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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1921
Page
2
Three masked bandits robbed the cashier of the Bank of Culdesac Idaho on Wednesday, stealing 800 dollars in silver mostly quarters and dimes. Seattle police sought the trio after a telegram from Sheriff G W Welker Lewiston Idaho. They fled by automobile then train toward Seattle.
Police report five holdups with one arrest. C. T. 42, a shingle weaver, captured at Sixth and Kingston after claiming to have $40 but found with $38. D Conroy, a streetcar conductor, robbed near Westlake Ave. and St. by a lone bandit. An operator at Old Station robbed of $50. Two bandits held up William Redmond on 12th Ave and Jackson St, leaving him in critical condition after the attack.
Rebecca Ewing Watterson pens a portrait of Henry Watterson born 1840 in Washington DC. He grew up amid national leaders, served as a Confederate officer, and helped found the Louisville Courier Journal after merging papers in 1868. A renowned orator and writer, he shaped Democratic platforms, lectured nationwide, and lived at Manefield near Louisville until stepping back as editor emeritus.
The longtime Courier Journal editor Henry Watterson would have turned 82 next February 16. A fiery reformer nicknamed Marse Henry, he shaped national opinion with bold editorials and helped found The Courier Journal in Louisville. He retired after ownership shifted to Robert Worth Bingham and later wrote Looking Backward. He served as an aide to Forrest and Polk, edited the Chattanooga Hebrew, and mentored many notable journalists.
Marshal Foch sent a message to the American people via the United Press on arrival in the United States. He spoke of a sympathetic welcome and said America possesses vast economic possibilities and infinite resources. He praised Americans for disinterested and noble sentiments and expressed unalterable affection.
In Urbana Illinois university students plan a festive trip home for Christmas. Two baggage cars are rigged up for dancing during the journey adding a playful holiday mood to the travel.
Neighbors recall Miss Skarin living with aged Hochbrunn amid rumors of a Portland Port of San Francisco connections. Detectives pursue a man linked to Hochbrunn while Miss Skarin may have traveled to California and Portland. The death scene reveals a money belt with $2000, a forged letter trail, and a vanished woman as investigators seek the killer.
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