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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1921
Page
2
Aschel W. Wilkins died Thursday afternoon at his home 1205 Spring St. He is survived by his widow Hanna M. Wilkins and two daughters. The body is at Bonney-Watason's.
British unemployment nears 1.75 million with 750,000 more on limited work weeks as major industries close due to weak orders. In South Wales 52 collieries employing 25,000 shut down. soup kitchens open while unions’ funds face strain from reduced benefits.
A memorial is to be erected on Rev. Purley A. Baker’s farm near here to honor his work as general superintendent of the Anti Saloon League of America. The tribute will be a large boulder symbolizing his life. Baker spent early years on the farm and later became a teacher and Methodist minister before joining the league. He recently bought the old homestead for a summer home and plans a dam to create a personal fish pond.
The Association of Unemployed asks for trucks to haul country food donations into the city and cash to pay freight for distant contributions. They report 159 tons received and distributed and maintain a large waiting list for odd jobs or permanent work. Contact Cal Eliott at 2424 room 9.
Birth records show numerous newborns with varied surnames and addresses across Seattle, noting multiple boys and girls born to families at 11th North, 46th Avenue, Fremont Avenue, and other streets. Death notices list Benjamin Benedict at 73 and several others with ages from 20s to 77, plus a marriage licenses section for local residents and legal entries.
In London on April 15 a Swiss news note reports insurers plan to raise sickness policy premiums for women. The higher charges hinge on perceived dress length and blouse low necks, linked to women’s appearance and health risk signals.
J W Stauffer Seattle attorney to speak at the Young Men's Republican club on the life of Gen Ulysses S Grant next Thursday. The talk coincides with Grant birthday anniversary, following Ir W A Major's Thursday address to the club.
Bellingham announces the murder trial of Harry Veaser for Maurice Brooka's death, proceeding after Veaser pleaded not guilty yesterday. The case concentrates on the Friday night shooting and is scheduled for May 23.
Philadelphia April 15 The Philadelphia Orchestra's Leopold Brokowski jokes that the best seat to hear music is in the peanut gallery of the Academy of Music. He says he rarely hears his own orchestra, noting the upstairs gallery hears only half the music the downstairs audience does.
The Grand Lodge of Washington Ancient Order of United Workmen enters its twenty third biennial session Friday at 8 p.m. in Wivergreen lodge with degree conferment. A frost in Merced and Turlock areas destroyed most of the tomato crop. 85 percent wiped out in Merced district per A F Beers. The next Grand Lodge will convene in Spokane in 1928.
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