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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1920
Page
3
Nancy and Nick chase a strange hunt with General Pershing and a tin soldier guiding a car. They search a land of lost things for funnels that look like chimneys while pondering what to tell their family back home.
Jumper hides under a brush pile as Old Man Coyote and Billy Mink close in. Mink climbs a tree to taunt the predator, while Coyote looms ready to strike. Jumper escapes while muttering that an enemy proved a friend that night. Next story: Something Billy Mink Didn't know.
C F Henry of West Seattle recounts years of illness from indigestion back pain and kidney trouble. After starting Tanlac he gains 30 pounds and returns to work as chief engineer of the tugboat Wallowa with improved sleep appetite and strength. Bartell Stores in Seattle sell Tanlac under a local representative.
In San Francisco on February 7 Mrs. Evelyn Gilmer of Seattle and Mrs. Freda Houston staged a scuffle at the Hotel Fielding ending in a truce. Judge Owens dismissed the battery charge against Gilmer while Judge Fitzpatrick freed her husband Calvin Gilmer on an embezzlement charge arising from wedding funds intended for an automobile investment. The trio left the hall of justice smiling and chatting. The incident closes with a remark about young marriage.
In Mansfield Washington February seven nine Russian fathers appeared in Waterville court over nine children who refused to salute the American flag citing religious beliefs. They received a warning to honor the flag or face consequences. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Roland W. Davis, Seattle Christian Endeavor union president’s wife, at Bonney Watson's. The body of Ray H. Lang, 20, broker, will be brought from San Francisco for interment.
Ed Hagen former policeman lost two right hand fingers in a bread mixer at Chatterton Bakery 1415 Third Ave early Saturday. Both fingers were amputated at the city hospital. Hagen is under sentence to serve time at McNeil's Island prison for bootlegging and has been working at the bakery pending an appeal.
In 1919 nine African American ex soldiers were lynched in the United States, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People reports. The item notes a separate stray line about marriage but does not relate to the main event.
J D Taylor county tax collector owns a three year old white Wyandotte hen that laid 116 eggs in 153 days from August 24 to January 23. The hen weighs eight pounds and led a brood of 18, inspiring other pullets to begin laying soon.
A. R. Currie of Seattle was chosen president of the West Fruit Jobbers association, becoming the first Pacific coast man to hold the post. The announcement came from San Francisco on February 7.
A Utah Penitentiary guard arrived in Seattle Saturday to fetch Thurman Steele a 24 year old colored man who was captured here January 26 after allegedly passing 300 in worthless checks. The report notes Steele’s escape and impending return.
A whimsical note imagines Cupid instructing a young woman on archery like a college elective. The vignette blends myth with playful instruction, portraying precision and aim as lessons in love and charm.
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