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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1911
Page
3
Medicine Hat Alberta runs a municipal gas system selling gas to citizens at 1.80 a thousand feet and business gas at 5 a thousand. The city operates a new electric light plant powered by gas and steam boilers, with street lamps burning year round and a claim that burning gas is cheaper than hiring someone to turn it off.
Three men are considered to succeed Scott Calhoun as corporation counsel after his resignation effective November 1 to join the Port of Seattle Commission. The candidates are James Bradford, Tom Alderson, and Phillip Tindall. Bradford may be disqualified by a city charter bar on city officers holding other city positions during their term.
Dallas ordinances give a drunkards family member the right to have his name placed on a blacklist. Police authorities gain the same right. A fine and imprisonment are provided for anyone who sells or gives liquor to a man on the blacklist.
A carriage tape from Mrs John Hammond worn at King George coronation was lost on Revere highway for hours. A poor woman found it and received $50 reward.
Franze Bergman, a Berlin physician touring the United States, predicts that American women wearing shoes too small will cause the little toe to disappear over time. He says mothers increasingly wear undersized footwear, leading to future toe loss.
In Rochester on October 4 a 20 month old child dropped a nursing bottle onto the head of a younger sibling while both rested in a crib, causing instant death. The incident involved Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Agnew and prompted a noon report.
New York reports that Princeton graduates will likely invoke legal action to remove the likeness of Rev. Dr. James McCosh, famed Princeton president, from a newly branded cigar advertisement.
Dr. Felix Adler told the Ethical Culture society that many children steal, claiming the country is near bowing to deceit. A separate item reports two year old Alanda Markuiei died after drinking whiskey taken from a mantel, highlighting a fatal accident in New York.
United Press dispatch reports revolutionary forces now claimed to control vast stretches from Peking to Canton with Yangtze valley burning. About 15,000 rebels clashed with 20,000 imperial troops under General Yin Tebang in Honan and Hupeh with heavy losses before the imperialists allegedly retreated, leaving arms behind.
A recently invented bottle designed to prevent administration errors in medicine. It is filled from the bottom through an indenture at the base where a stopper fits. The cap features a drop perforation on one rim side and a vent on the opposite side. Smallest bottles are sold for 10 cents.
The Rhode Island Association of Congregational ministers plans to expel any preacher who marries a person divorced on statutory grounds. In New York, Rev. Dr. Addison Moore says pastors are underpaid and must accept tips for funeral services and marriages. Also, Miss Gertrude Burk of Chicago weighs 825 pounds and stands 7 feet 5 inches tall with a 54 inch waist.
Pierre South Dakota October report notes President Taft attacked by progressives. Senator Crawford says Taft will struggle to win the state’s delegation as La Follette seeks at least six of ten delegates in the national convention.
In Chicago on October 24 Judge Scanlan granted Gustav Ferdinand Sorrow a name change to Gustavy F. Von Kummer, allowing him to drop Sorrow and adopt a new surname.
The mother superior of a Chicago convent was attacked by a mob of about a dozen men as she accompanied a nurse-luring suspect from St Margaret's hospital to the court. One assailant struck her with his foot. James Finneran, charged with assaulting the nurse, was bound over on a 3600 dollar bond.
Frank J. McNichols, author of the Miinels law barring babies from flats, plans repeal pressure when the legislature convenes again. He is to be married next month and expresses regret over the measure.
Pete Cassidy, a self described back to nature advocate who circled the continent to found a sunshine cult in Southern California is in Los Angeles today seeking a wife to live mostly on raw rolled oats The candidate must shun dress shoes hats and be suited to a Viking lifestyle A local woman quipped Cassidy should head to the Nile or the Congo to find what he seeks
Dr. John Grant Lyman, held by federal authorities for illegal mail promotions of Panama land schemes, was refused bail reduction from $10,000 to $1,000 at arraignment before Judge Dehaven in U S district court. He remains at Alameda jail and will be tried locally.
Chicago announces a new pleasure resort named Floating Island to be built on an enormous platform in Lake Michigan. A steel and glass building will host a hotel restaurant and many amusements. The project aims for completion before next year.
A promotional claim for Knowlton's Danderine asserts immediate dandruff relief and hair regrowth. It promises softer, fuller hair after use and urges readers to buy a 26 cent bottle from drug stores and prove the product tonight.
Miss Eleanoar Sears and Harold Sterling Vanderbilt announce a one year trial engagement, per a statement from Sears' mother. They may marry or end the arrangement after the period. Also reporting an escape from city jail of Mike Sullivan serving ten days for willful idleness.
An advertising notice touts Cascarets as a remedy for sick headache biliousness dizziness coated tongue foul breath and dullness caused by a torpid liver. It claims Cascarets cleanse the stomach remove undigested food and gases carry out waste and poisons, and work while you sleep promising a clear head by morning.
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