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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1920
Page
18
New York figures released by Superintendent William L. Ettinger show that during 1919 about 1300 teachers left the New York public schools due to low pay.
Washington February 6. Women plan an immediate campaign against high living costs. Miss Edith Strauss heads a department of Justice project to form cooperative stores with 1000 women contributing 25 dollars each to hire managers rent space and operate as a unit. If wholesale purchases save 20 percent the return on investment occurs in three months and a national cooperative retail network could later yield bigger savings. A cooperative kitchen model would save fuel time and delivery costs by buying directly from wholesalers and delivering meals to 10 homes each month with a 400 dollar fund.
A Pittsburg burglar on the north side has robbed homes for nights, snatching sugar preserves and even an alarm clock while deliberately skipping jewelry and plate. In the J C Cowan residence the thief moved aside valuables but took 30 pounds of sugar and 15 jars of preserves. Cowan says much jewelry and plate were in plain sight, suggesting the thief avoided them on purpose.
Mabel Hack of Bridgeport was granted a divorce from Alburtus Hack in Norristown after four years of marriage. On leaving Magistrate Ebert's office, the couple separated when he mentioned a toothache and went to a dentist, never to be seen again.
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