Protesters Fail To Halt Ankle Show At Seattle Arena
Lieut. Gov. Coyle and officials dreaded a visit by a club women and ministers protesting the abominable ankle show. The committee did not appear, but the crowd filled the pavilion to view contestants and judge their ankles. Meve Smith won by two over Daisy Burgess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Coyle
Ankle Shaw
Meve Smith
Lee Hotel
Daisy Burgess
Smith
Caldwell
Police
Searing
Gov. Coyle
W. W. Connor
George Allen
R. H. Hall
J. A. Rook
G. M. Price
Max Olson
Charles “Gin” Rickey
Libby Beach Brown
Seattle Federation of the Women's Christian Temperance Union
Brown
Star
Jackson Silbaugh
H. B. Linton
Mr. Silbaugh
Hymns by Bedbound Composer Debut on Auto Harp
Mrs. P. G. H. Bathrick of Niagara Falls claims divine guidance in writing the words and music for hymns she has authored. Confined to bed with paralysis for 17 years, she still tests tunes on an auto harp.
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Buffalo
P. G. H. Bathrick
Niagara Falls
Bullshevik Plan and Odd Farm Experiments Split Rural Talk
A drafty rural column notes a plan by book farmers to train a bull to power a tread mill for milking machines. Other items mention Otto Buchwits washing fish at the state aquarium, sea lion sightings along the coast, a postal worker in Columbia with a mysterious companion, and a camel shipment diverted to a long overland ride due to high freight rates and a 550 dollar quote.
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Agricultural College
Columbia
8. C
Madison
N. C
Mariana
Fla
G. D. Cutting
O. D
Cutting
Short Shirt Leads to Jail in Los Angeles
Miss Perl Gill a Salt Lake City native working as a dancing instructor in Los Angeles was arrested for assault and battery after slapping a policewoman who told her her skirt was too short. Her 16 inch from the floor skirt drew police attention.
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Perl Gill
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Cal
Miss Gill
Ming Gill
IVA and NP Factions Battle in North Dakota Politics
In Bismarck March reports show the Nonpartisan League and Independent Voters Association intensifying campaigns ahead of elections. IVA leaders Brinton and Waters shift to opposition, while NP funds and a state convention loom. The Bank of North Dakota probes reveal partisan judgments in both chambers.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Nonpartisan League
Independent Voters’ Association
IVA
Np’s
House
Senate
Bank of North Dakota
J. W. Brinton
J. R. Waters
Brinton
A. C. Townley
Ginger Tincture Fight Reaches Court Over Sales
Seattle druggist F A Roberts sues Police Chief Searing seeking a court order to halt police action against Jamaica ginger sales. He claims the remedy violes state and federal constitutions and asks injunction plus 450 for lost earnings after sales were stopped three months ago.
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F. A. Roberts
Seattle
Searing
Japan Women Seek Say in Husbands Choice
Tokyo April 8. A movement grows to give women more say in selecting their husbands, as parental choice currently governs marriage. The drive reflects Japan's rapid Westernization and changing social norms.
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Tokyo
Japan
Airplane Thief Displays Stolen Plane In KC Lot
In Kansas City on April 8 the airplane thief has shown his handiwork by parking a stolen plane in an empty lot. Little trace has been found of the aircraft and its operator, B. M. Tuxhorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
United States Postal Service
Pete
Monerein
Ed Easton
Easton
B. M. Tuxhorn
Robber's Brain Called Cure Wins Postpone
Pittsburg April 8. Martin Hendel, convicted of robbery, avoided prison after surgeons testified head surgery could cure his alleged mania for stealing due to skull pressure on the brain. The court suspended sentence pending operation results. He was released after the operation as cured, later arrested for stealing an overcoat and found guilty, receiving a penitentiary sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Martin Hendel
Hiendel
Sen
Hendel
Hay ‘Maker
Vitamine Jag Show Sparks New Health Fad in LA
Los Angeles on April 8 reports science introduces the vitamic jag as a health fad. Dr. Marty Barringer Cox, a physicist and inventor from Zanesville Ohio now based in Los Angeles, sponsors the venture and claims he has segregated vitamins as the life padence in fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Science
Marty Barringer Cox
Zanesville, C
Cox
Vitamins Distill Alcohol In Stomach Says Doctor Cox
An odd claim describes vitamines in liquid and cellular form enabling the stomach to distill its own alcohol. The speaker suggests meals of four to five ounces of vitamines sustain a day’s labor while groceries fit in a pocketbook and lunch fits in a vest pocket. The remarks reference Dr Cox.
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Coxany
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Otto Buchwits
Aquarium of the
Ilnois
New York
Staten
AO Machine
Doylestown
April
Thiddie
Mia
Frank Koch
Oceaniong
Washington
Preston
Maste Press Gallery
Jim
Bozeman, Mont
Chicago
Cam
Taal
Uncle Sak
Ben Gill
Iva’s
Dakota
Kenzie
Drake
Grand Forks
Townley
Minnesota
Working People's Nonpartisan Political League
Minnesota State Federation of Labor
Robber
Gertie
Detroit
New Jersey
Gertrude McGillicuddy
Hmdward Rainey
Law
Portsmouth
Eng
Grannie Gilding
Sweet
James Can
London
Greensburg, Pa
Fahey-Brockman
Fahey-Brockman’s
Fahey-Brockman Building
Pike
Rhodes Co
Second Avenue
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