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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1919
Page
3
Bobby Coon follows Billy Mink to a moonlit Laughing Brook site. He eyes a fence opening and suspects a trap though nothing obvious remains visible. Mink warned of danger but Bobby cannot tell if the trap lies beneath the wet leaves.
Bobby Coon cautiously uncovers a shiny object and a hidden trap in the garden. He experiments with a paw and Triggered the trap, leaping away in fear as the jaws snap shut. The tale foreshadows further mischief as Dilly Mink and Bobby Coon warn their friends.
Olive Roberts Barton tells how the twins discover a baby bird beneath an oak tree while playing. A sudden intruding sound and falling leaves trigger their curiosity and lead to a quiet, child friendly moment in the story.
Chirk the gray squirrel knocks a baby robin from a nest and fears harm. Nancy and Chick with magical aid retrieve the chick safely, returning it to the nest for Mr. and Mrs. Robin. Washington dispatch notes cotton ginnings to December 13.
Gov Henry J Allen of Kansas will speak at the Lincoln day banquet at the Masonic temple on February 12 if the Young Men's Publican club succeeds. The event will bring a notable array of Republican politicians and candidates for governor and other state offices. A fan operated by the movement of a rocking chair is mentioned in the latest Seattle invention.
Ralph Hoyker, proprietor of the Northern hotel, was fined $2,500 in federal court in San Francisco after pleading guilty to conspiring to ship 250 cases of whisky from San Francisco to the Northwest. John Edwards, a former government officer, aided in smuggling booze into Puget Sound country in wholesale shipments.
Funeral services for Mrs Rebecca N Hall 88 died Friday at her home 619 18th Ave N were set for Saturday at 2 pm from her home. Interment in Lake View cemetery. She is survived by three sons O L Mall chief inspector of streets John M Hall and J Arthur Hall a daughter Miss Carrie B Hall seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
The Chamber of Commerce announced that most department and retail stores will close at the usual time during the Christmas shopping period, jewelry shops excepted. It notes most buying is already done and adds a proverb about prosperity and adversity.
Dolls moved to the Red Cross Headquarters at Fourth and University and to Siegel’s Bargain Counter entrance to the Sanitary Market. They are sold under wholesale body cost. Proceeds go to the Ryther Children’s Home.
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