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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1920
Page
12
Some 45000 Seattle boys attended the annual picnic and day exercises at Woodland Park staged by Seattle lodge No 2 BLP. O B E J E Rimbold chaired the brotherhood committee and announced details. Monte Carters clowns opened the gala day and the crowd ended with satisfied youngsters praising their big brothers.
More than 400 Kiwanis members from large eastern cities and Canadian points visited Seattle as they travel to the International Kiwanis convention in Portland this week.
Philip Prusen aged 53 ran amuck in Chicago yesterday and shot electrician John Ford. A running battle with police ended with Prusen captured. The item also notes unrelated mentions of John Randolph Watson and Rotary convention plans in Atlantic City.
A reporter visits High Island near Beaver Island in Lake Michigan to examine the House of David communal colony. About 200 people pursue logging and farming under strict nonconformist beliefs, with no shaving, no fishing nets, and a belief that death signals insufficient faith.
Built on Puget Sound, the crack U S ammunition ship No 1 will be manned by Puget Sound sailors if Bremerton navy yard officers succeed in enlisting a local crew here.
Montreal June 11 Organised labor readies a nationwide six hour day push with full support from the American Federation of Labor. International Typographical Union chief Hays says shorter hours could boost stable employment. J W Ogden criticizes Lloyd George and urges a general election on the issue. Gompers defends unity and warns against racial progress harm. Mrs. Ethel M Smith seeks help to organize women workers through the National Woman's Trade Union League.
John A. Gellatly, Republican candidate for governor, spoke to the Women's King County Republican club at Meyer cafeteria on Monday noon about his platform. The Star’s Letters to the Editor page presents readers’ genuine epistles, offering brisk, honest opinions worth reading.
William Shipley a lock tender in Hagerstown and his wife Arella learn they are heirs to a California fortune from an uncle who died intestate. The couple, living modestly with six children, await a share estimated in the millions as lawyers and relatives seek rights to the estate. The family plans to aid the poor once the inheritance arrives.
The Rhodes Co offers silk shirting on the upper main floor at reduced disposal prices. War of degatin striped and pin striped silk fabrics formerly 4.00 and 3.50 per yard. Also 150 yards of silk foulard twisled cloth in 10 and 15 yard lengths with navy tan brown gray black rose Copenhagen blue patterns. Formerly Tuesday 2.00 per yard.
Tub skirts made from our own stock gabardine are offered at 3 50 with design approval and workmanship to standard. Skirts fit 24 to 36 inch waists and promise serviceable style at an agreeable price.
Salem report says August Saucier was killed while riding a motorcycle when its wheel wedged in a street car track and he toppled onto the pavement. An automobile, driven by R. J. Davis of Portland, ran over the cyclist before he could react.
Paris dispatch reports Petrograd will be called Len ingrad moving forward in honor of Lenine the Echo de Paris announced.
San Diego, June 14. Mayor Louis J. Wilde announced dismissal of two libel suits against the San Diego Sun. He said H. L. Carnahan, former California corporation commissioner, and F. W. Stearns, a local attorney, will join him in managing the Community welfare fund called the Jazz cat fund in his donation ads.
Treasure seekers from The Pas Manitoba organize an expedition to recover 10 cases of rum buried about 150 years ago by prospectors. Legend says the rum was intended for the Indian trade and hidden after Hudson Bay officials barred its entry.
Jack Firmatura, after six years in service with the U S Army and Italian regulars, surrendered to the sheriff in Lake Charles La and was convicted of a murder that occurred 12 years ago. Bay Thomas to speak at Meves cafeteria noon Thursday on The Non partisan League. public invited.
The Newton Foster residence at 18th Ave N and Galer Sr was sold to T. C. McHugh of the Deep Sea Canning company for $33,000, as reported by Carter, McDonald & Miller. Boye and girls are bearing many new facts about Seattle from the special.
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