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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1921
Page
23
The July 1 piece reports John R. Thompenon’s letter campaign urging revolvers for national needs. Thousands weigh in on uses from pest control to personal defense, while critics warn of danger and urge restraint and safety education.
In Gotha a groom disrupted his wedding to his intended bride by answering no to the registrar and leaving the hall with his hat. The bride remained, and the wedding party dispersed after the abrupt declaration.
Thompson defends lawful gun ownership as honorable while noting restaurant thefts by bandits and one employee fatally shot. He argues revolvers create unfair advantage and supports laws banning manufacture, asserting protection must be lawful and fair.
A German boat owner on the Alster Lake in Hamburg faced warnings to rename his vessel the Loving Smile. He printed the English words in larger letters, was docked in the lake, and the name was erased.
Mrs. Rivers Kinney of Portland portrays brutal treatment of disabled soldiers at the Western Washington Hospital for the Insane in Fort Steilacoom. She alleges attendants choked her son Walter Rivers and left him in pain, claiming nurses use torture to discipline nervous patients. Dr. Keller says staff dismisses brutality where found and has previously sued an attendant. Also notes a drowning rescue by Robert Dobba, 10, in Mount Vernon.
In Manchester New Hampshire on July 1 three women living in the late George F Bosher real estate operator's home report nightly spectral activity. A phonograph plays unwound hymns and jazz while clocks fall chairs move and a ghostly face appears prompting a police appeal for protection.
Renton Washington. Peeter L Peterson a Swan Lake area pioneer will be buried in a ceremony noting his long residence in the region. Funeral arrangements are pending with local services.
London reports 1 050 000 calves killed in Great Britain from June 1920 to April 1921, down from 1 280 000 during June 1919 to April 1920, indicating a drop in calf slaughter numbers.
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