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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1920
Page
4
Washington says Uncle Sam’s projected income of about 8 billion dollars over the next two years will not cover debts and expenses. The plan backed by Fordney aims to renegotiate maturities and defer some obligations while preserving interest and sinking fund payments.
Wholesale price notes from Westlake and Queen City markets itemize stall numbers and goods including dates, fruits, canned foods, meats, soap, tea, and coffee. Prices shown per item or per unit, with multiple stalls like 105 179 59 14 and others offering items from pork roasts to dried fruit and beverages.
Berlin reports a flood of divorce applications in Budapest with over 6,000 cases pending. Eighty percent of applicants come from middle and lower classes, cited as results of general moral breakdown, poverty, and social ills.
A damaged OCR fragment shows a freight schedule with times around 4:00 A M and 1:30 P M on Tuesday and Friday. It mentions Hood Canal and a main line designation 399 with unclear destinations.
Baroness Cecile de Korwin, heiress to $25 million, urged American girls to marry American men not foreign nobility. She faces a habeas corpus bid by husband Karon de Korwin to custody of their son Stanielaus, who he wants to take to Austria. Attorney A Trude claimed the baron is unfit, citing numerous marriages and alleged costs to his wife.
England plans a global trade surge via advertising and domestic marketing. Sir Robert Horne opens a White City exhibition drawing 420000 visitors to study Britain’s push, with public figures and society women urging wider publicity to boost production and modern homes.
A data rich clipping lists marriage licenses with names and residences including Anderson Guy and Laura Green Seattle and many others. It also notes births with names and addresses such as Nakahara Rinzo 122 Second Ave S and Nelson G W 1826 ars Ave boy, plus deaths and divorces in brief entries.
The note lists high and low tides for two days in December with times and heights. December 25 shows two high tides at 6:13 a m and 4:29 p m with heights 12.8 and 12.2 feet and two low tides at 10:42 a m and 10:46 p m with heights 7.3 and 6.8 feet. December 26 records high tides at 6:54 a m and 4:21 p m with heights 14.9 and 12.0 feet and low tides at 11:21 a m and 2:7 p m with heights 6.8 and 2.7 feet.
In a Craggy mountain home near Asheville a widow, Margaret Parris, and her five grandchildren woke to an unexpected Christmas bounty. Strangers sent money and toys from across the country, lifting a heavy burden and filling the three room shanty with joy.
A Seattle lodge group staged a kids led concert to raise funds for a blind pen cilla seller and other shut-ins. The crowd donated nine dollars, while Dr. Frank Loop, bedridden for nine years, received a festive room visit and a tree, inspiring cheer for fellow shut-ins.
In Lynn Massachusetts Justice Edward B. O'Brien held a wife is justified in pulling another woman's hair when she finds her husband with her. The ruling came in the divorce case of Mrs Lillian Miner who was charged with assaulting Mrs Catherine Curtis wife of a policeman.
New York reports a rise in slums as European disease infested migrants arrive, undoing Theodore Roosevelt’s earlier efforts, according to Health Commissioner Copeland. He cites housing crisis and related havoc as factors behind the renewed slum problem.
The column details Fort Worden social life with Col Jairus Moore and Mrs Moore hosting a Christmas gathering. Officers and families attend musical afternoons and dinners as re-enlisted troops arrive, and a Bal Masque is planned at Fort Worden with aides listed. Military officers, spouses, and guests are named amid holiday events and notices.
In London Premier Lloyd George proposes placing a record of notable war deeds through schools nationwide. The minister of education would oversee distributing the material to schools as part of the effort.
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