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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1922
Page
10
H B Stranahan, 15, Cleveland based map publisher, and Mia Stranahan travel 3408 miles by auto from Seattle to San Diego to escape winter. In Seattle they visit T J Thorsen of Washington Shoe Mfg Co, an old acquaintance. They plan to return to Cleveland by auto next year.
More than 1,200 sailors and marines from the battleship division in Elliott Bay are scheduled to swarm the foot of Washington Street Thursday morning and take strategic points of the city.
There are 350 motor bus lines employing about 900 men currently operating in Washington, based on records on file with the state department of public works.
A Seattle employer hosts a workers banquet to discuss efficiency and profits. After a pompous speech about success, a clerk asks for salary advice, then is fired the next payday. The tale hints at a cautionary moral about power and pay.
Miss Elvira Ryden 17 of 265 Renton Ave and Miss Ruth Lindstadt 18 of 6316 10th Ave N were injured when a speeding taxi skidded and struck them as they stood in a parking space in front of Mount Baker pharmacy. Driver E R Fager reported he swerved and damaged his car then was released after police questioning. They were taken home by another Yellow Cab.
Patricia Reid files a $100,000 suit against the Oregonian Publishing company in Portland alleging a news story damaged her reputation and health by accusing her of blackmail. She pursued the case while pursuing information about Dr. Orlando Edgar Miller, a psychologist whose arrest warrant related to the Seattle incident.
Vancouver reports a 36 year old rancher John William Wella shot himself yesterday near Ridgeteid after beating a deputy sheriff racing to intervene to save him from his planned act. Wella died on scene and the deputy arrived minutes later.
London reports Miss Dorothy Loder married on the 13th despite two common superstitions and wore peacock feathers at the ceremony.
A medical note discusses two forms of dandruff and links to baldness. It warns dandruff is spread by shared combs, notes health factors, heredity, and the role of hat pressure on the scalp. Scalp massage is said to help prevent baldness.
Miss Bertie Smith age 28 suffered a broken leg after being struck by an automobile driven by Harry Christ at First Avenue and Stewart Street. She was taken to City Hospital. Another man was struck by Ingvar Eide at Second Avenue and Columbia Street. he was not hurt.
A petition with hundreds of Madison Park residents asks the city council to establish a public bathing beach and bath house there. The group also urges the park board to budget funds for beautification to restore Madison Park as a key recreation spot.
F H Kerr of 727 Belmont Place said the street car was traveling fast and the motorman did not warn. The incident involved a taxicab and a collision that left a man injured.
The Central Labor council installed officers at the Labor temple on Wednesday night with C B Phillips named president, Jack Jetson as vice president, James A Duncan as secretary, and W E Turner as sergeant at arms.
Kiwanis club hosted a luncheon Wednesday for Cornish school faculty with speakers praising the school as a civic asset and community cornerstone.
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