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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1915
Page
6
A garbled market item list recalls various groceries and prices from stalls. Items include potatoes, steak, pork roast, Chinook salmon, butter, milk, flour, mustard, sugar, eggs, citrus, beans, and breads with scattered prices and quantities. The fragmentary text resembles a late 19th or early 20th century merchants ledger or newspaper market roundups.
Vital Statistics records show many marriage licenses granted to residents. Names include Nadell Herbert Ernest and Alice Pave Henson. W Smith of Portland with Georgia M Whittier. Greer Darten and Evelyn Kearne. John T Witeen of Tacoma with Min ale B Dodd. Anderson and Eva Griffith. Albert J Ghireon and Rose Hotwell. and several others with ages and addresses in Portland, Tacoma, and nearby areas. The list includes numerous pairs with varied addresses and professions, reflecting a busy registration period.
A horde from Seattle Tacoma and other Sound cities devoured 600000 strawberries at Vashon Island's annual Strawberry festival. Games races and a dance marked the event. The Wanderer won the yacht race with Gwendolyn second and Petrel third. Alexander Meyers of Seattle was elected president of the Western Washington Federation of Improvement Clubs.
Seattle Athletic Club athletes fix on in-house show titled Blue Diamond Chucklenight to boost training and crowd appeal. Daily rehearsals under William Broad with scenery and costumes shipped from the East.
June 21 in Olympia Mrs Josephine Preston estate superintendent of destruction declined to discuss resignations taking effect July 1. Four members of her office force resigned: A Sprague resistance state superintendent Miss Hanna Cory clerk Mrs Viola French and Miss Edith Rowe stenographers.
The notice indicates a daily Victoria to Port Townsend service with departures at 1 2 pm and 9 am and a Victoria to Port Angeles and return route. It notes a June 18 effective date and mentions a service by steamers with listed times and ports including Dungeness and Mequim.
The almanac confirms Monday as the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. Observers note sunrise at 4:09 a.m. and sunset at 8:12 p.m. with twilight extending daylight. The Star staff contemplates working in darkness in coming months.
John O. Robbins of Milton faces first degree arson charges in Judge Mackintosh's court after authorities allege he set fire to Edward Duffy's home to prevent his divorcee wife from remarrying. A supposed friend, Louis Grout, testified Robbins planned to kill Duffy, while Robbins claims he was lured into a real estate trap.
Letter to the editor from William A. Greene complains that Sam Jacobs is listed as a defendant in a suit over premises at 700 Dearborn Street and 707 Dearborn Street. Greene notes Jacobs merely holds a mortgage and has not seen the property for years, urging correction.
In Joliet Illinois on June 21 convicts in the state prison rioted in the main dining room. They shouted calls to lynch Jos Campbell suspected of murdering Mrs Odette Allen wife of the warden. Guards armed with clubs charged the mob and split the crowd.
The Oklahoma constitution amendment known as the grandfather clause to block illiterate Black voters from polling is declared unconstitutional and void by the state's supreme court. The decision announced in Washington on June 21 upholds voting rights and voids the discriminatory provision.
Eleven people were injured when a automobile with 15 passengers plunged about 100 feet down an embankment near Alleghen on Sunday. They were brought to Marshfield for treatment.
Emil Tappert of 317 Sixth Ave wins $1,000 for damage from Fifth Avenue regrade. Judge Mackintosh adds $5,000 more against the city and awards $65 beyond the claimed $3,935. Tappert testified his house slid into the cut during street work.
The peace committee of 100 will meet Tuesday at 4 p m to pick a delegation for the Peace convention in San Francisco in July. The committee will likely invite former Secretary of State Bryan to visit Seattle.
The United States Supreme Court ordered the Har seater Trust case reargued next fall after a ruling session this afternoon. The decision signals continued legal proceedings over the disputed trust.
A patri otic meeting at the Italian consul Dr G H Ghiglione in the Lyon building led to 200 Seattle Italians volunteering to sail for Italy when word comes from the Italian ambassador in Washington. Dr Ghiglione will head the relief society for families of reservists and volunteers. Over 500 Italians attended. $200 was raised from a post talk collection.
Sheriff Hodge and Deputies Elli Ott and Bush scoured woods around O'Brien Sunday seeking a reported wild man. The sheriff suspects the fugitive may be Fred Trotto who recently escaped from the Medical Lake asylum.
Robert Nye testified before Judge Albertson that a deer he shot had consumed his lettuce and threatened squash and watermelon vines on Mercer Island. Judge Albertson lowered the $250 fine imposed by Judge Gordon to $100.
Olympia June 21 Gov Lister will accompany the Liberty Bell on its state journey meeting the Philadelphians at Walla Walla and will stay with the party until it crosses the state line.
Galveston June 21 Gen Carranza personally denied, in a message to the Mexican Consul, that he and Obregon had broken with each other. The report of a rupture in the constitutionalist ranks was called fiction in the message.
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