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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1919
Page
14
County jail inmate Harry Merlin taunted Santa by hanging a stocking on his cell door Christmas Eve and leaving a note asking for six hack saws. He kept the hosiery up all Christmas Day with the message.
Rodney Gilbert argues Japan has provoked American opinion through alleged opium misuse and political maneuvers around Shantung. He links editorials, church fear, and Korean outrages to broaden anti Japan sentiment and warns against Prussianism in Japan provoking war.
An ornate advertisement touts Geta-It corn remover, claiming painless, effective removal with drops and a glass rod. It warns against unsafe methods and cites a guaranteed money-back offer, with BE Lawrence & Co listed as the Chicago distributor and Owl Drug Co in Beattie as a local seller.
Asa Lee knocked down H. Uchiyama on First Ave at Marion St, injuring him with a broken leg and severe head contusions. Lee rushed the man to City Hospital then collided with P Dobro’s car upon return to the garage and arrested Dobro for reckless driving on his recognizance.
A public hearing will be held at the Commercial club in Tacoma at 11 am on December 30. Pierce County commissioners seek authority to build a temporary fixed bridge over the Hylebos waterway on Lincoln avenue, with the purpose of letting interested parties view the plans and be heard.
Jean Edward St Cyr, who married the widow of Silent Smith last April, is in serious condition from appendicitis at a private sanitarium in New York. He says he is a native of France and denies rumors that he is John Henry Edward Thompson, a former Waco hotel clerk who disappeared.
A Dublin interview quotes a prominent moderate Sinn Fein figure saying a radical Sinn Fein faction is getting out of hand and could incite incalculable harm to Ireland’s cause. The leader notes extremists are blamed for the Viscount French attack and the Independent plant raid, fearing harsher British repression.
Teddy McNamara of Pollard fame is back in Seattle starring in the musical comedy On Manila Bay at the Palace Hip this week. He recalls early days with the Pollard Juvenile Opera company and reveals he began acting at six after his sister eloped to join the Pollards in America.
In New York on December 26, Miss Anna B. Kuhn's family and friends waited for her Brooklyn formal wedding. John W. Immen, the bridegroom, sent a note to Rev. Frederick W. Doutzauer reading "It's all off," leaving nearly 300 guests stunned and scrambling to locate the groom.
Greek Premier Venizelos arrived in Paris to participate in the Turkish peace settlement conference, joining representatives from other nations in the talks.
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