Soldier in need blasts war risk bureau in letter from California
Earl Harkins of Seattle recounts being gassed and wounded in France, sent home to care for a baby on $9 a month, and left penniless by the War Risk Insurance Bureau. He details delays, reduced ratings, and promises unkept by officials, says the American Legion plans action, and asks for Washington to correct his case and provide full benefits. He is at Arrowhead Springs hospital in California awaiting revised compensation.
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France
United States
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Earl Harkins
Seattle
Harkines
California
Veterans’ Welfare Commission
Washington, D. C
W. M. Inglis
Welfare Commission
Harkins
Inglis
San Francisco
U. S. Public Health Hospital
Arrowhead
Cal
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Aer Vics
Letterman General Hospital
B. of W. N
Flood
Washington
DDC
Wesley L. Jones
Bureau
Bureau of War Risk
America
Washington, D
Arrowhead Springs
Gion
Bread, Just Bread in Moscow During Hunger
Recollection from 1920 of Moscow under Bolshevik control shows extreme famine conditions. The writer describes starving crowds at markets, high prices for basics, and the scarcity of shops as private trade is deemed illegal. A stark portrait contrasts government rhetoric with harsh reality of daily bread and survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karetni Sadovia
Moscow
Powders Cause Woman's Death in San Francisco
San Francisco August 2 police continue the inquiry into the death of Mrs Elizabeth Singleton after she took headache powders containing strychnine. Her husband James Singleton was taken into custody but investigators say foul play is suspected and a friend of the dead woman provided new information. Detectives plan to question a woman whose name was not disclosed as part of the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
James Singleton
Elizabeth Singleton
Joseph Hartrup
Board of Works
Man and Wife Held on Theft Charge in Santa Monica
Mor day police report W M Parks 34 and Irene Parks 22 were arrested at 9400 Beacon Ave by Detective W A Fuller on a telegraphic warrant for the theft of a diamond ring in Santa Monica California.
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Santa Monica
Cal
W. M. Parks
Irene Parks
Beacon Ave
W. A. Fuller
Bryn Mawr District Considers Teachers' Home Plan
Rural teachers in the Bryn Mawr area have lived in the schoolhouse due to lack of housing. The school board may add a tax levy to fund a $6,000 teachers’ residence. Voters will decide the proposal at the upcoming election.
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Bryn Mawr
Bard
Sin Sin Wa in the hidden store room plot
A Chinese mastermind Sin Sin Wa recruits help to hide a joss and smuggle an identity change. The detective pursues through a tunnel network while Mrs Sin plots with a raven for a river delivery. Mary Kerry and Dan Kerry hunt a clue in Spenser Road as a dog becomes pivotal.
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Mary Kerry
Spenser Road
Kerry
Mary
Dan
Men Charged After Alleged Sunday Freight Car Looting
Police report two men James Sillars aged 35 and Leo Claist aged 25 were caught red handed looting a freight car Sunday morning. Special Agent G A Brennan arrested them and they remained in the city jail Monday.
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James Sillars
Leo Claist
N. P
G. A. Brennan
Skippers Wanted For Toy Boats And Submersibles
Advertising blurb promotes a range of toy vessels including sloops yachts and submarines. It lists prices from 65 cents to 15 dollars and mentions models named Resolve Shamrock Ives Speed Boats and Ives Revenue Cutters with details on sizes and capabilities. The toy section is described as located in the downstairs store.
Specially priced silk gloves at The Downstairs Store
Women's double finger tipped silk gloves offered at 1.25 per pair in Pongee gray brown navy and white. Two clasp style with self colored stitching available in sizes 5144 to 714 and 51% and 6 for white. Attractive value at 1.25 the pair.
Stockings Offer Durable Look at One Dollar Pair
Durable and attractive Drop-stitch Fiber Silk Stockings sold at one dollar per pair. Available in black only, sizes 9 1/4 to 10. Moderately priced and advertised as desirable for the price.
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Senator Jones
American Legion
Duckworth
J. Herbert Duckworth
Roviet Kasata
Helshevike
Leaine
Mussia
the Star
J. H. Duckworth
N. BE. A
Reval
Esthenia
New York
Ufe
Red Cross
Sovelofsky
Russia
London
Edward Saltoft
Danish Red Cross
Petrograd
Saltoft
Kerensky
Saltoff
Ernest Brown and
Phillips
Leicester Art Galleries
Pantages Matiners
Frank Stafford
Jean Harries Noodle
Levy's
Orpheum Theatre
Comedy Co
Georgia Minstrels
Campbell Echel
SAX Rohpier
Robt
Bride € CO
Sin Sin Wa Waa
Sin Sin Wa
Lene
Sam ‘UK
Sin bin Wa
George
Olstove
Bam Tuk
Ans Sin Sin Wa
bin Sin Wa
Tinga Ling
Fam Tuk
bin bin Wa
Ho-Nan
Mra. Sin
Mra. Jacobs
Albert Dock
Rita Irvin
Tohee
Tchee
Mrs. Sin
Mary Ann Wells
THE
Frank Stafford & Company
de Michele Bros
Noodles Fagin Company
Jean Barrios
Alaska
Thomas
Lippy
Henry R. King George R. Hannon
Wil
Frank W. Shillestad
Ferguson Janson
Edgar E. Cushing
AMD, Comer
Leary Building
Second Avenue
Nox Behl
Ackerman & Harria Elford
Havana
Seena Owen
House OF Toys
Moore
Orv
Roy la Pearl
Raymond Wylie
Tionne & Albert
Campbell
Willa
Harold Browne
Frederick
Nelson
Fifth Avenue
Pine Street
Revenue Cutters
Oys
Ives
U. S. Navy
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