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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1922
Page
4
Sheriff Marion and Clackamas counties pursue a lone bandit after he seized cash and a $50 bond from the Bank of Aurora at 3 pm. He overpowered Miss Vera Cutsforth, fled with $1,155, and escaped toward the river while authorities organize a posse of about 30 men.
June 17 report of States railroad labor board dissent on a new $26,500 year wage cut. The cut affects 320,000 workers, including clerks, station staff, signal men, engineers and helpers. Total yearly railroad wage cuts rise to $124,983,919 effective July 1, with maintenance and shop workers previously affected.
City council will consider plans to rebuild Railroad Avenue between Madison and Pike, citing dangerous highway conditions. Superintendent O. A. Piper of streets and sewers believes the avenue is in a hazardous state and needs work.
A Seattle woman born in Vernon Michigan launches a high profile campaign in the 44th district seeking votes despite a career marked by controversy. Her past include public service during World War I exemption work and letters to The Star, plus personal clashes with Republican leaders and a vow to run for office.
Led by Sheriff Matt Starwich a bloodhound posse and deputies and citizens combed Sumner woods Saturday after Joseph Kirkwood a Sumner merchant and lodge member disappeared from his home at noon Friday. Authorities fear accident or foul play may have halted him.
The article argues against floral and gem names for infants and critiques parents for choosing unusual names while praising traditional options. It references the Lucy Stone league and notes Mrs. Sweetman’s political influence and a Boy Scout hero Homer receiving a San Francisco medal. Edson, Homer, and Stuart are mentioned as the speaker’s children.
The Seattle school board refuses to reconsider its salary cut from 150 to 500 dollars annually for teachers, citing no money to save elsewhere. Teachers protest as crowd fills the board room and several associations urge earlier contract dates while others back the board’s stance.
A collage of reader essays from The Star and Standard Furniture contest shows would be brides and grooms describing love and plans for marriage. Entrants pledge homemaker ideals and happiness, with prizes including a free wedding, flowers, music, preacher, cake, and a consolation prize for last place.
A private missive outlines a proposed marriage after prior marriages, a son, and a desire for a future with a partner described as a true man. The writer emphasizes candidness, financial nuances, and a child as a central life goal, inviting open consideration from the recipient.
Harold F. McCormick millionaire harvester maker was said to recover from a secret grafting operation at Wesley Memorial Hospital. A renowned surgeon performed the procedure amid tight secrecy, with McCormick’s identity kept from hospital staff and a floor reserved for his care. The case linked to debates over gland graft theories and a Paris divorce involving Ganna Walska Cochran.
Sinn Fein armed bands killed five people in the Bessbrook area near the Ulster frontier. They dragged John Heaslip and his son from bed and killed them with revolvers, set fires to homes, and wounded Robert Lockhart’s family as two more farms were burned. The Crozier cottage was attacked with the elderly couple shot.
Washington June 10 The new agricultural representative on the federal reserve board will be either J. R. Howard of Iowa president of the American Farm Bureau federation or Milo D. Campbell of Michigan another farm organization leader according to authoritative information. President Harding is expected to announce the nomination early next week.
Mrs Rebecca Senoz revived in her coffin an hour after burial preparations, doctors report a supposed fatal paralytic stroke, and she is expected to recover.
Tacoma reports that eight thousand berry pickers are needed to harvest raspberries in the Puyallup valley this year. The season runs July 1 for a month, with women and children sought for work as men have proved unsuccessful at picking.
In Hamburg on June 17, eleven men are missing after the Brazilian liner Avare overturned while being towed into drydock.112 crew members escaped with difficulty as the hold flooded during the accident. total deaths remain unknown.
Salem reports six month rise in state living costs based on bids for supplying institutions. Beef prices fell from 8.40 to 7.49 per unit while bacon rose to 21.65, sugar to 6.45, hard wheat flour up 4 cents per barrel and soft wheat down 15 cents.
Ohio Nation al Guard Armory report from Cincinnati on June 17 says the Coronado decision doom s farmers co operatives and similar mutual benefit unions. The AFL executive council presented the report to the convention and hinted support for the La Follette veto plan. A conference of rail and mine unions discusses joint strike strategy and potential legal clashes over federal law.
Ten are dead and over 100 injured as a cyclone ripped through four western Wisconsin counties. The twister, about two miles wide, began near Reed and traveled 15 miles, with Forent in St Croix county hardest hit. Property losses exceed 5 million dollars including over 50 homes wrecked at Clearlake and 100 farmhouses destroyed in the affected area. Cattle killed and vast grain losses are reported.
Two people, Mr and Mrs Thomas W Warren of 4615 S2nd Ave, were injured in a collision on Dearborn Street at Sixth Avenue Friday night. Mrs Warren was pinned and taken to Minor Hospital with internal injuries. Mr Warren suffered a badly broken hand. The other driver C D Miller of 2220 Sixth Ave was unharmed. Police said details of the crash are under review.
The speaker expresses plans to be with and for the other, with a condition that the beloved could renounce all others. They emphasize there is no today obligation, yet seek a future filled with a great overwhelming love that would unleash the beloved's own perceived capacity for enduring affection.
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