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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1920
Page
11
April 16 report notes that English girls push to end breach of laws by banning love letters read aloud in court. They argue few men will send epistles to a girl and prefer modern methods, as wooers now use telephones when not present in person to utter tender nothings.
New York report states Mrs Nefie Ascher filed for divorce alleging she smoked to slim down. She said her husband urged the plan and a friend advised smoking would help. he accused her of cigarette addiction. The item ends with a clipped quip about curiosity.
Across Chicago Detroit Oklahoma City Roseburg Emporia and Atlanta citizens form overall clubs to defy high prices by wearing workwear. Loyal Order of Moose endorses denim move as officials in Oklahoma City and Georgia organize drives and sales of factory priced overalls to members. Pastors back effort as denims spread nationwide with clerics promising sermons.
In Highland Park Illinois on April 16 a group of twenty one local leaders formed an overall club to address the rising cost of living. The initiative brings together civic figures to study and publicize measures to ease expenses for residents.
Dora Schintze, an American, has bought the Ottershaw Park house in Chertsey. Built by F Eckstein, the South African magnate employed 500 men for a year. The property boasts elaborate interiors, an extensive garden, an underground swimming pool, and a large aviary.
Margery Deakin, artist, wills burial at sea in a leaden coffin at Porthpean Cornwall. Two fishermen are named to carry out the quest and take the coffin out to sea to bar a crowd relatives and hypocrites from attending.
A new soldering technique secures rimless lenses directly to the metal frame without screws. The method bonds lenses to the frame, promising sturdier eyes protection and faster assembly for eyeglasses.
In Bellingham a recall drive targets three of five school board members amid a bitter dispute over the city superintendent. Resignations from Cave Finnegan and Campbell or the trio on the board are seen as prerequisites to halting the recall. The fight follows hearings criticizing Cave and his handling of staff, including the dismissal of eight teachers.
The Cedarhurst incident centers on three residents John H M Burton and Charles Andrews and the town clerk showing three Airedales named Whisky Brandy and Gin. The April report notes the humorous chase by "rum hounds" as a local quirk.
New York dispatch reports twenty prize game cocks shipped from Spanish ports are bound for Cuba to boost holiday cockfighting. One bird is valued at $17,000, with the troupe set to entertain in Havana during the festivities.
In New York on April 16 a jury granted Miss Fine Rooney 40008 for a broken leg after alleging Abraham Reubgnstone a real estate operator struck her car.
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