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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
8
Three distinguished Appellate Court Justices Langdon Nourse and Sturtevant face a lottery to assign terms of 12 8 and 4 years under a law that prohibits gambling yet requires term selection by lot. Salaries range up to 67000 a year for the longest term.
Boston December scene as promoters and get rich quick cranks swarm Albert Victor Searle, heir to the Edward F Searles estate, chasing investment schemes from maple timberland to Brazilian nut plantations as they try to cash in on his pending millions.
Salt water intrusion has reduced Tampico oil field production by about 60 percent, according to estimates from oil operators.
Police plan an intensive drive targeting husbands who fail to support their wives. The program will route concerned spouses to locations on the street to identify men not contributing their share of the matrimonial bargain.
A fragment notes colonial New England rules restricting women from kissing their child on Gabbath or fast day. The text references church custom and communal discipline but provides limited context or dates. It presents a brief glimpse of social norms in a distant period with no identifiable figures or events.
R H Wight, president of the Chamber of Commerce, wired the U S shipping board to rent two large steel freighters stranded on a mudbank. He proposes towing them to a Martinez wharf and converting them into living space to ease a housing shortage. No new houses have been built here since 1915, while the population rose 260 percent.
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