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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1921
Page
7
Mrs. R M Bass plans a Christmas dinner party for 100 Seattle youngsters and their mothers. The Star will publish names of invited children, with remaining spots open to mothers and their kids who need festive meals on Christmas Day.
The North Puyallup Community club will gravel the walk along Milwaukee avenue from the North Puyallup bridge to the Pacific highway intersection. Mel Ingram is reelected Aberdeen high school football captain. Grays Harbor stream anglers may fish rainbow trout from November 1 to April 1 by order of the Grays Harbor game commission. Earl Hulbert gains Walter Cold iron’s interest in Twin City Transit between Aberdeen and Hoquiam. Port Anaries Evening News pushes a highway to Neah Bay in a front page editorial. Olympia residents are urged to boil drinking water due to flood and drainage contamination of springs. Lady members of the Olympia Golf and Country Club compete Thursdays for a cup donated by Olympia Light & Power Co.
Clara Norton is in the city jail after a raid on a house at 1824 Yale avenue. Police allege they found 13 quarts of moonshine 40 quarts of bottled beer and 15 gallons of unbottled beer.
Wanda von Kettler reports on why divorces rise in Seattle citing three factors. Wives who sleep in, home brew parties, and mothers in law are described as underlying causes by King County Divorce Proctor Eugene A. Meacham. He notes many cases cite de certion or nonsupport as grounds, but the real issues are indifference and conflict driven by lifestyle clashes and living arrangements. He warns unemployment drives families to double up, stressing how mother-in-law dynamics can overwhelm homes.
Frank Lee a Chinese gunman was acquitted by a superior court jury of assault in the first degree for firing shots at Harry Gong a Chinese merchant on October 6 at First Ave and Cherry. Gong was sentenced to ten months in jail for carrying concealed weapons and faces grand larceny charges. WEEKLY LUNCHEON of the Concentric club at Pig n Whistle Thursday noon.
A London aquarium acquired two Amazon fish valued at $100. The report lists births marriages deaths and other local notices prior to the note, with names and addresses scattered among the vital statistics. The line item about the aquarium stands out as a monetary value tied to new acquisitions.
F H Seeley of Chicago and Philadelphia, famed rupture expert, will visit the Washington hotel in Seattle December 14 to 17. He promises his Spermatic Shield improves rupture results without surgery and has U.S. government documents for inspection.
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quine Tablets as relief for headache from cold. Claims toning laxative and germ destroyer effects. Mentions genuine product bearing W. Grove signature and price of 10 cents.
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