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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1920
Page
14
Notable dresses priced at 39.50 feature tricotine styles with elongated blouses and colored floss stitchings, serge and foulard youthful outfits, taffeta ruffles and embroidery trim, wool jersey straight lines with piping, and Georgette crepe and satin pieces with embroidery accents on the second floor.
The Swedish Department of Railways announced plans to develop turf as locomotive fuel. Trials show turf suits slow moving trains and shunting engines but is less suitable for fast trains.
A frozen body, wearing a life belt marked John Owens, was found about three miles west of Crisp Point on the ice of Lake Ontario coast by cautious searchers. The missing steamer John Owens recall marks the tragedy with the river name and date unclear in the report.
Portland reports about 20 000 hotel rooms available to transients including lodging houses and single room tenants. The Multnomah costs 1 25 million to build and 900 000 to furnish. the Benson 1 million to build and 700 000 to furnish. Portland hotel The Portland is noted for architectural beauty and longtime prominence.
In Tacoma on April 17 Arthur Mac Intosh, a laborer, bought an alarm clock and a half gallon of moonshine. He claimed the clock would help him wake every half hour for a drink and shook hands with the crowd before retreating to the lower six sleeping quarters.
Alleged to have imported 1 quart of Johnny Walker and eight quarts of Corby's Canadian whisky into the United States at Blaine. Fred A. Hibbner and John Stuart entered pleas in district court. Stuart admitted guilt and was fined $7,990 on count one and $156 on each of the two remaining counts.
New Haven April 17 The planned scientific expedition led by Yale professor Herbert E Gregory aims to study the origins and migrations of Pacific peoples including the Incas Azores Mexico Hawaiians Samoans Tahitians Tongans Maori and Polynesians The two year voyage will be conducted by a distinguished group of scholars to answer questions about Asiatic connections and the peopling of the Pacific Islands.
A New York banker Bayard Dominick financed the expedition to Honolulu to launch a plane. The funds supported the project and tied Dominick to the Yale class of.
The Sterling Dental Offices on North Mast corner of First Ave and Pike St advertise high quality dental work. The proprietor has 18 years in Seattle practice with thousands of satisfied patients and uses individual crown fitting and Xray for diagnosis.
Seattle Washington details unclear from OCR fragment. No clear event or named entities beyond street directions and a city.
In New York on April 27 juror Paul G Singer arrived 20 minutes late after lunch in a Brooklyn case. Judge Squires fined him one dollar per minute, totaling twenty dollars for the delay.
Fred A. Eddy died at Columbus Sanitarium. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Bonney Watson parlors.
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