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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1922
Page
6
The Star outlines the 1971 revenue act replacing the luxury tax, noting the tax shifted from consumers to manufacturers for most items. Only Ivory and gems, certain tickets, candy, and amusements face consumer levies, while fabrics, luggage, and many luxuries are taxed at the producer level.
Final merging of the Merchants' Exchange and the Seattle Chamber of Commerce is complete per a referendum. The Exchange becomes the Merchants Exchange bureau of the Seattle Chamber. W. Dawson, ex-president of the exchange, is now chairman of the bureau's executive committee and a chamber trustee.
Superior Judge Austin KE Griffiths appoints BT Woods as receiver of the White Shoe Co. at Fourth Ave and Pike St upon Weyenberg Shoe Manufacturing Co. filing. Insolvent defendant owes $748.86. Woods posts a $19,000 receiver bond.
Monday through Tuesday incidents describe Herbert Johnson, Jack Vine, Melvin Ross, an unknown woman, and Mrs. George Reynolds struck by cars at Hamlin and Fairview, Emerson School, Fourth and Prie, and Second and Union. Injuries include bruises and a bruised knee with a baby head impact. Otto Lang and A H Armstrong named as drivers in various cases.
Members of the Theta Sigma Phi journalism fraternity staged a puppet show in the Trimble building studio as a prelude to a later performance. Puppets portrayed by Bowed by members included Spike as Cornelia Close Burdick and Igorrote as Math Kerr with Wei Yang and Tring Kai in Aladdin roles. Both male and female journalists mingled with the show and danced with the puppet characters during the evening.
A Seattle recruiting party for the Third Division of the regular army, stationed at Camp Lewis, reestablished a recruiting station at Pioneer Square for about a month. The group includes five officers and 34 enlisted men and is led by Maj. Thomas W. King assisted by Maj. Claude W. Cummings.
Rainier Noble Post of the American Legion launches a membership drive aimed at raising the total from 2,000 to 6,000 members. The campaign targets existing veterans and eligible community members to join and support local programs.
Maj Oscar A Piper was appointed superintendent of streets and sewers and took office Wednesday. He stated there would be no immediate changes in the department personnel.
With 8010 citizens registered in two days the city comptroller's office kept voter rolls open on Thursday. Comptroller Marty W. Carroll nicknamed the petitest man in Bettle refused to compel women voters to reveal their ages, following a more chivalrous stance than previous policy.
Deputies hunted Thursday for a thief who stole two hives from the ranch of St. K Latimer in Kirkland tion. Scores of the fair men had failed to register rather than give their ages.
Pink Muslin Bloomers 59c and Sateen Bloomers 69c offered with decorative trims. Windsor Crepe Bloomers 85c available in plain or floral with hemstitching. Nemo Corset Self-Reducing Model priced at 4.00 with sizes 24 to 36 and color options. Nemo Circlet Bi siere for full figures priced 1.00. Second floor Bon Marche.
Long Cloth bolts priced at 1.65 and 1.85 for 36 inch by 10 yards and 36 crash toweling yardage. Unbleached crash toweling in 16 and 18 inch widths offered with red border. Turkish towels on third floor offering 40 cents each with 50 dozen bleached towels 22 by 44 inches and Huck towels 15 by 28 inches in 100 dozen lots.
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