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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1921
Page
11
The ad invites readers to assemble a party and call Main 6500 to have a Yellow cab sent promptly. It promotes courteous attentive guards who safeguard gifts in the cab and urges using the taxi service for group travel.
In San Francisco on December 22 the jury failed to reach a verdict in the murder case against Dermie an Airedale dog accused of catalytic killing Bunbeam and 13 others. The jury was discharged after two hours of deliberation. defense attorney James Brennan called it a moral vindication.
Frederick Welland of Seattle accuses King County commissioners of deceit over the Mercer Island ferry lease and fare hike. He contends public ownership can be self sustaining and condemns costly dock projects as politically expedient while criticizing secrecy and misrepresentation in East Seattle campaign rhetoric.
A catalog style listing shows Spanish Combs Crystal Deade beads and white coral beads priced from 50 cents to 85 dollars. It includes baby rings, drift pins, jet beads, pearl beads, cut steel girdles, and novelty bracelets with prices ranging from 50 cents to 12.50, noting several items like lingerie clasps and beauty pins.
Ninety youngsters enjoy a barber shop Christmas party at Mother Ryther's home, with 12 representatives from Glenn McLeod's barber shop giving haircuts aided by Frederick & Nelson's Santa. Santa arrives with a dinner bell and apples, causing playful chaos before calm. The event is part of a citywide holiday effort including Red Cross gifts, a hospital mounted Christmas tree, and charity carols across Seattle.
Beginning January 2, 1922, ex servicemen required by the government to pass a physical examination before reinstating government insurance will be examined free by government physicians. The reinstatement time was extended to March 4, 1926. Currently only disabled soldiers drawing government compensation qualify for free examinations.
Walla Walla will test a three month Community service plan with a review to a year if approved. Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Co plans to send Clallam timber to tidewater after purchasing Lacey holdings last year. State unemployment commission urges salvage of a billion feet of Olympic peninsula timber cut by last winter’s tornado. Burley school to host Christmas entertainment in Library hall Friday with many state schools observing Yuletide rites. Bert Berry of Bridport Car buys 10 acre full bearing orchard tract at a Waterville tax sale for 700 dollars.
A Denver post office encounter ends with a shy girl in line exchanging a single kiss for a favored place near the head of the queue. The brief scene unfolds as she worries about Ralph and the long wait.
The article notes lands in the White Bluff Hanford district to be cruised immediately for division under the state soldiers' settlement plan. Gov. Hart pledges aid to Clallam County for a new Dungeness river bridge between Carlsberg and Sequim. A big minstrel and vaudeville show is planned in Snohomish Thursday and Friday under Hag band auspices.
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Marguerite Lindholm at 3 p.m. Thursday at Bonney-Watson's, burial in Washelll. Louis Hill, chairman of the Great Northern railway, files for appointment as administrator of his mother Mrs. James J. Hill's estate.
Lawrence Janick of Seattle is under arrest at Northport charged with transporting 15 cases of whisky across the border by automobile. He was intercepted by Deputy Customs Collector H. H. Moran.
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