20 Jul 1921
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1921
Page
1
The Wayfarer pageant prepares its large cast at the University stadium with a huge open air stage. Last night crews edited the Flanders scene ahead of Saturday’s opening performance and final details. The production promises a spectacle large enough to illuminate a city of 60 000.
The stage spans about an acre and centers on a platform for Montgomery Lynch to direct the pageant chorus and orchestra. Photo credit Price & Carter, Star staff photographers.
In Turlock California July 20 masked white laborers expelled an estimated 68 Japanese melon pickers and threatened more as part of a wage dispute. The raid aimed to deter 200 to 300 additional Japanese workers from entering the district. Japanese laborers were escorted to Keyes station for northbound transport. The conflict stems from a union dispute over crate rates and lower Japanese wages.
A garbled OCR fragment mixes phrases about home brew a loaf of bread verse and Thou with quotes about vacation and a movie house. It reads like a collage of stray lines without a clear news event or sujetos.
Thousands of Elks from Oregon Idaho and beyond flood Seattle for the national convention. A monster parade is planned at 2 pm Saturday with bands from Portland Philadelphia and others and a crowd of 7 000 to 10 000 expected along with lodging and hospitality efforts for visitors.
Xistence is the privilege of effort and proper exercise builds physical strength and financial power. The Star Classified Acts will aid you at the financial end.
At a full dress rehearsal for The Wayfarer in a stadium, Montgomery Lynch directs 3,000 volunteers as shell torn Flanders ruins rise. A megaphone and firefly baton guide the scene while Dad Wagner’s band provides the score amid wartime chaos.
Rev. J E Crowther recounts conceiving The Wayfarer pageant in 1919. He drafted plans after a sleepless night in New York, led by divine inspiration to dramatize Handels Messiah, then hurried scenery and costumes to Columbus for the debut with 100 stage hands and no dress rehearsal. He credits divine guidance and grateful cooperation for the production.
Chas. K. Reynolds of Buffalo fired three shots at Deputy Commissioner Charles K. Blatehly in the equity court of the supreme court as Anthony Addarce testfied. A stray bullet struck Addarce in the skull, likely fatally wounding him. Blatehly dodged behind a bench and survived.
Los Angeles reports 850 skilled studio workers on strike with two major producers slated for the strike list tomorrow as a general industry tieup looms as an immediate probability.
The passenger liner Queen, traveling between Portland, San Francisco and San Pedro, is reported broken down off Point Surf near Half Moon Bay. Distress calls prompted the Sea Monarch tug to depart this morning to render aid and tow the disabled vessel back to safety.
Report notes rising traffic jams in New York while Merrill Mackay appears on a makeshift street pool proving a distraction to onlookers. The item pairs urban gridlock with an unusual bathing-suit scene observed by pedestrians.
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