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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1921
Page
9
A Hamburg woman sues for annulment claiming she was hypnotized into marriage. In Jersey City the Director of Public Safety Bentley enforces a new rule: a fallen officer must endure a morals lecture by the police chaplain.
San Francisco reports women activists press governor and the legislature to spare two 17 year old boys sentenced to death and seek an age limit change to capital punishment. Simon Ruina, 15 at murder time, faces execution unless clemency is granted. William Norris, 17, is also widely expected to hang.
Advertisement claims Othine double strength freckle remover clears skin with nightly applications. It guarantees money back if freckles do not disappear, usually needing no more than an ounce.
In St. Paul 6000 union members plan a new central board of trade to finance and manage building projects. They form two subsidiaries to direct construction and to run a building and loan operation. The plan aims to cut profits and overhead, enabling wage gains and cheaper city projects, starting with the Labor Temple contract.
Paris dispatch reports M Bernardel aged 94 shot his wife after more than six decades of marriage then killed himself. The wife, aged 1 is listed as ill for many months.
New York dispatch reports George B Wood of Hermosa California asked the Knights of Columbus to find him a heavyweight housekeeper. A Turkish woman named Fattah Shah 37 weighs 231 pounds and formerly headed a private harem. She is willing to adopt American dress and perform harem dances. She was once demoted to the merchant’s kitchen.
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