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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1922
Page
7
A rare bloom appeared on Christmas Day in Awneb City Nebraska as dandelions brightened lawns despite a 72 degree high. Weather records mark the day as an unusual warm spell for the season with locals noting springlike conditions.
From Tampico El Universal reports Senora Horiquita Rufio gave birth to eight children in Tampico but none survived. The mother is well.
A saucy bird perched on the recording instrument at the Scarborough fire headquarters and rendered the weather station inoperative for several hours, becoming part of local lore in January.
Walter Gayne, famed American dog derby racer, is found drowned in Moone Lake after plunging through ice on November 16 while racing toward shore. Nine dogs were found aligned before his sled. two of the trailing team perished. Police attribute the tragedy to breaking ice and extreme cold.
An Alaska man W D McLaughlin of Woodchopper invites unemployed partially disabled veterans in Seattle to try fox farming. He offers half interest in a silver fox farm in Alaska and says he cannot devote time to fox raising but welcomes ex service men to take the opportunity.
North Andover Massachusetts Reverend BE J Prescott uses a big truck and touring cars to transport students from seven miles to his Sunday school. He condemns pulpit attacks on automobiles.
Federal agents hold Joan Cortes a Villpine and Vat Toy Chinaman in Seattle city jail after arrest at Sixth Ave and King Street. Cortes allegedly sold 16 ounces of morphine valued at 7000 to Vat Toy. Police say Cortes admitted smuggling the dope into Seattle from an Oriental steamer.
James Love of Beattie Washington says he ate poorly and slept badly due to stomach trouble. He claims Tanlac restored his health and energy, greatly exceeding his expectations. The testimonial notes Tanlac is sold in Seattle and by leading druggists nationwide.
Ralph Curry 19 of Portage Center near Kalamazoo died while hunting in Gogomac Swampa near Munoskong Hay. He became lost in swamp and died from exposure and exhaustion after being discovered leaning against a tree with rifle nearby.
Word reached the Chamber through the state development bureau that Yakima wool growers plan to make Seattle a distributing hub for wool and mutton by rail and water. The proposal will be discussed at the Washington Wool Growers Association annual meeting in Yakima on January 13.
Mrs Mary Croan Ackerman Poland recently wed Joseph Holand of Superior and was sentenced to three years in prison for bigamy. Her fourth husband Herman B Ackerman of Braul prompted the arrest. Roland was No 5.
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