06 Jul 1921
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1921
Page
1
A garbled mix of quotes and notes reports a Burglary comment by thieves taunt, a governor tax conference mention, a fantasy synopsis about Tarzan’s foes, a remark on a new rocket, Mount Rainier skiing event, and assorted oddities including an ad about bottles and a sleep talking quip. The fragmentary item reads like a miscellaneous page snippet from a newspaper.
A viewer recounts the latest news reel highlights shown before a film. The reel features items such as Wellesley college students, a Copenhagen bay canoeing scene, a battleship under the Brooklyn Bridge, the Secretary of the Navy at a porthole, and a living American flag crafted by Rhode Island schoolchildren, among other brief vignettes.
Readers can find a good synopsis and another installment of Tarzan the Terrible on page 11 of today's Star. The excerpt teases thrilling jungle adventure and keeps the storyline moving with vivid action and cliffhanger moments.
Governor Hart’s Republican editors conference in Olympia concluded after three hours and a half of rejoicing and a tax discussion. Hart claimed potential 20 percent spending savings through shifting taxes, while editors noted department savings and ward feeding cost reductions at penitentiaries and state schools.
Sandy Hook Kentucky reports nearly 200 residents to be arraigned on moonshining charges as National Guardsmen patrol the town. Authorities foresee trouble after a recent murder and ten men jailed for refusing to pay fines. sheriff and deputies scour hills for hidden stills amid threats to officials.
Lucile Garlots twenty is in critical condition after attempting suicide with mercury tablets. She told her aunt of the overdose before collapsing in her Excelsior apartment corridor. Neighbor A F Palborn fed milk to slow the poison, and doctors rushed her to Providence hospital but said death by her own action was likely.
An unidentified woman, aged 25 to 30, in a black satin suit with brown hair and a wedding ring, collapsedTuesday night at 1026 Third Ave. Two men carried her to a doctor’s office. she died before ambulance arrival. Autopsy set for Wednesday.
Washington July 6 The United States government will stay in Washington this summer with President Harding abandoning an Alaska trip. Cabinet members plan to remain in the capital while Congress works on tariff and taxation. Mellon aims to spend weekends at his Long Island home. Hughes will stay in Chevy Chase for the season.Thirty words sense summary ends.
Washington July 6 Difficulties appeared in the way of the soldier bonus bill as the Senate took it up. Opponents attack the cash cost estimated at 1 560 000 000 dollars the minimum. The measure would start in July 1992 offering ex service men cash bonus paid up life insurance education home or farm purchase or public land entry preference.
In Bridgeport Connecticut on July 6 an army of 25000 unemployed mobilized for a street demonstration. Veterans joined with ragged foreigners and families to press for relief from poverty as they marched through the factory city seeking aid and work.
Wigbert Moeller a 68 year old real estate man and husband of Addie Page Moeller was found dead in a well at his home Stone Castle. Coroner W H Carson indicated a fall into the well as the probable cause though no definite clues were found. The body was discovered by the butler Joseph Schoner after Moeller failed to appear. An autopsy was planned for Wednesday to determine cause of death and the body was moved to Bonney Watson's undertaking parlors at Mrs Moeller's request.
Dorothy, a Seattle girl, married Gorham ten days ago though a honeymoon by air was halted when hotel charges were unsettled. Gorham then sued for annulment claiming she deceived him. A divorce case followed against Dorothy as photographers and reporters tracked the sensational events.
Seattle police search for Jack McGill and Walter Loveless in the region, following a wire from Sheriff Charles J. McCoy of Marysville California. They are wanted for the June 30 1921 killing of John Kopolos in Marysville during a fight, believed traveling in a large touring car.
Seaman HC Taylor and wife Mrs Taylor were attacked on their houseboat after a neighbor sighting three intruders. Taylor, first mate, shows skull fracture and brain concussion. Police say the assault may stem from a marine strike. arrests expected soon.
Cap. Roald Amundsen arrives with two young wards in Seattle. Cakonita four, Camilla twelve, both speaking Western Siberian and Norwegian. The girls, staying at Ernest Beyer’s home on Lake Washington, rely on the captain for care while adapting to American life.
A girl named Camilla explores Seattle with her caretaker, meeting Capt. Amundsen at the Central Building at 3 PM. She braves crowds in a fur lined coat, stays poised despite the city’s pace, and admires a bowl of goldfish in a drug store window. The captain explains Camilla’s foster background in Siberia, with a nan mother and Australian father.
Sam Nelson a 25 year old taxi driver was arrested after a dawn chase through downtown streets ending at King Street station. He collided with a streetcar and was charged with reckless driving while drunk. He was too intoxicated to recount events or injuries. High car damage reported.
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