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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1922
Page
8
World famous war correspondent Sir Philip Gibbs will lecture on What America Means to the World under the Women's University club auspices. The event is at the Masonic temple Thursday at 8 p.m.
Aberdeen February 44 Una Raai 39 a dock worker at the American Mill Co fell from the dock while loading lumber Saturday afternoon and drowned. Survived by a widow a child and several relatives in Massachusetts.
Henry Reichert who lived with his mother at 4863 Corison Ave will receive a "regular" funeral funded by neighbors and Dr. Frank R. Loope. The county would cremation due to destitution, but the mother and supporters secured 63 dollars for a proper burial. The service is set for 10 30 a.m. Tuesday at Georgetown Undertaking Co.
Senator Poindexter of Washington speaking as acting chairman of the Senate Naval Committee urged rapid construction of swift scout cruisers and a strong submarine service. He warned that failing to expand destroyer forces and naval manpower could drop the United States from parity with Britain and Japan.
Edison, 75, discussed recent inventions and politics in West Orange New Jersey on February 13. He praised the arma conference as good but not ideal and predicted Henry Ford would be a poor president yet a capable manufac tures director if appointed. He said he will keep working until age 90 and placed radiophone at the forefront of electrical developments for the year. In Columbus Massachusetts a banquet at Mississippi State College served chicken salad that poisoned 300 students.
A flood of sample slogans from Northwest Products campaign volunteers urges readers to buy regional goods to boost prosperity. Notable contributors include Maurine Browman of Seattle and J KR Beringer of Spokane, with calls to support Northwest Products for jobs, pay envelopes, and stronger local economy.
The notice invites slogans in twelve words each showcasing benefits of Pacific Northwest Products. Participants mail a letter to the Slogan Editor at The Star Seattle Washington. Prizes include one first prize of $25, one second prize, and twenty other prizes at $1 each, totaling 50. Submissions accepted all month.
Seattle voters may decide on an ordinance proposed by the finance committee to set a base fare with a 2 cent transfer charge. Council support favors submitting the measure to the people with any deficit covered by general taxes.
Gertrude Eggert, hailed as the most beautifully proportioned woman, will not enter films. She plans to remain a school teacher to avoid the world's gaze until she marries. Eggert has received many movie offers, but she says her beauty is not for sale.
The Northwest Sales con Gress of Life Underwriters will be held in Seattle next Friday at Moose Temple 1316 Eleventh Ave. In Paris the divorce decree for the Duchess Talleyrand, formerly Anna Gould, faces a postponement with final judgment unlikely before March or April by the divorce tribunal.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple directions for dyeing worn garments at home. It claims no spotting fading or running and urges buyers to tell the druggist fabric type wool silk linen cotton or blends before dyeing.
The New York office of the commerce department will investigate the February fire that destroyed the steamer Northern Pacific. Rumors that the ship was under manned will be a chief point. Master A. O. Lausti reported that seven minutes after discovery the middle section was fully afire and the vessel could not be moved.
The new Loew's Palace Hip shows a mix of vaudeville and photoplay. Highlights include a dedication film for Loew's State theater Los Angeles and performances by Prevoet and Goelet Norton and Wilson Pearl Abbott and company Arthur Deagon and the Jack Martin trio. The feature photoplay is A Certain Rich Man.
Mise Lerne Webster and Ging Sing, a wealthy Guadaloupe Mexico merchant, married Sunday on the tug Henry Peterson just inside the three mile limit to skirt California’s Oriental American marriage ban.
A one day sale features bold values in men’s apparel including Madras and Percale shirts in sizes 14 to 17 at 75 cents each, cape skin gloves at 69 cents, outing flannel night shirts for 1.19, 300 all silk and fancy pattern ties at 68 cents, cashmere and wool socks, Winsted wool garments, sleeveless sweaters at 95 cents, and cotton handkerchiefs at 19 cents each or 3 for 50 cents.
Births list multiple individuals with names and street addresses across Seattle area. Marriages licensees include Dahlbeck T F and Katherine, Nagle Silvester and Palouse, Anshutz Edith Aleene and Seattle, and others with residences and legal indicators. The item catalogs birth announcements and marriage license records without events or outcomes.
Obituary notices list multiple individuals with names ages and addresses including David E Johnson 3 Peters Armina Z 1 Ladislay Stepanek 44 John Edward Kelly 74 Paul H Meyer 33 Stella Carolina Lachey 31 Hannah Sweeney IT Joseph Clark 60 Juliette Ward Swieteslawski 74 EB Hurd 64 Renton and other details.
A recipe details squeezing the juice of two lemons into three ounces of Orchard White from any drug store to make a quarter pint of lemon-breac lotion. It claims to soften and whiten red rough or chapped hands and to be superior to glycerine and rose water, used by famous stage beauties for a non irritating bleach effect.
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