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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1921
Page
12
John B. Sande Jr of Seattle has been ordered to go to California to take ownership of his uncle's business there. He departed Seattle Thursday evening. The report notes a past belief in England that hunted hare flesh is superior to that of a hare not hunted.
Miss Marion Ol of Wor en's Wear says Symmetry and Blenderness drive change as women grow more feminine. The passage notes a three year trend of women shrinking clothing sizes and seeking fashions that please them. A manor lord at Ad ington pays a yearly porridge rent to the king.
W G Voliva Overseer weighs sending Theodore Dreyer famed for joke cracking to New York to rescue the metropolis from devilish blues. Deaconesses Helen Buhman and Belle Schelhorn urge a evangelist with a funny bone after a miraculous tale of survival with a black cat and a death brush, per Zion City headquarters.
Einar asks to be charged separately from Willard Wren in a hold-up case described as a pistol duel with policemen after the alleged robbery. Judge Dykeman set Monday for a hearing on the request.
Judge Austin E. B. Griffiths denied Frank H. Book a temporary injunction against Police Judge John B. Gordon to restrain enforcement of the city booze ordinance. The ruling confirms the measure remains valid under local law.
George G Leathe a 76 year old druggist in Gardner marries his 20 year old clerk Lavinia Etchell after a friendship that began months earlier. Leathe, a widower with two older children, defends age differences saying years do not matter in love. The couple requests privacy from public scrutiny.
Washington reports Russia's collapse of industry under soviet rule has driven petty criminals from Moscow. Arthur Bullard, head of the State Department Russia division, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that no recovery is possible without large credits and only a trustworthy government should be recognized.
Alaskans including John C Melfirida a Republican National Committeeman travel to Washington for the inauguration and will be guests of honor at a Young Men's Republican club luncheon at Wolf's cafeteria Thursday at noon.
Six Canadian nurses who spent nearly five years together on the Western front are in Seattle on Friday en route to California. Separated since the war, they resolved to take a vacation together.
The Martevites and The Star publish a missing persons plea listing Leona Ploone believed in Beattie, and friends seeking Priest H IMM. They also request information on George H McCormac and J W Langfitt with last-known details, urging those with news to contact the bureau or newspaper.
Trade between Italy and Germany is increasing with Germany as low bidder winning a British contract for steam engines worth over $3,000,000. German planes are arriving in England by boatload. Accused of passing a forged $60 check on Seattle jeweler L. W. Suter, Harry Courville faces trial in Judge Austin K. Griffith's court.
A notice from KR. BR. No. 1 seeks the address of Mr. and Mrs. John Sontag or their daughter who lived in McMurray Washington in 1901. They request any information on current whereabouts for Mrs. Lydia Maurits and M Mayer of The Beatle Star. Send tips to Box 159, Benton Prairie, Washington.
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