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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1919
Page
7
Edward H. McKnight asks for divorce from Maud R. McKnight alleging a monkey bite caused the separation. He claims another man caused the marks and he found them on his wife’s neck after a man spent the evening at their San Francisco home.
Thousands of cattle are starving or dying of thirst in the Black Butte district of northeastern Los Angeles County, reports to the county humane society say. Two deputy sheriffs were sent to investigate as streams and springs have dried up due to late rains, with similar conditions reported in Kern County.
Dolly recounts a comic romantic incident as Jimmie Ross abducts her in a car to stop her from boarding a train to New Jersey. He insists on helping her reach Forest Valley and retrieves her purse, forcing an unexpected vacation interruption.
Subject to city council approval, the street and utilities committees propose extensions to two municipal street car lines. Work would begin after authorization. One route runs AL BE 58th st north along 15th ave N BE to E 82nd st then east to 16th ave N E and south to E 80th st, returning. The second starts at the north end of the Tenth ave bridge, goes west to Seventh ave N E and E 55th, then north along Eighth ave N E to Weedin place and loops to E 70th and Fifth ave N E, northeast to 1 fist et, then circles back.
Holyoke Massachusetts police acting on orders from Hoxton visited the Holyoke Country Club and Mount Tom Golf Club to stop Sunday golf. The action followed a complaint by Rev. Martin D. Kneland of Winchester who heads the Lord's Day League of Massachusetts. Police also stopped amateur baseball games on city playgrounds backed financially by the city government.
Philadelphia date Aug 8 Majors S H Parker and C Talbot Wilcox former Royal Air Force members will start a year long aerial cruise from New York to South America next month. The trip will use a three passenger flying boat with a 150 horsepower motor and wireless telegraph gear.
Corporal William V Sullivan, a Butte native, testifies that Lieut H B Smith nicknamed Hard Boiled made prisoners, including the injured, scrub floors with toothbrushes and empty tubs with spoons. He says nonworking prisoners stood at attention for hours and that beatings occurred when orders were disobeyed. Smith was discharged from the Marine Corps after court martial charges.
Chicago reports Kraft, aeronautical engineer for Goodyear Rubber, as a principal witness in suits arising from the Wingfoot Express dirigible fire in Chicago that killed 15 people.
Tonopah reports the theft of a whisky store valued at 21000 said to be hidden in the Umatilla mine. A night watchman failed to deter daylight thieves despite the risk and boldness. Neighbors fear dehydration from the loss.
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