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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1916
Page
12
The Dancing Dollies introduce the rumba with step by step counts and diagrams by Esther Andrews. The choreographic sequence includes forward and backward steps, sliding walks, turns, side by side and face to face positions, and finishing in the original embrace as the sisters promise more illustrated dance steps tomorrow.
U S Senator Miles Poindexter, Seattle campaign trail leader, reiterates support for a non partisan tariff commission and tariff reform based on production cost differences. He defends past votes on lumber and Northwest protections while resisting partisan manipulation and upholding income tax integrity.
Public notice explains that credit letters can be redeemed at full face value plus 10 percent at Eilers Music House for new pianos or players. Despite closing out due to Montelius Piano House buyout, patrons receive boosted value while sales proceed with small payments. store offers evenings hours.
The speaker renews calls for a nonpartisan tariff commission with real powers like the Interstate Commerce Commission. He praises Charles Evans Hughes as the best Republican nominee aside from Roosevelt and recalls bipartisan Senate support and opposition to President Wilson, noting Senator Turner’s endorsement and questioning his own vote.
Chicago dispatch says Japan will be America's leading commercial competitor after World War I. RE H Gary, chairman of United States Steel, arrived en route East from Japan tour and spoke of postwar business ties and competition.
Lawyers for an Iowa businessman claim the man faced a June blackmail scheme in Chicago tied to two women from his hometown. They say he paid 500 hush money and later 4,500 more via two notes, with two alleged accomplices posing as lawyers. No Mann Act violation is claimed.
Mrs. Carlotta Gotwoldt, once a prominent Seattle music teacher, returns to the city planning a studio. She touts barefoot walks in dew as healthful, plus diet and exercise, saying they help prevent doctor visits and keep people feeling and looking fine.
The report notes that eleven grains of radium were produced in the United States during the previous year. The data highlights radium production levels and may reflect early 20th century industrial chemical activity.
In Seattle a powerful produce combine, led by Seattle Produce Association members, allegedly coerces rivals, fixes prices, and blocks competition across Washington and the Northwest. Grossman Brothers, a longtime Seattle firm, claims retaliation from the group after resisting their control, detailing price manipulation and restricted channels, and urges growers and consumers to support fair trade and purchase through Grossman Brothers.
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