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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
13
Mayor Caldwell and Chief W H Searing urged adding 44 policemen to curb winter crime. The public safety committee pigeonholed the proposal, threatening its death unless the council overruns the committee action under the new one day in eight plan reducing police strength from January 1.
Paris reports that more than half of last year’s Spanish flu victims were domestic servants. Statistics indicate indoor work increased exposure and risk, with servants disproportionately affected by the outbreak.
Houston December 9 Mrs FLD Stald offered her farm to Harris county to be used as a home for defective children and asked to help at the home without pay if the offer is accepted.
A new trade law in Finland allows married women to manage a business independently without needing their husband’s consent. The change strengthens women’s economic rights and removes a male approval requirement in commercial matters.
A description of a noble adornment transformed into a priceless heirloom by encasement in precious metal, intended to pass down through generations as a treasured family prize.
In Montreal on December 9, reports say oil strike news in the Par North spurred a rush of prospectors. The Canadian government revived the Yukon day grub stake ordinance, allowing only those physically fit with sufficient food to proceed.
In a shadowy Manhattan cabaret, ex gunman Paul Kelley, once feared as a gang leader, now runs a refined entertainment venue. Patrons drink wine, a baritone singer performs operatic numbers, and a young dancer engages quietly with the crowd as the night unfolds with subdued elegance.
The text notes that all the rope can be identified by the colored thread running through it providing a visual method to distinguish individual strands or bundles.
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