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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1921
Page
10
The notice lists promotional prices with down payments and installment amounts such as 7.50 down and 2.00 per period, 10.00 down and 2.50 per period, and 15.00 down with 4.00 charges. It emphasizes uninterrupted service terms and no interest.
The funeral for Charles Frederick Desport who died Monday at Seattle General Hospital will be held at 10 a m Thursday at the Georgetown Undertaking Company establishment. Kelso reports a heavy wind and rain storm north of Castle Rock.
The piece cites Oliver Wendell Holmes on age showing three parallel brow lines and notes common female ailments. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a natural restorative for back ache nervous moods and other women’s complaints with fifty years of proven use.
William Short was reelected executive chairman of the State Federation of Labor by a four to one margin. Short received 7,179 votes to 1,854 for J. L. Buck. For vice president WV. EB Bloomberg led with 3,124 votes to P. J. Peart 1,373. Other elected vice presidents include J. E. Montgomery Bellingham C L Galant North Yakima M. L. Brackenwood Aberdeen Joseph Lyons Tacoma and Fred Green Spokane.
The Municipal league will cooperate in the movement for tax reduction. James T Lawter Claude F Anderson and Simon L Wiener are appointed to represent the league on a committee formed from civic groups to push tax cuts. The league will present definite recommendations regarding municipal taxes based on its city government investigation.
Washington reports Alvin T. Hert of Louisville Kentucky a Republican National Committee man from Kentucky died suddenly yesterday from heart failure doctors said today. Hert was a noted political figure in Kentucky and national party circles.
A treaty between Great Britain and Liberia fixes the marriage price at five pounds for border tribal wives. The covenant specifies five pounds, no more, applying to women on the Liberia Sierra Leone frontier.
Sammy Rzeschewski nine year old Polish chess wizard who defeated 12 top coast players Monday will face 15 strong contenders in a farewell match at the Elks club. Five rivals come from each of the Elks Cheas and Checker club and the University of Washington.
An old advertisement lists Huck Towels in various sizes 17x Atseen 1.00 and 13x 18 per dozen 1.00 Turkish towels various sizes 18x34 20x40 0.23 each, extra heavy 23x45 0.50 each.
Applications for enlistment in the civilian military training camp at Camp Lewis, starting July 6 for one month, will close June 15. Capt. Jefferson M. Stewart oversees recruiting. his headquarters are in the Stewart building basement loaned by the American Legion.
Charles Hawley and others unloading a Detroit carload of Ford automobiles discovered a dove inside a locked car. Hawley named the bird Lizzie and believes it may be the same dove Henry Ford sent on his peace ship. The dove will be kept at the Ford station as a mascot.
In Olympia on June 8 a dying ex-service man at Cushman hospital receives his veteran’s bonus to send money to his father in the East. Auditor C. W. Clausen and K. Tweedie, head of the veterans' compensation department, labored into the night to finalize the claim as the son died.
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