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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1921
Page
10
Dr. Eugene Lyman Fick argues pain often misleads about disease and urges annual body checkups. He compares medical care to servicing a car, recommending jaw X rays, organ tests, blood pressure, kidney tests, and routine hygiene to extend life and protect public health.
George W. Arm of Fort Worth told the senate finance committee that modern cattle breeders are broke and packers dominate the industry. He urged tariff protection on cattle but doubted it could revive the business. In Washington, President Harding named Hoover as federal member of the Colorado River Commission to resolve irrigation disputes.
Eddie Foy and the younger Foys headline the Moore bill with The Fog Fun Revue. Other acts include Hard Boiled Hampton by Harry Holman and company, plus Danns, Demarest, and the Wilkes Pot Luck by Edward Charles Carpenter on tour. Beggars Opera comes to Seattle’s Met for Christmas week at the Metropolitan Theatre.
Will Irwin, author and war correspondent, spoke at First Methodist church Friday night on The Next War. Earlier he addressed University of Washington students about his Stanford days with Dr Henry Suzzallo, president of the university.
New York health department official Dr Mubbard testified against a local hair tonic company saying hair cannot be coaxed to grow on bald heads.
Jean Riley testified that her husband William Mooney forced her to pay the expenses of his marriage to Verna Urokaa age 17. Mooney faced a bigamy charge after Riley issued a warrant. The case ties to a rumor of a second marriage to evade prosecution for contributing to delinquency.
The state supreme court ruled Charlie J. Machek may press his $35,000 wrongful death suit against the city for Sophia Machek who died January 29 from injuries in a Green Lake car crash on January 6.
Great Northern through trains resumed Friday between Seattle and Vancouver B C after floods in the Skagit valley ended. Through service is restored on the old lines except a short detour near Sedro Woolley over the Northern Pacific tracks.
Bert E. Anderson received five to ten years in the state penitentiary at Walla Walla after pleading guilty to first degree forgery. Prosecutors say he issued more than 75 forged checks in Seattle. Police found rubber stamps protectograph and other tools in his room.
Stacy V. Jones, UW graduate and former editor of the Washington Daily, joins the executive council of the national journalism fraternity Bigma Delta Chi after the convention in Ames. Io Jones now serves on the staff of the Washington Herald in Washington D C.
In Chicago a wife testifies that a female barber won her husband Edward C Rice’s affections by shaving him, as the couple pursues a divorce.
The American Legion of Seattle plans Christmas trees and gift baskets for wounded and disabled veterans in hospitals and former service members out of work and their families statewide. Gifts and food baskets are prepared at the state headquarters at 209 Douglas building, and the public is invited to help.
Chicago officials believe the corner on eggs was broken by a court injunction that barred speculation on the Chicago butter and egg board. Prices fell 10 to 12 cents per dozen, now around 47 cents, after the injunction was issued.
The Beattie Eagles Friday night initiated 48 candidates into Aerie No. 1 before 700 members, bringing the total lodge membership to 6,997 in Seattle.
An unmasked bandit forced W. E. Huttenlocher a tailor to press his trousers after rifling the cash register in an Omaha robbery.
Chile proposes to Peru a plebiscite of Tacna and Arica border provinces to settle their nationality, as relayed in Seattle by Lucio Villegas, the Chilean consul in the Northwest. The preliminary steps aim at a peaceful boundary settlement between the two nations.
Gov. F Mont Reilly of Porto Rico ordered to return home amid push for his removal. He is expected to be back in Porto Rico by January 1 as charges against him are pursued by island factions.
Mrs Theresa Zellerbach widow of the Zellerbach Paper Co. founder is reported dead in New York City according to a private telegram received in San Francisco.
An advertisement promotes a full course dinner at Boldt’s priced at 75 cents. The offer is served from 6 to 8 p.m. and highlights a value meal for diners.
Mrs. Robert A. Dean reports to the San Francisco Housewives' league that Fatty Arbuckle's trial showed nothing salacious. Dean attended all sessions as a member of the women's vigilant committee and says trials involving sex are important for women to witness.
Paris dispatch reports the German council of ambassadors authorized construction of a giant airship to fly the Atlantic for the United States. The craft, to replace Zeppelins lost in 1919, will follow the L-76 sea flyer model and rival the ZH2. Opposition exists to the project amid training and testing plans.
Edwin J. Drown argues boxing should be sanctioned in colleges as a sport and praises its physical benefits while condemning the Boxing Commission. He criticizes its 6 percent cut and control over venues and payouts, urging fair management and to end autocratic dominance by officials. He cites the Seattle commission and a boxer named Bobby.
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