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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
1
A reader recalls a faded volume and two Confederate bills that mock religious pretensions from 63. The piece contrasts Puritan strictness with modern education and human joy, citing Fletcher and Eve, arguing Christianity’s mercy over grim creed bound ritual. It underscores evolving creed from stern damnation to love texts.
Police chase a postcard clue in the Florence Wilson case linking Tacoma girl Florence Wilson and her stepfather Elmer Knight to Seattle and possible Canada. Detectives also face baffling leads in Elizabeth Magee and Clyde Bissell cases as timelines and sightings remain unclear.
The city reports 40 000 bathers over July 4 and 5 at six municipal beaches led by Mount Baker Park and Green Lake sites. Through July 3 total bathers reached 45 391 that week and 66 460 for the season, with five rescues a day in June and 81 to date. Lifeguards vary by beach and some rentals noted at Alki Beach.
Mies Josephine Dunlap of 1816 Laurelshade Ave discovered the body of Hen Opeahi submerged in four feet of water near his houseboat at Lake Washington Beach Madison Park around 7 p.m. Doctors suspected sun stroke led to a fall into the water. City officials removed the body to Butterworth's. Opeahi, a Bakers’ union No 9 member, was reportedly ill recently and relatives were being sought in the Dakotas.
Twenty Seattle women who can drive cars are needed as volunteers Thursday and Friday to chauffeur newspaper correspondents through city streets. Gasoline is provided courtesy of Standard Oil District Manager John McLean. Call Main 6060 to register car license numbers at the service station.
The thermometer reads 72 degrees at 11 oclock Thursday nine degrees cooler than Wednesday. Increasingly cloudy weather and cooler conditions are forecast for tonight and Friday with moderate southwest winds.
Nearly 300 tons of ice arrived in Seattle in the last 24 hours, about 3 cents a ton higher than normal. Ice dealers say supplies will meet current demand.
Baton Rouge La July 8 The last hope for Louisiana ratification of the federal suffrage amendment failed as the house rejected Representative Coxs bill 62 to 46 The measure would require a two thirds vote in either house to be considered again The legislature is set to adjourn tonight
Lake Samish divers dragged the lake Thursday for the body of 17 year old Lindor Larsen of Peter Larsen Washington who drowned Tuesday night while swimming. The Larsen family were driving from Vancouver to Seattle and camped on the lake shore. Lindor and his father had a boat outing when he disappeared after diving from the boat. Clothes found in the boat.
William Spuler of Uniontown Whitman County drowned after stepping into a hole while wading in the Chehalis river yesterday. His wife and small son stood on the bank during the accident as the body was recovered.
A carefully groomed woman was found dead yesterday in Central Park lake. A vanity case with a note claimed she was the wife of a famous sportsman, leading investigators to identify her as Mrs. Daniel M. Bedell.
Friends of Carl Ogden, expert rider and stock man, doubt he was drowned in the Columbia river and offer a $100 reward for information. Ogden was en route to cross the river for cattle when his horse returned home. a search has been ongoing since last month.
Authorities search the Merced River for 12 year old Gertrude Kistler of Lockhaven Pa drowned at Camp Curry Yosemite yesterday. Sedgwick Kistler is her father and a Democratic national convention delegate. H J Pink of Los Angeles died attempting to save her after his head struck a rock.
A Columbus police lieutenant stops his patrol to comfort six year old Lloyd Hagen lying ill on a porch. The officer learns the boy’s wish to become a police officer and promises a better dog, Teddy Jr., to lift his spirits as he fights for recovery.
British and Soviet reports indicate Bolshevik forces pressing a wide front from Minsk to Volhynia with major actions near Rovno Mohilev Baranovitch Lutsk and Podolsk as Polish and Romanian units respond. Front lines stretch from the Pripet to the Carpathians with heavy fighting across Crimea and Ukrainian regions as anti Bolshevik forces struggle.
Turkish forces at Beios today fired on the British dreadnought In Duke lying in the harbor. The battleship returned fire, shelling Turkish positions.
A Seattle city rail lost and found worker found a vanity case on a Capitol Hill street. Inside the vanity case a vial of brandy was discovered, the lone contents noted as enough for one drink. The incident adds to the era's prohibition vanity trends among the smart set.
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