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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1921
Page
10
Two soldiers and two girls were fined $10 each for kissing in public under an old blue law. Their lawyer vows to challenge the statute, aiming to strike down the provision as unconstitutional. The mimosa plant leaves curl when touched.
Miss Stacy M. Snow and Riley Allen recount a world voyage aiding Russian refugee children from Vladivostok to Petrograd with the Red Cross. The mission delivered about 85 percent of the children to surviving parents, ending in Petrograd after months of peril and transport by ship and train.
CENTER Neb April 1 Thomas Langdon reportedly disrupted a country dance by releasing two skunks into the hall an angry rival escorted a young woman and Langdon allegedly sealed exits and blocked blinds causing eleven of seventeen girls to faint as smoke billowed from a stove the scene drew attention from local stables.
Drillers on the Cook ranch at Agate Nebraska report striking a gold vein eight feet below the surface worth $35 per ton. The vein is believed to extend for miles among the Sand Hills of western Nebraska. A rush of claim seekers from Omaha and Lincoln and other cities is said to have started.
In Detroit in April a bank robbery at the Farmers and Merchants bank of Utica was foiled when tubes of mustard gas placed inside vault doors detonated. The blast blew the vault door off and sent three thieves fleeing.
London April 1. Mrs Jenne Henrietta Goddard leaves in her will a request to be buried with her dogs Jim and Gem. She directs that the dogs be put to sleep when she dies and buried beside her if possible.
In Oneill Nebraska on April 1 a bandit accosted Citizens' Mate Bank cashier W W Browning near Orchard as he returned from a function at 4 40 in the morning. The robber forced the door opened bound him and blew him with bonds and cash totaling $12 000 taken including $2 000 in cash and $10 000 in liberty bonds.
Reports indicate multiple cases where phonograph records were admitted as legal evidence. Courts ruled on authenticity chain of custody and proper foundation for admission, highlighting evolving standards for audio recordings as exhibits.
Helena Mont April. A mother and a stepmother apply for the workmen’s compensation death benefit for Herman Zachman, a Butte miner. State officials are puzzled as Elizabeth Zachman says the boy contributed to her support while Katherine Faulhaber says she paid his bills when he was out of work.
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