a courthouse on the Civic Center site. T L Quigley spoke for the proposal at Greenwood Community club. Lincoln High hosted Meridian Improvement club with notes from Lewis Haight Harben Pardee Gould and France.
United Press report from Sydney states ten additional bodies were recovered at the Mount Lyell mine Tasmania bringing the total to 26. Most bodies lay near the 22nd slope at the 850 foot level as firefighters work to extinguish the blaze at the 750 foot level. The disaster is described as the worst mining accident in the region, surpassing the Bulli disaster in New South Wales.
Gen Pascual Orozco with 3000 men was located today on the Blocker ranch an American property about 90 miles southwest of the border below Del Rio Texas Official advices say he would not permit his forces to forage on the ranch of General Trevino the federal commander in Nuevo Leon.
A bank and private heist to 5.6 million dollars was found in Gand-Terneuren Railway Co offices in Brussels. Manager Nestor Wilmart is missing and reportedly may have committed suicide to hide flight. Belgium banks suffer about 200000 dollars in losses.
L F Allen, recently elected secretary of the Beattie Rotary Club, arrived with his family and will establish Rainier Grand as permanent headquarters. He succeeds ER Skeel, who resigns to devote full time to Rotary work after serving in Spokane. Harold Yetterdale, 10, son of P A Yetterdale, was injured when he attempted to ride a sand wagon driven by John M Gee. he fell between the brake rod and wheel and was found unconscious, then taken home.
A home made cough remedy combines Pinex with a sugar and water syrup to rival store bought preparations. The method claims quick relief for severe coughs including whooping cough and asthma like chest pains, with a stated guarantee of satisfaction.
An advertisement promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to restore gray hair color and improve scalp condition. It claims a simple, harmless formula from garden sage and sulfur, available for fifty cents with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. It emphasizes hair care as part of overall appearance and youth.
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