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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1912
Page
7
A playful satirical feature surveys the resurgence of facial hair trends, listing flamboyant whisker styles with humorous names from Dundrearys to Spinach and Belts. It notes whiskers spreading from New York to Chicago and Frisco, urging readers to choose their preferred look.
In Cincinnati on September 20 Theo dore Benny aged 60 with no home told Judge Fricke he earned money by catching sparrows bleaching them and selling them as canaries. The judge noted he should be charged with obtaining money under false pretenses and fined fifty dollars plus costs.
State statements under the Tucker law list Representative Herald of Delaware with a $5,560 expense. Nineteen candidates spent over $1,000 each, 93 current House members spent nothing, and one reported 60 cents.
Berlin dispatch says visitors to Switzerland are told kissing is banned on the Brunig line at Sarnen station and platform. A placard, signed by the Society for the Protection of Young Girls Traveling Alone, asks strangers not to kiss on station platforms due to abuses. A second item reports Mrs. Mary Bertelmus hospitalized after laudanum poisoning from fall tonic.
Fragmentary note says a man married on his wife’s wedding day and died on his last yonseartt Lona with unclear context and missing details.
A nostalgic ad touts Syrup of Figs as a natural liver and bowel cleanser that avoids griping or nausea. It claims the product combines figs and senna and warns against imitations, urging readers to ask their druggist for Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Company.
Beattie’s Hugh C. Todd is the Democratic nominee in a contested primary where incumbent Judge W W Lack of Everett faces a legality question. The dispute centers on whether a sitting judge can seek the governorship during the term, with a test case possibly going to the supreme court.
New York on September 19 Arthur K. Conkling must support his three daughters on 22 000 a year despite limits imposed by the court who refused a larger allowance. The ruling requires shared clothes among the daughters.
Modern elegantly furnished rooms at the Hotel Vir ginus located at Eighth and Virginia near Weatinke. Low rates offered with convenient location and Elliott 603 contact point for reservations.
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