24 Dec 1919
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1919
Page
1
A reader signs as Dana Sleeth claiming to don Santa gear to deliver a six foot tall gift to a buxom widow who sought a tall, stately partner. The letter offers music, tulips, and piano plans, and hints at May meetings while touching on broader musings about twins and nature’s quirks.
A storm warning was ordered at 7 14 for all Puget Sound seaports as the storm center over Vancouver Island moves eastward with gusty southwest winds.
A mailman delivered three holly wrapped packages to Mrs. Fred Finke at 723 Marton St. One package hid a loaded .38 revolver with three shells, dynamite and percussion caps intended to explode when opened. The box, mailed from Portland, targeted Finke a Seattle Symphony musician. Police seek the sender, believed to be an enemy of the musician.
A bomb mailed to the Finke family in Seattle sparked a police hunt after the device arrived in a Christmas box. The attack, tied to a Colorado mine owner and a Salt Lake City roomer, caused a dramatic scare as three children narrowly escaped harm. Police turned the weapon over to postal authorities.
Superior Judge Calvin Hall signed a writ of mandate forcing the Seattle & Rainier Valley Railroad Co. to transport police and firemen in uniform free. The order is returnable January 9, 1920, for argument and a permanent decision. The company had begun charging after filing a tariff with the public service commission, raising city cost concerns. The state board of control bought bonds totaling 975000 at a special sale in County Treasurer Gaines' office. bonds issued by Seattle school district No. 1 carry 4.4 percent interest.
A terse proverb notes that even an unable rider may afford a night mare, using a wry image to comment on patience and aspiration despite limitations.
The Star argues speedily place ex soldiers in work while removing aliens slackers and certain working women to free jobs for returning servicemen. It condemns jobholding by women with husbands and urges the city provide real opportunities and a decent future for those who served.
Chicago officials of the Cloak and Suit Manufacturers' Association say spring prices for high grade women’s clothing will not rise but no drop is expected. Labor shifts to weekly wages reduce output 42 percent from last season. costs rise as materials stay scarce. Workers earn $75 to $100 weekly, with women averaging over $90.
Paris dispatch quotes Rome advising King Victor Emmanuel of Italy plans a tour of the United States and South America including Brazil Chile Uruguay and Peru unless political conditions halt the trip. No departure date is given.
Weather observer George N. Salisbury forecast occasional showers in Seattle for Christmas Day with a slightly colder climate and moderate southeasterly breezes. The advisory notes that snow and sleigh bells are unlikely, replacing festive imagery with practical meteorology.
Deputies traced a camouflaged seven passenger Studebaker with license 42870 abandoned near Bryn Mawr by Lake Washington. Clues include footprints of a man and a woman from the car to the lake shore and hair found in the rear. The vehicle had been stolen and lent to a Ford roadster before being ditched.
Police comb the city for a masked bandit who held up the Morey stationery store at 812 Kirst Ave during 6 pm demand. He shot two clerks, E J Howe and Ralph M Hedges, and fled into a crowd toward Yesler Way, with bystanders pursuing him as officers and an ambulance ferried the wounded to a city hospital. The suspect is linked to an Olympia and Puallup series of holdups and train escapes.
Olympia police continue to watch all city exits for the bandit who robbed the J C Penney store and shot citizen B Schultz to death as he pursued the robber. Schultz, a lodge member, formerly lived in Seattle.
A man in business rises with brains and industry and will find his place. If current work withholds recognition, use the HELP WANTED column to choose a satisfying job.
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