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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1911
Page
6
President Taft begins a four day tour of Michigan with a breakfast at the Chamber of Commerce in Detroit. He rode a trolley car to Pontiac, spoke at the state fair, and planned visits to Saginaw and Bay City for the evening.
In Duluth Minnesota on September 18 Maria Oreb spurned Ivan Boante after a series of joy rides arranged by friends of her former suitor. Boante had starved himself to fund her passage to Austria Hungary. She plans to marry one of the men who helped his rival.
A magazine description extols a house that is quake proof fire proof cyclone proof flood proof and verminproof. An enterprising architect envisions a concrete anchored frame of steel tubing secured with cement filled uprights and girders forming an indestructible dwelling.
Trustees of the proposed new Chamber of Commerce will be elected September 28 with a temporary committee of businessmen serving until then. The Seattle Commercial Club has not issued an official comment on the plan discussed last Friday night to replace the existing Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial Club.
Walter Pomery completes the city to Oakland mole swim in 2 hours 3 minutes 10 seconds amid cold bay waters. He receives congratulations from friends and public praise for becoming the second to achieve the feat.
In Buff alo a man named Paul Gerth told a city court that his $9 weekly pay keeps a family of eight. He said he would not trade places with Rockefeller or Carnegie and that love and contentment matter more than money.
Gov. Plaisted convened his official council to count the recent election votes on the prohibition question in Augusta. Representatives of the prohibitionists and liquor interests attended the gathering.
Philadelphia on September 18 Miss Jeannette Everett an expert auto driver proposes forming a female chauffeurs organization to offer women chauffeurs to all wealthy households in order to protect daughters from chauffeur elopements.
A playful remark contrasts the proverb go to the ant with a modern twist about sluggards and kin, mentioning the uncle in a humorous vein. The line riffs on parental and biblical sayings to tease lazy behavior.
Thousands hear Attorney Horner condemn legal delays and monopoly power. Speakers Oliver Erickson and Leslie Chase press recallable remedies, including judge recalls, while resolutions thank The Seattle Star and editor LeRoy Sanders for steadfast support in the victory over Puget Sound Electric rates.
John F Murphy added as defendant in amended petition by Augustus Peabody and Kerr McCord seeking permanent injunction against Crawford line. Court asked to void public service law for Crawford, stop enforcement against Murphy, and bar 50 percent transfers while preserving interurban status. Hearing on temporary injunction expected soon after November 6.
An Albany dental ad touts the Beattie location and the Pike Street bargain dentist. It explains regular six‑monthly checkups, cavity prevention, and root treatment to avoid pain and costly future procedures. It stresses cleanliness, germicides, and warns about untreated decay leading to abscesses and tooth loss.
Eleven people are dead and ten injured after Lee Oldfield's car crashed into a crowd during the state fair auto races in Syracuse. Oldfield is under hospital care with injuries. Coroner Kinne plans to file blame as race officials criticized continuing with a failing tire.
Fifty thousand people massed outside the parliament buildings while troops opened fire during yesterday’s gathering. Authorities warn that without immediate parliamentary action on bread cost demands, more riots are feared.
The stork is cited as due to visit Miss Murphy the 28 year old giant hippopotamus at the Central Park Zoo. The note suggests imminent motherhood while avoiding sensational detail in the theatrical description.
A light exchange at a tea party features a fifty six year old declaring I am thirty, a forty five year old replying I am twenty six, and a nearby seventeen year old asking Stepr her age. Ethel responds I am born yet under current reckoning.
In Boston on September 1 Dr. George W. Calvin argues lighter headgear aids the modern woman’s progress. College women advance because they wear no hat or only light caps, he claims, while heavy hats retard brain action.
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