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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
16
Attractive special price on Hepplewhite bedroom suites priced at 30 dollars with four pieces. Dresser features two large and two small drawers with a plate mirror, dressing table with triple mirror, chifforobe with large drawers, and a bed with high grade quality. Simple elegant design enhances the sleeping room.
The trial of Joe Ryan, alleged I W W organizer, on a criminal syndicalism charge was postponed from Wednesday to Thursday due to his absence. Bond of 250 was forfeited as Ryan later appeared explaining he had just received trial notification that morning. His attorney said mail delays caused the issue and the forfeiture order was reversed.
Rotarians staged a mock convention at the Masonic club luncheon where shouting Hoover prompted two state ballots to adjourn the session. Ralph S. Stacy, president of the Scandinavian-American Bank, returns to Seattle after a California appendicitis attack. Jubilee event postponed due to rain, rescheduled next Sunday at 36th Avenue Southwest Improvement Club grounds.
Funeral services for Addison C. Freese former Seattle hotel man killed when an automobile overturned near North Bend last Sunday were set for 2 p m Friday at Butterworths.
The Sunday School picnic of St Mark's Episcopal Church will be held at Ravenna Park on Saturday.
A 32 year old man marks reaching one billion seconds alive, celebrated as a milestone of just over 31 years and 8 months. Medical researchers note the milestone’s novelty rather than medical significance.
Mrs. George H. Coughlin pleads for the return of her 13 month old son Blakely Coughlin who was kidnapped from his Norristown home on June 2. The family offers a 6000 dollar reward and hopes fingerprint clues will aid capture. The article notes other kidnap cases nationwide and the ongoing search.
New York reports a warning from criminologists amid a sharp rise in kidnappings. They say crime cycles produce waves and this marks the first major kidnapping surge since the earlier epidemic tied to the Cad. case.
Mrs. Perry Steele of Woodland California aided her husband in breaking bonds and leaping from a moving train near Williamsburg Kentucky after securing his arrest for murder and bigamy. Authorities say Steele faced murder and embezzlement charges and the wife later admitted cruelty but chose to travel with him.
A goat used for experimental typhus work at Berlin’s municipal hospital vanished. Authorities suspect a poor couple stole the animal to feed their children with fresh milk, highlighting concerns over public health and animal welfare.
In Jersey City on June 10 Mrs. Catherine Burke distributed little to her son Amos Blicker by a former marriage. She left him only one dollar due to his conduct in remaining away from her for twenty years.
The retailer claims to admit full piano value carried by others while offering equal quality for less, attributing savings to not employing expensive flying squads of solicitors.
Mrs. Mary Brignolio bought shoes for 8.45 and stopped payment on the check after losing them. A second woman found and returned the shoes and received 8.45 from the shop. Judge Hoar ruled the dealer refunded the money to the finder and hers was no loss, the firm being negligent. The incident occurred Wednesday.
Advance delegates to the Kiwanis club convention in Portland arrive in Seattle on Wednesday night. Eighteen Pennsylvania delegates are due Thursday night and about 200 from the Mississippi Valley will reach here Monday, to be welcomed by Mayor Hugh M. Caldwell at a luncheon at Planc's cafe.
An advertisement promotes using plain delatone to remove hair or fuzz. A thick paste of powdered delatone and water is spread on the hairs, left for 2 3 minutes, then rubbed off and washed to erase traces of hair. The ad warns to use real delatone.
An advertisement touts Lavoptik eye wash with witch hazel hydrastis camphor as quickly helping weak or inflamed eyes. It cites a girl with strained eyes improved after one application and her mother also benefiting within a week. A small bottle is guaranteed for any eye case plus a free aluminum eye cup from Swift Drug Co.
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