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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1915
Page
2
At 1 30 a.m. Mrs Wm C Thayer and daughter Miss Hortense Thayer woke to a burglar in their Sullivan Street home. Hortense shouted for lights and the intruder fled, leaving jewelry untouched. A second prowler was chased by Mrs Annie Larson on Zistave Avenue and a motorcycle left behind remains unclaimed.
Eighty delegates from the National Association of Railway Agents toured the city on a Wednesday layover en route from San Francisco. Breakfast at the Butler hotel opened a boulevard drive followed by luncheon where Judge Burke and industry representatives spoke. The Chamber of Commerce and Transportation Club hosted the event with a shopping trip for the ladies, and the group planned to depart at a later hour.
Anna Johnson, 22, shot herself after a failed attempt to kill John Stein, 28, who refused marriage. Stein was wounded in the arm and held by police for investigation. Both residents of Aberdeen for about two years, Johnson was born in Poland.
Attorneys for Puget Sound Traction Light Power Co seek jurors who have never ridden a jitney bus to hear a $612 damage suit by Henry M. Smith. A street car collision at Westlake and Eighth avenues last May sparked the case. Jurors were questioned on jitney experience and possible objections to jitneys.
Canadian and American accountants with their ladies dance on the Manufacturers' roof garden as part of the annual meeting of the American Association of Public Accountants and the Dominion Association of Chartered Accountants. Joplin of Chicago is reelected president. Whitcomb of Portland speaks on ethics. Joplin to address students and business men at 222 Henry building in the evening.
Claiming a simple home treatment destroys catarrh germs using a medicated inhaler and eucalyptus blend. The ad asserts sprays and salves only offer temporary relief and promises permanent cure with two to three daily uses, backed by druggists and a money back guarantee.
Five hundred soldiers and residents fanned out in a crescent around Fresno driving Mexicans toward the Rio Grande where guards waited to seize them in the search for the murderers of Americans Donaldson and Smith, killed three weeks earlier.
Capt J Anderson of the Anderson Steamboat Co asks the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club to back a federal law requiring builders of passenger craft to file plans with United States steamboat inspectors to ensure safe ships.
In San Francisco on September 22 the liner Korea departed for the European war zone with large American flags painted aboard to shield against submarines.
Promising to tie up the Superior Judge Mackintosh court for at least a full month, the condemnation of two additional feet of property along the Lake Washington canal and Salmon bay was begun. The Bolcom Mills property opens the docket, with each case to be tried separately due to differing issues. Meanwhile the Alaska Chamber of Commerce reported a 30 pound cabbage from Skagway grown by C O Walker shown at the horticultural show and to be displayed at the Bon Marche window.
Soap and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali and dry the scalp. Use plain massified cocoanut oil instead. it is pure, greaseless, cheap, and lasts months for the family. Moisten hair with water, rub in a teaspoon, lathers richly, cleanses, rinses easily, and leaves hair bright, fluffy, and easy to handle. Advertisement.
An old advertisement warns of kidney and bladder trouble with symptoms like back pain and dark urine. It touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Ol Capsules as rapid relief and a guaranteed refund if unsatisfied, sold by Owl Drug Co with prices 260, 000 and 1.00.
Petrograd dispatch reports Riga and Petrograd safe as Slav victories near Dvinsk and German withdrawals in the Balkan drive dull morale. Reverses at Dvinsk outer works reduce German drive, while officials note a lack of "punch" in the assault. Vilna situation unnamed, Slavs retreat thought toward Minsk.
A national Edison Mazda lamps contest by Piper & Taft offers a $275 Indian Big Twin motorcycle to the top young distributor in Seattle, plus a $200 Edison Phonograph, $75 in records, and 2,000 flashlights. The contest began Tuesday and runs through October 21, with total prizes of $2,500.
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