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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1920
Page
7
Members of the Seattle Newsboys' union will parade at 7 p m on Thursday starting from Fourth Ave and Stewart St where their carnival will be staged. Exhibitions and riding devices are being assembled by the Boucher and French Greater Shows Co.
Folsom California August 18 George F Davis a 23 year old prisoner fled the penitentiary guards near the river liberty was shot and killed as he tried to swim across to the far bank after strapping mail order catalogs to his body to stop bullets He was committed from San Bernardino County for burglary.
Tulsa Aug 18 Charles Page long before his wealth vowed to aid the needy. After early hardships he built the Sand Springs Orphans Home near Sand Springs seven miles from Tulsa. The foundation grew from a tent and seven orphans to a true home where children study, marry and start in business.
Maggie Nudd of Trenton vicinity seeks her brother Robert Benjamin Short who was to be discharged from Fort Kearney California on July 26 and has not been heard from since. Grace Clark seeks her father Peter Byron Clark and brothers George and Abraham Clark last known in Alaska after leaving Snohomish around 1900. Grace was placed in Washington Children's Home. Grace’s mother Mrs. B. A. Vi ety is also involved. Alery lives in Thomas Washington.
In Chicago on April 18 Peter Hell and his sons Edward and Fred won court permission to adopt the surname Halil. Hell, born in Alsace Lorraine, once owned a saloon where patrons expressed the punning remark Lat'a go to Hell for a drink.
The article notes that inmates who reach majority may continue work across Page enterprises and can return to shelter and friendship if they encounter sorrow or failure. It mentions widows with families receiving cottages and support including food clothing and fuel.
In Manhattan Kansas Aug 18 six home economics students at Kansas State Agricultural College live in the practice house for six weeks. They manage cooking cleaning and other duties themselves to study costs and budget. Their meals cost about 24 cents each and rent plus utilities total about 1.90 per person per day.
London report from the county medical officer notes more marriages than any year except 1916, with births in late 1919 and early 1920 setting records. Deaths fall and infant mortality reaches a low. Also mentions a Mormon temple at Cardston Alberta completed for 1 million dollars.
Elmer Dover who leads the Harding Coolidge drive in the Pacific coast states and Charles Forbes of Spokane will hold a conference in Seattle on August 27 to outline and secure the national campaign. Senator Poindexter and other prominent Republicans are expected to attend.
After months of illness, Mrs Saidee I Zipf wife of A F Zipf Carlisle Packing Company vice president and general manager died here on Tuesday. She is survived by her husband and two young children.
John A. Gellatly, candidate for governor on the Republican ticket, spoke to North End Republicans Tuesday night at Greenwood Hall Greenwood Ave and N 83rd St. The event was hosted by the Woodland Park Republican Club with other state and county candidates heard.
John Bagley founder of the Tacoma Eastern railroad and a noted Pacific Northwest lumberman died here yesterday. He was about to celebrate two years of marriage in Tacoma and actively contributed to the city’s upbuilding.
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