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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
9
Six high schools held graduation exercises on Wednesday. Lincoln West Queen and Ballard led with notable attendance. the ceremonies featured diverse platforms and musical performances. A blind graduate, Louis T. Drentwett, appeared with Andrew W. Lind and played a piano solo as part of the program.
An advertisement promotes an upstairs Florence store avoiding ground floor rents. It claims fresh daily styles in suits coats dresses and hats with lower prices and critics a careful buyer selection.
The Pacific Coast Advertising Men's association chose Stockton California as the 1920 convention city at its 16th annual gathering in Portland. David S. Matthews of Stockton was elected president and district vice presidents were named from Victoria B C Spokane Seattle Portland Oakland and Los Angeles. The group endorsed Rollin C Ayres of San Francisco for vice president of the Associated Ad Clubs of the World.
Spokane report: John Hoffman, a reservation rancher accused of pro German ties and assault on a returned soldier, was tarred and feathered by 200 armed masked men after a raid on his cabin eight miles east of Tekoa. His right thumb was shot away during the attack and he claims $850 in Liberty bonds. No arrests have been made.
Special to The Star by N. KE. A. reports at Filton the British and Colonial Aeroplane company employs 3,000 workers and builds five civilian aircraft types. Plant can produce 50 planes weekly with the Pullman triplane featuring duplicated drive, two or four engines, and capacity for 12 passengers and 6,500 pounds of load.
The sentence expresses a viewpoint on honesty and patience as essential to success, noting that avoiding direct accusation does not prove belief in truth. It suggests patience as a key virtue in achieving goals, framing it as the right bower of success.
Reuben Umbarger recalls the Argonne Mourne operation in October when his unit attacked St. Jovin. He describes crawling under heavy German fire, taking the town by 3 p.m., and being wounded with a seven month hospital recovery after infection from a thigh wound.
Marysville California June 12 United Press recalls a police circular from six years ago. Sheriff C J McCoy arrested J A Satou a Japanese man long sought by Portland police on a murder charge. Satou confessed to knowing the sought man but denies killing him. The 1913 murder occurred in February and the circular described Satou as having one eye larger than the other. He was questioned after the deformity was noted and arrested. Satou admitted trouble with the murdered man and being at the crime scene but insists on his innocence.
Mrs. Thomas Maloney of Phoenix Arizona died from an auto collision last night that left her husband severely injured. Accompanied by their daughter Mrs. L H Glass and two Wa conda Washington children the Maloneys were en route to Washington when a larger car traveling in the same direction forced their vehicle off a 20 foot grade. Mrs Glass and the children escaped serious harm.
NOCK ISLAND IL June 12 United Press three minutes after Robert Cook heard a jury convict him of murder in the first degree and sentence him to death he jumped from a third floor window while being returned to the jail. He had killed Cecil Nesbit of Davenport and Mrs Ida Woods last April.
San Francisco reports the state committee on readjustment designated September 9 as California a Welcome Home day to honor returned soldiers sailors and marines after a statewide poll of commercial bodies.
Oakland 71 year old Muriel Sutliff a rivet operator at a large Oakland factory concentrates on delicate precision in assembling calculating machine wheels. She notes 1000 wheels daily with 37 operations per wheel and 60 thousandths inch rivets while praising female skill and rhythm in fast, accurate production.
Forty Seattle societies and clubs formed a committee on Americanization following UW extension service guidance. Two initial committees proposed organizational plans and a definition survey, with a central administration to coordinate efforts among universities, schools, chambers, labor groups, service clubs, and youth organizations.
A drive to sell 200000 artificial roses made by orphans at the House of the Good Shepherd aims to raise 20000 for the orphanage. Begun through the Northwest on Thursday, the campaign runs through Saturday with Tacoma Olympia Everett and Seattle participating. Committee chair W J King Major Frank Carroll and W W Connor spearhead the effort.
The Pall Mall Gazette laments English bacon exports to Holland and shipments to Essen while Britons pay high prices for what it calls American rubbish. The piece highlights 12 000 tons of English bacon imported by Holland and 2 000 tons sent to Essen as part of the concern.
A historic Bartell Drugs list highlights cosmetics and tonics with prices. Items include Creme Elecaya 50¢, Pompeian creams and powders, Raj Elcaya rouge, Castoria and Salts, Swamp Root and other tonics, plus Sloan’s Ointment and Dr. King’s New Discovery with varied cents to a dollar pricing. The passage markets value and reliable Bartell branding.
A vintage advertisement urging readers to use Kodak for vacation memories. It promotes a Kodak camera to capture incidents and refresh memories, framing photography as essential to an easy to explain trip experience.
In this period ad snippet Squibb Zinc Stearate is offered scented and unscented with a sprinkle top, while Pond's Extract is labeled special. The emulsion cod liver oil from Septol is priced at 70 cents for the special and 1 dollar regular.
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