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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
3
A historical note describes a complexion wax preparation using saxolite dissolved in water to remove wrinkles. The method includes washing with warm water, applying the wax overnight, and rinsing in the morning. One-ounce packages of the wax are mentioned as a product option.
Local notices report hotel rate plans tied to weekly and daily pricing. The text references pa times and dollar amounts per week or day affecting large stores and theatres.
Gov West vows to stamp out drunkenness in Portland and Oregon by targeting saloonkeepers. Roscoe P Murst is named Portland special prosecutor to gather evidence against violators under city and state law, working with H M Esterly on the vice campaign.
In Colon Panama on September 5 engineers report massive landslides at Culebra cut. The first slide buried over 900000 cubic yards of earth and endangered a steam shovel and workers. A second slide displaced about 300000 cubic yards six days later.
United States Senator Ollie James of Kentucky predicts President Wilson will win in November due to Republican gains in Vermont and growing Democratic strength in former GOP strongholds. He says Roosevelt support will come from Republicans, not Democrats.
Mia Huzen M. Stoddard of La Mesa becomes California’s first woman to appear on a congressional ballot in the Eleventh district campaign. She faces 8S. C. Evans progressive William Kettner Democrat and N. A. Richardson socialist with Stoddard unopposed for the prohibitionist nomination.
Dispatches report an American victory in the first naval battle of the Nicaraguan war. Ensign Coman and 12 sailors from the USS Glacier captured a Nicaraguan rebel steamer, boarded it with a small boat and fired no shots. Kodak Films Developed Free at Owl Studio.
A Alabama style confession forms a window into the life of Editor's Hotel Al Jennings a democratic candidate for Oklahoma County attorney in a tale of a legal career and vigilante violence. The narrative recounts his early life in Virginia 1863 education in the east practice in Oklahoma City El Reno and a pivotal murder of his brother and the subsequent vow to avenge him. The prose outlines his move to the Spike S ranch to hunt the presumed killers and clashes with the law and his father a Tecumseh county judge.
The listing shows price variations for first grade produce and meats. Items include Wenatchee apples, Now apples, Valencia oranges, various cuts of beef, pork, and lamb with specific grades and unit prices, reflecting wholesale value to retailers.
In the Seminole country a man recalls three to four armed men firing on him while he stopped for breakfast. He killed his horse, wounded, then drew a Winchester and drove them into the timber. Chicago reports former Judge D B vurpin being assaulted at a local hotel.
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