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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1912
Page
8
The article reviews Roosevelt Taft and Wilson tariff stances. Roosevelt aims to revise downward while ensuring workers share benefits. He opposes a veto-prone tariff commission and supports a powerful body that studies wages, costs, and living standards to justify protection.
Kansas City report details a 63 year old Harris Goldberg and 61 year old Rose Byer who marry after Byer drafts a prenuptial agreement. Goldberg waives all rights to her estate in exchange for $50 cash paid in gold and a plan to buy a horse and wagon. The couple shares a light moment as the ceremony proceeds.
A light verse extols dentists and dental drills as heroes of comfort and style. It praises their skill in fixing painful teeth and argues that without dental care, society would lose beauty and the ability to eat, urging cheerful support for the profession.
Judge Everett Smith addressed the Sunday club of the Y M C A urging tougher marriage rules after noting one divorce per three marriages in King County. The judge argued stricter restrictions would reduce divorces while poet Edmund Vance Cooke entertained with a serio comic lecture.
Engineer Wm. Purdy and Fireman Eugene Bare died in a freight coal car derailment near Kidd, Montana. The coal car struck Oregon Short Line passenger train No. 4, but no passengers were injured.
Trenton New Jersey October 28. A mother Mrs Mannie Crowther Scott and her daughter Jeane Elizabeth Scott aged 17 or 18 depending on her claim, secretly married men Henry Beatty a telegraph operator. Beatty and his fiancee Holt married earlier then Mrs Scott and Holt wed. Mrs Scott vows to annul their marriages while Beatty’s parents ask forgiveness and blessing.
Mrs Alice P Nelson files suit against Los Angeles Railway seeking 20000 for nine teeth knocked out during a street car brawl. She says car inspector W J Reid struck her husband A L Nelson while moving forward amid a crowded car, leading to her injuries and disfigurement.
The notice urges readers to notify the Circulation Department by phone if papers are late, promising courteous handling and immediate service. It mentions Main 840 and stresses securing prompt home delivery for all.
John W. Considine has returned from California and reports exceptionally good business conditions in the South. Barber Frank Moore died of heart disease yesterday morning at his home on 603 Marion Street. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Tennant, who resides at the Hotel Sorrento. she suffered a severe scalp wound yesterday afternoon in a Phinney Avenue car accident.
A thief smashed a plate glass window at Huteson Optical Co located at 1220 Seconday with an iron bolt yesterday. The burglar stole five pairs of binoculars three pairs of opera glasses and a telescope.
The Awa Maru of Nippon Yusen Kaisha is due November 7 with a cargo valued at just over 1 million dollars and 166 passengers aboard. K Abe is promoted to chief consul in Chicago from Seattle. Steamer Sommerstad reports returning from six months in northern waters with 4000 barrels of whale oil. After discharging she will load wheat for England. A court case involving diamond importation from Canada continues with a further continuance granted. Steamer Admiral Samson sails to Alaska on a passenger and freight run. Shingle mills resume operations after a 30 day shutdown due to low prices, with 400 cars waiting at Minnesota Transfer. A Yonkers mother collapses in grief after learning her son is alive, later dying in shock.
Under West Queen Anne and John Hay Improvement associations a joint discussion on the court house bond issue is held this evening at Queen Anne high school with stereopticon pictures of civic centers and the proposed $5 000 000 courthouse at Third and James. Another meeting at Madrona school features a debate while the Plymouth Church Men’s Club meets Tuesday with part of the program devoted to the civic center site proposal.
A faulty lock on the county clerk vault where marriage licenses and rings were kept caused Arthur Kobleaut and Clara Brown to cancel their wedding invitations in Omaha Nebraska on October 28.
Basement Salesroom announces a Tuesday sale featuring 50 high grade women and misses winter suits at sharp discounts. Styles include plain tailored and trimmed designs in sizes 16 18 and 34 to 42 with fabrics such as diago nal cheviots browns greens and blues. Notable pieces range from two tone brown diagonal to black French serge with velvet trim and embroideries priced at 16 75 per suit.
A brass fern dish in hammered finish with an artificial fern and six inch round mirror base is offered for one dollar in the Kaware Section. The item is described as complete and ready for display.
A new shipment of Indestructo trunks arrives featuring steamer trunks in 36 and 40 inches priced at 19 and 20 dollars. Men’s trunks in three-quarter and 40 inch sizes listed at 21 and 22 dollars, women’s full-size trunks 36 and 40 inches at 24 and 25 dollars. Other Indestructo styles range from 26 to 43 dollars.
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