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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1919
Page
1
A rambling reminiscence from a small town about a capsized flivver stuck in Green Lake and a chaotic day of skating. The narrator muses on inanimate objects gaining personality, stray bullets, ice skates, and odd winter happenings as the weather shifts and daily life continues.
The Star introduces a nine part series by Rodney Gilbert on Japan. It aims to present an unbiased, thorough review of Japan today, at home and abroad, with careful analysis from an Oriental authority. The first article will appear tomorrow and promises factual insight rather than propaganda.
Tokyo reports cabinet action directing Torikichi Obata to lodge a strong protest with the Peking government over anti Japanese activities by Chinese, especially students, raising tensions between China and Japan after the Foochow riots and boycotts affecting Japanese trade.
Six New York millionaires refuse homelessness and plan a six million dollar apartment project. F Coleman du Pont dating B Pratt Col Benjamin McAlpin Arthur Coppell L J Dunham and I M Boomer are among the backers.
The Merry Christmas company raised 107 dollars for Firlands hospital patients and plans a vaudeville program with local stars to fund a Christmas dinner. Manager Joe Newberger notes 7 dollars over the target and lists donors including Alma Anderson Peter Rawson Ed Erickson and Leena Anderson among many others. A concert singer Mrs Miracle and others offer musical acts for the event in Firlands.
The readable fragments reference an advertisement line about a trade path and a titled name Brent Dory. No clear event or persons beyond these entries emerge from the garbled text.
The Strap hanger will soon be a memory as street cars switch to hand rails. Georgetown shops repair cars will be equipped with rails replacing the grasping straps. Superintendent Thomas FF Murphine says the rail is cleaner and reduces the daily jostle.
San Francisco reports Professor Albert Porta refutes his doomsday forecast claiming misreadings caused alarm. In Purgatory King Lucifer halts plans as Seattle officials fear crowding, fuel shortages, and overbuilt housing for the predicted apocalyptic event.
U S weather observer George N Salisbury for Seattle and vicinity warns of more rain tonight and Thursday. Moderate southerly gales will accompany the precipitation as temperatures rise from 50 degrees by noon Wednesday.
Five men were held on open charges after a Rainier Avenue arrest for a so called end of world event. Suspects named James Raymer Walter Van Valkenberg Wilfred Nadine John Harker and F M Hargin faced police with 20 gallons of crude alcohol in their vehicle.
In United States district court attorney Jack Sullivan, for Woo Sing, sought to admit a small bound Chinese volume as Defendant's Exhibit B. Assistant district attorney Miss Charlotte Kolmits objected that the evidence was incompetent and irrelevant. Judge Jeremiah Neterer overruled the objection and ordered the book read, but Janek withdrew the exhibit.
In Washington on December 17, mine owners and operators urge raising the gold price from 20.67 per ounce fixed by law. They cite rising labor and supply costs driving many mines to operate at a loss and close to avoid bankruptcy, challenging the image of wealthy miners.
Washington reports that a baseless rumor claimed five planets aligned to end the world on a specific date. Forecasters say the end is not near and that cold weather across the nation is unrelated to any planetary alignment.
Former police sergeant Robert L. Boggess was found guilty of keeping liquor with intent to dispose of it by a Superior Court jury after a five and a half hour deliberation. The case stemmed from an alleged frameup involving an undercover purchase of seven gallons of grape.
James Radcliffe, an attorney and lecturer, sued Dr. William Dorr for 25000 dollars alleging malicious persecution after a judge found him sane when he objected to male and brunette nurses and requested a blonde during hospital treatment. A jury rejected his claim.
Berlin dispatches report 43 people killed and over 100 injured in a munitions explosion at Wilhelmhaven. Property damage is described as extensive with many casualties.
In U S district court Judge Jeremiah Neterer sentenced Hong Chee to two years in prison and a $500 fine for drug offenses. Wong Foo, a young man with no prior record, received one month in jail and a $100 fine in King County.
Citizens of the city weigh in on the predicted apocalypse with quips from mayors, clerks, and police. Officials joke about bonds, taxes, licenses, and elevators as they await a fate many deem unlikely, while others mock the idea with sly remarks.
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