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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
20
The Downstairs Store advertising a range of boys suits in extra-knickerbocker, corduroy, school trousers and blouses with sizes 5 to 17 years. Also blue chambray shirts and cloth caps. Men’s outdoor wear includes ribbed-top heavy socks and outing flannel pajamas priced from 25 and 2.50 respectively.
The famous old Oregon building from the 1915 exposition will be sold at auction after Brig. Gen. Pratchford ruled it too old to be remodeled as a recreation center for Presidio soldiers. The article notes its fate as a relic of a bygone era.
Col House, who recently recovered from illness, will leave New York within ten days to return to his Texas home. The news follows his departure from Paris for the United States weeks ago. A St. Louis man arrested for stealing metal claimed he was suffering a bad wooden fee and needed money to buy a new one.
The text proclaims freezone as a miraculous corn and callus remover available at drug stores for a few cents. Tiny bottles are applied with a few drops to aching spots, instantly easing soreness and loosening the corn with no pain or skin irritation. Women are urged to keep it on the dresser for easy access.
Senator Borah pressed Governor Lowden on the league of nations and entangling alliances. He asked whether Lowden would maintain traditional policy or endorse alliances or understandings with European powers if nominated. Borah cited American actions in Russia and Taft’s stance on conscription to probe potential policy shifts.
An explosion of 6000 pounds of black powder at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hercules California is blamed on a stray hunter shot in the Contra Costa hills. The New Year’s holiday saved many workers. Damage ran into thousands as windows shattered across nearby cities. In Wilmington Delaware two men died and a third injured in a Hagley plant corning mill explosion.
Police link recent threats to the attempted bombing at the Mast Bay Water Company station in Berkeley. Shipyard worker A C Reed says he received threatening notes. James and Edward Hamilton were injured when the bomb exploded. they are recovering.
Carolina Lazzarti former leading contralto of the Chicago Opera company will give her first Seattle concert at the Metropolitan in January 56. She is under contract as prima donna contralto of the Metropolitan Opera and will proceed to New York for her formal debut. Reserved seat sale began Friday at 10 am.
Matt Parbo, a logger, was slashed across the back after leaving a cider joint on Washington Street near Second Avenue late Thursday. He said the attacker was a man he argued with. the assailant fled and was not caught.
New York reports show active news print market with sales at 10 cents per pound or 200 dollars per ton. International Paper Co. has closed most 1920 contracts at 90 for the first quarter.
A dispatch from Fiume reports Gabrielle d Annunzio offered the chief of his cabinet to former Deputy Deambris. The news came as the city reels from political turbulence amid ongoing negotiations and uncertainty over leadership.
Policeman R A Johnson faces fresh cases as 1920 opens with burglaries and thefts. A thief steals Johnsons revolver from his room. A porcelain tub and fixtures vanish from University Plumbing. A pay telephone is ripped from Lawton apartments cash box. A $15 tobacco theft hits S Hurees store at Ninth Avenue.
An article promoting Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative for infants and children. It claims the product relieves fussiness from constipation, belching, and gas, noting its widespread use and sales.
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