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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1920
Page
24
A quirky remark by Miss Beasie D Armand praises an armful of armadillos as the cutest pet option while critiquing other animals and a clumsy string and cats failing to carry well.
In Stanford Kentucky on February 27 Mrs Robberts reported catching a peculiar grebe a bird resembling a duck but unable to walk effectively. The creature is much more at home on water than on land and was found just beyond Tow land.
London dispatch reports Captain Charles V. Coombs answered a friend’s question about plans for the evening by saying he would pass out tonight and then killed himself. No other details about motive or aftermath are provided.
In Pomona California on February 27 three Keown brothers aged 16, 9, and 6 live in harsh neglect and have never learned to speech. They communicate by a homegrown gibberish and signs, resembling an early language, while specialists and Welfare League work to place them in homes to learn words and normal speech.
Washington reports Miss Edith Strauss of the Department of Justice advocates pooling experiences of women in buying yard goods and ready-made clothing. She urges clubs and neighbors to compile reference lists detailing garment makers and materials, prices, wear dates, laundering, and durability to guide future purchases and improve loan shop goods.
A notice invites individuals who have misplaced their D. C. or Congressional Medal of Honor to obtain a new one from the War Department by presenting the circumstances of the original tour.
An advertisement touts a Spring Coat offer for children sizes 4 to 12 years. Materials include silk maire, taffeta, serge, poplin and velours in navy tan green Pekin blue rose and mixtures priced from 3.25 to 17.50.
A Boston gate tender at the Spectacle sewer outlet pockets between ten and fifty dollars weekly from coins washed through the gates. He bills the income as a civic duty while routinely rescuing coins from water and visiting the U S subtreasury to collect his earnings.
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