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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1922
Page
9
The Right Opera company stages Robin Hood at the Metropolitan as a popular operatic attraction. The work, set in old England, features familiar tunes and has been widely recorded over the years. The engagement marks a classic, family friendly showcase for audiences.
Berlin August 26 American inventor Dr Lee De Forest previewed phonofilm education uses at public demo He argues talking pictures can teach languages history geography physics and geology faster without sacrificing literature He insists mind discipline should not suffer and calls for rapid focused learning with film as an educational tool.
Seattle reader reports severe pains and chills eased after taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The account describes initial aching, inability to stand, and fatigue followed by relief and renewed energy, attributing recovery to the remedy and noting the experience shared by Mrs G Richards of Seattle.
The Pacific fleet will depart Puget Sound on Monday for maneuvers off Port Angeles with duration unclear. The Chamber of Commerce is pressing Secretary Denby to review the fleet in Elfin Bay.
Bayonne New Jersey reports William H. Moore 34 was sentenced to one year in prison for pressing his six year old daughter's fingers to a hot stove burning them to the bone. Recorder Cain called the crime the most atrocious he had known in seven years on the bench.
Fort Lawton hosts a band concert and a baseball game Sunday at 4 p m Col O J Charles says The Fourth Infantry band performs a select program The Army team plays B I barber shop in the interlude and invites Seattle residents to attend
A fragment lists numerous birth registrations and marriage licenses with names and partial addresses including Ke Conger Hobrock Thurston, Charles Anderson 1811 W 62nd, Judson Kerr 2446 N 60th, and Alvin Jensen Hazelwood. Entries show Seattle, Tacoma, and local legal notices with residents and spouses. details are partial and OCR incomplete.
Residents from all districts in Seattle were invited to a West Seattle Chamber of Commerce picnic at Salt Water Park. The 130 acre tract is under consideration as a possible city public park site. Attendees were urged to bring lunch baskets and stay all day as speeches by candidates for public office were planned along with field sports.
Two German girls are being held in Coblenz for investigation into the mysterious death of Private Lester Irons of Toms River New Jersey. Irons was found dead with his head shot off in a blood pool outside Maj. Gen Henry T. Allen's garage on the Rhine front. He had been on guard duty during the night.
Dedicatory ceremonies mark the completion of the Lake Washington circuit boulevard set for 2 30 Saturday at Wildwood Park. Gov Louis Hart and county officials Claude Ramaay Lou Smith Thomas Dobson and County Engineer Thomase R Bee man will participate in the program.
Lake Forest reports the death of Delaran Smith publisher of the Indianapolis News in this city obituary notice. Smith led the paper and was a prominent journalism figure. Fellow editors recall his leadership and editorial stance.
In New York Mrs. Mary Sladden was ordered to discard a cigarette by a police officer who struck it from her hand after she claimed a smoking privilege. The incident prompts the police commissioner to decide whether officers may act as censors.
A period advertisement promotes Hermotone as a quick restorer of strength after flu. It claims nerve and energy boost with two price points 1.00 and 2.00, available at all drug stores or by mail from Joyner Drug Co in Spokane.
An advertisement warns that excess uric acid causes rheumatic diseases and related ailments. It promotes Marshmallow Compound as the best remedy, claiming kidney restoration and long standing improvements after a single bottle, available through mail order.
Milford Mayor M B Scott says liquor fines fund parks and public works after confiscations and prosecutions. He claims Milford has become the prohibition capital of Ohio, using moonshine revenues to expand playgrounds, schools, and a possible new city hall. He intends to continue until all stills are gone.
Two people died and a third person was seriously injured when a car left the road ten miles from Eugene Oregon. The dead were Mrs B E the only other occupant of the car was hurt.
A fire in the false work beneath the new Pasco Kennewick bridge on the Columbia River caused about 1000 dollars in damage and halted the structure for a time. Firemen extinguished the blaze last night and investigators suspect it started from sparks from a donkey engine.
City budget committee action Friday freed 7500 for the park board to finance the musical programs.
Kelso in Cowlitz County prepares to change its name to include Longview as part of a consolidation with the Long Bell Lumber Company. A mass meeting voted to abandon the old name and create a new townsite development west of West Kelso. Kelso was founded in 1889 by P Crawford and named for Kelso, Scotland.
Everett chamber of Commerce investigates four hotel propositions as in Seattle and Tacoma. A favorable option will be recommended to citizens, with planning finance for a new hotel in Everett announced yesterday.
A driverless motor truck careened down the James at Hill late Friday night striking a telephone post at Third Ave and James St. It toppled telephones and damaged nearby cars but no injuries were reported.
Everett notes Puget Bound International Railway and Power Co orders eight street car buses from Oakland with plans to replace the current system by a trackless trolley network in the future.
Palo Alto notices report the last will of EB Moulton athletic trainer for Stanford University who died July 19. The will leaves a $4,004 estate to his widow.
A housewife explains advertising guides her purchases and saves money. She compares trade papers to newspapers and magazines, notes that advertised goods offer better value, freshness, and reliability, and links dealer profits to high turnover and ongoing promotion. Published by The Seattle Star with The American Association of Advertising Agencies.
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