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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
20
Great Britain is constructing massive airships claimed to comprise 1,600,600 individual parts. The venture highlights bold industrial invention and a drive to advance aerial travel despite scale.
Virginia Night, the annual Christmas week gathering of University of Virginia alumni and students, set for December 29. Dr. Hugh H. Young announces meetings in cities with ten or more alumni, as 9 000 former students are expected to listen to Centennial Endowment plans. Messages from President AMerman and fund officials will be carried by student body representatives.
A Windsor tank war memorial has been vandalized with a hole cut in its base and numerous parts removed. The borough surveyor failed to secure the tank and even the engine was taken, according to reports from Windsor authorities.
Ten men attempted gambling at a bourse in Denver on Ime 17 but faced no luck. Each man was pinched and fined $10 for the offense.
Dozens of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble and misdiagnose symptoms. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root claims to restore kidney health and relieve back pain headaches and low energy. Send ten cents for a sample bottle and buy larger sizes at drug stores.
A catalog style notice lists government canned meat prices and related military surplus items. Items include bacon tins, corned beef, roast beef, wool socks, sweaters, army regulation planks, and various army gear. The ad markets bulk quantities and prices for wartime needs.
A catalog snippet lists 30 boys suits in sizes 6 6 11 12 14 15 and others with prices around 7.95. Upper Main Floor gifts include aprons from 1.25 to 2.95. Childrens bathrobes sized 2 to 4 years priced 1.05 and 2 to 4 years at 2.96, while sizes 6 to 16 years range 4.95 to 8.50.
In Elizabeth New Jersey an elderly man born in England and who came to America at age four died after 23 years bedridden in hospital care. The obituary notes his long illness and his late century life.
In Los Angeles on December 17 a large walnut crop filled a firm’s warehouse with 4300 pounds stored. A building collapsed trapping men, one was buried but rescued, another freed himself using a telegraph pole and escaped injury. Cape Sable marked the farthest south mainland point of the United States.
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