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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1922
Page
13
Judge J. T. Ronald will spend the week weighing issues in a suit by 14 taxpayers against the city. Attorneys spent Monday presenting their side while the city said it would respond by noon Tuesday. The action seeks an injunction to bar using general fund money for railway support.
Eighteen members of the Chamber of Commerce Alaska bureau have been elected to the executive committee and began duties for 1922. The chairman will be chosen later by the committee. Members include Fred T Fischer Nathan Eckstein T B Lippy Joseph A Swalwell J C Lang J T Heffernan B Burwell William Pigott W H Parsons Maurice D Leehey David Whitcomb Cheeter B Robs Cecil H Bagan John Wallace James A Haight Dean Milner Cc Roberta F C Johnstone P B Haruia. Japan cultivates mulberry trees on over a million acres for silkworms.
An old advertisement appeals to mothers to use California Fig Syrup to encourage bowel movements in young children. The cheerful copy emphasizes gentle relief and domestic welfare.
A Seattle Star reader asks if romance is dead and invites readers to share real life love stories. The column notes common plotlines in novels versus real-life courtships and requests readers to submit brief tales to prove romance persists.
An old advertisement promotes Roldt's Coffee with a cheerful promise to make readers smile. The copy highlights a price of six cents per cup and encourages patrons to sample the beverage.
In a humorous scene James laughs off fears of bankruptcy as his wife Alice returns to the office in a new costume and veil for Cherrys Sale at 207 Rialto Building 2nd Ave between Madison and Spring near the Pig n Whistle. Elevator access noted.
President Harding moved to revive the American merchant marine by a federal subsidy plan drafted at the White House. Lasker and Lisner of the Shipping Board said the plan would make private shipping ventures profitable with government funds when needed. The aim is to enable U S ships to compete with Britain and reduce direct government involvement.
The organization aims to extend to every city if annual meeting plans succeed after constitution amendment. Rev W H Bling re elected head with Inspector Hans Damm as vice president and Maj B B Hadley secretary. Directors named include Damm Cole Anderson Wharf Blins Rhodes Luce Hadley Hastings Balley.
The article outlines a scheme to finance a strengthened American merchant marine by diverting customs receipts from imported goods. If profits fall short, treasury subsidies will cover losses. The plan caps private operators’ profits at about six percent and suggests indirect subsidies such as mandating 50 percent immigrant transport on American ships and funding parts of the merchant marine from naval reserves.
New Orleans reports say H. D. Curly Brown Cuban American Jockey Club general manager was pardoned for shooting and wounding Alberto Piedra son of Cuba's former secretary of state. Brown had been sentenced to three years in 1921 for an incident in 1919.
An advert promises canthrax shampoo cleanses hair and scalp removing dandruff dirt and oil. It claims hair dries quickly evenly with bright soft fluffy appearance and easier styling. A teaspoonful dissolved in hot water makes a cup of shampoo liquid for full hair application.
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