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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1921
Page
12
Olympia August 5 state officials and employees must obtain licenses to drive autos for state business. Attorney General L. L. Thompson ruled that fees may be charged to the state for such licenses.
Ruth Peterson two year old daughter of Mrs C Peterson was found Thursday after a two hour city search by a bicycle squad of boys. More than 100 bicycles were used in the effort in Tacoma on August 6.
Catherine Helflig age 85 mother of three Northwest theatrical managers passed away. She never attended a theater performance in her life, according to family remarks.
Seattle manufacturers and jobbers hosted a larger ninth annual Buyers week with a 1600 000 budget versus Los Angeles 100 000. George G. Plack finance chair reports 60 000 sq ft in Seattle and more than 70 000 in LA. Officials praised for organizing a successful event and estimate firm business in the refunds program surpassing a quarter million dollars based on tally cards.
A West Seattle chatter piece mocks outfits over substance, urging thrift and liberty bond purchases while critiquing fashion shows and suggesting money should be redirected from fashion to bonds. The reader is warned that appearances do not reveal true wealth or intent.
On the Woosung Yangtsekiang voyage the crew report a “very bad devil” aboard as strange phenomena unfold. Fire and smoke, locked galley debris, and fear among the native crew accompany claims of supernatural danger influencing the ship’s pace and fortunes.
New York dispatch reports that the Cohen family supplied more soldiers and sailors from the metropolis in World War I than any other name. The War Records Bureau tallies list 2600 Cohens, followed by 6000 Smiths in the state, with 2400 Millers, 2000 Sullivans, and 1800 Joneses.
In Paris on August 5 Mme Clan dree marked her 100th birthday by opening a ball she organized. Dancers included Mme Piffant, 97, and M. Goeper, 94, who enjoyed the revelry amid thoughts that their own turns would come.
In Boston a 60 year old railroad foreman William Anderson and his third wife Anna Lenora Hays of Minneapolis married by Clerk Joseph Co halan. Special Justice Sheehan waived the five day law. The couple met in Minneapolis and arranged the ceremony during a visit. Anderson is father to nine with five married. Hays has no children.
A comic riff on young men trading fashion for female attention and money. A twenty year old narrator mocks workaday wealth, stylish outfits, and social pressure, contrasting slick sportswear with a worn older man and movie star glamour.
London report cites agriculture ministry urging continued war on rats. A pair breeding without deaths could reach about 3,000,000 in three years, suggesting rat numbers may rival the country’s population.
Advert says women’s Reignskin canvas shoes in small sizes from 98 cents a pair, pumps and oxfords from 3.95, black suede oxfords and pumps reduced to 5.95 to 7.85, brown calf and vicinized models 4.95, W L Douglas shoes at 5.85 and 4.85 for select sizes, all advertised as quick clearance.
Boy Scout shoes for vacation wear sold at 3.00 and 3.50 dollars, cut to 1.95 and 2.25.
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