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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1920
Page
16
Washington July 28. The president’s health remains shielded from public view as officials guard moves and plans. The article notes public concern over secrecy and compares it to gossip about a neighbor, while asserting people want transparency about the nation’s leader.
The article reports rumors that the Mayflower has been renovated with an elevator for President Wilson, who may spend summers aboard. White House and navy officials deny the claim. It suggests ill health keeps him from traveling to Woods Hole or other resorts, preferring to stay at the White House.
Six Seattle men are among twelve Washington Guardsmen picked after a three day tryout at Camp Lewis to represent the state at Camp Perry next month. The team departs Thursday and stays August at Camp Perry to defend Marathon trophy and compete for other honors against soldiers sailors and marines. Named on the Seattle squad are Lieut W Gordon Rogers Second Lieut Martin C Short Sergeant Charlies W O Neal Corporal Leslie B Graham Private William R B Mac Adame and Private Lester L Better.
C H Packard, famed newspaper writer, suffers stroke of paralysia in Hoquiam. George Hoff escapes from state penitentiary in Pendleton and is recaptured. B D Rowe of Seattle elected grand sachem of the Red Men in Vancouver Washington, Everett named next meeting site. Wolves blamed for killing an average of 22 calves every three nights near Ash Fork in Phoenix Arizona.
Cumberland Md July 128. Somebody tore down the pesthouse used for a smallpox epidemic. The Connellsville board of health sought the old pest house after neighbors used it for firewood. The Railway Y M C A cares for four patients.
Inspector Kerry probes Mollie Gretna and Sin Sin Wa in a Limehouse opium inquiry. A hidden cupboard and a daring search reveal no conclusive evidence, while Sinn Wa denies wife and aids, as Kerry and Bryce await new clues and a second night of fog lifts.
In fog bound London near the Docks the density hides paths as Chief Inspector Kerry and Constable Bryce advance with only muffled light. A banging sound leads them to a low door marked Number One Police Chop as a taunting voice croaks “Sin Bin Wa.”
A shop offers Cretonne fabrics in two bundles at $1 each, plus 650 yards of Cretonne, with a good assortment of patterns and colorings available on the Fourth Floor.
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