05 Jul 1921
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1921
Page
1
A collage of eccentric remarks on holidays and local quirks. Citizens talk of awaiting Memorial Day celebrations, high spending on fire works and beverages, household chores replaced by new gadgets, and varied urban scenes from Seattle to Manila with playful and satirical observations.
The searchlights of business are The Star Classified Ads. More than 67 000 people read them daily and profit by their use. They furnish what is wanted and dispose of what is not wanted.
The editorial lambasts Fourth of July fireworks as unsafe and disruptive, mocking explosive mischief at public gatherings. It ridicules habitual firecracker enthusiasts, suggesting extreme measures to curb risk, from relocation to city limits to sealing off intruders with protective barriers.
Federal agents arrested three white men and three Japanese suspects after a storeroom raid at the Butler hotel on Saturday night found 10 quarts of Canadian liquor. Storekeeper Charles Thomas confessed to selling drinks. Five customers were detained. Sunday in Snohomish Arlie La Crosse faced possession charges and Hichbow faced a liquor charge. the others await federal court action.
J. W. Skaggs aged 60 proprietor of the Lonsdale hotel was beaten by three armed men at his home 1410 Minor Ave early Tuesday. They demanded money, assaulted him with fists and a pistol butt, and escaped with $40 before fleeing to an unknown location. He was taken to city hospital with serious injuries.
No business in federal court until Saturday as naturalization hearings are scheduled. Judge Jeremiah Neterer presides in Bellingham.
McCoy held for traveling guard R. Collins and Charles O Malley alleged dope peddler forced their way to the jail roof early Tuesday. Prisoners sang Glory Hallelujah to cover noise while they pried a ventilator grating with an Oregon boot. A nurse alerted jailers who confronted the pair on the roof. both were taken back inside. Earlier, George Hayward 21, sailor alleged burglar tried to escape via ventilator but was recaptured on the roof by patrols.
Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm Douglas wore a Fourth of July wound stripe on his left arm as he explained the mishap. He said it exploded sooner than he expected.
Capt Anthony Fulton of the U S army intelligence service reports from Naples that Enrico Caruso remains in poor health and may never sing again.
President Harding arrived in Washington this afternoon from a holiday visit to the home of Senator Frelinghuysen at Raritan New Jersey and resumed official duties.
Fragments describe individuals linked to photographing spirits and a figure nicknamed Daddy Dobbyn joining the activity. Text includes garbled phrases and uncertain references to locations and people, with no clear event date or outcome.
Tarzan learns his abducted wife lives and travels Africa with Ta-den and Om-at. They face dangers across cliffs and forests, prove their courage on a perilous mountain route, and vow to aid each other on a shared quest through the Congo frontier.
A light snow fell near Boulder and at Estes Park yesterday, according to weather reports from Denver. The cold front dropped temperatures and brought minor snow flurries to the area.
Funeral services were held for Charles Sylvester Dobbyn 70 of Seattle at Batterworth mortuary. He believed he could summon departed relatives as spirit photographs using a camera and a music box. Dobbyn born in Ontario survived by wife and children, but lost most in spirit communication.
Police investigate a beach battle at Alki Point as alleged Canadian booze runners in a fast motorboat exchange fire with a shore party. Evidence includes a hidden cache under the boardwalk, a telegram to Victoria, and a missing boat raider fleeing toward Puget Sound.
The widow and children sue the city for $10,620 in damages after S. Okanishi, driving a wagon at Eighth Ave and Adams St, was struck by a municipal car on June 9 1919 and died three days later. The visit to J J. T. Ronald's court on Tuesday outlines negligence claims against the street car operator.
Dr Wilbur Crafts declares Jack Dempsey an old offender and says he is guilty on three counts including assault and battery. He criticizes Governor Edwards for attending the Georges Carpentier bout and failing to stop the fight as the reform bureau prepares indictments and moves toward a statewide tour with his banner Bouts and Beer.
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