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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1921
Page
15
Jan 28 scene at Conjurors' club seance in Chicago. A large oak cabinet was inspected for wires then revealed as a fake. King Henry and Joan of Arc appeared, prompting cries of fake from spectators while promoters admitted the trick. A chase for refunds followed as some stayed. A note mentions a new role for women as educational directors for stores.
New York report profiles Elisabeth Grannias 82 years guiding the National League for Promotion of Purity. She warns that reform efforts reveal how easily people can be railroaded into asylums and cites habeas corpus cases, urging scrutiny of alleged sanity declarations.
A Pacific Coast college press radio service forms to relay important collegiate events to universities across the West. Sponsored by the University of Washington Radio Club, with William H. Watson as president, the effort grew from a Fougene Oregon convention where the Pacific Intercollegiate Presse association was created. Members include Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon Agricultural College, California, Stanford, and Montana. Plans include wireless telephone links between colleges using a magnavox speaker for Meany auditorium audiences.
Des Moines Iowa reports President elect Harting will receive a special invitation to attend the Mystic Shrine conclave in June. The event gathers Shrine members for ceremonies and discussions of charitable work.
Baron Eugene Ferson, renowned metaphysics and healing teacher, will lecture at the Mason Temple at 8 pm Monday on The Great Call and at the same hour Tuesday on Healing Thru Laws and Forces of Nature. He is nephew of the late Count Leo Toletol and served in the Slavic Red Cross during the war.
The city utilities committee recommended to accept Beacon Hill residents offer to furnish a motor bus to operate with the municipal railway system.
Edmund David Shot left 1500 dollars to the New Jersey Baptist state convention with a stipulation that the fund not be touched until it reaches 500000 dollars. He calculated the growth would take about a century at compound interest.
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