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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1922
Page
10
The Chamber of Commerce cites a Smith McNary era study showing Yakima Irrigation project products worth 35 million dollars consumed in a single year, indicating substantial benefits from passage of the reclamation bill.
Fred Brown an ex convict captured after a gun battle near Medicine Row Wyoming last Saturday arrived in Lincoln Nebraska in custody of officers from his hospital cot in Rawlins Wyoming and was placed in the state penitentiary in Nebraska after what was described as the state's most thrilling manhunt.
Tacoma report notes Rufus G. Newland longtime state house speaker in 1880 marks a centennial birthday in Puyallup with local observances.
Cleveland June 1. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers launches Coal River Colleries with a $2 million investment in West Virginia and Kentucky mines to create a coal company with a soul. Plan includes eliminating watered stock and middlemen profits, financing cooperatives, and building model villages with full amenities to attract skilled miners.
Samuel Hill, Seattle railway builder and advocate for good roads, has been made an officer of the Legion of Honor of France. Dispatches from Paris report the honor awarded by Marshal Joffre, who was recently Hill’s guest in the United States.
After ten years of poor health, A T Shell, a car inspector for the Northern Pacific Railway, credits Tanlac with restoring his digestion kidneys and general strength. He reports weight gain and renewed energy and urges others to try Tanlac as it “delivers the goods.”
A House military affairs committee report denounces Henry Ford's Muscle Shoals nitrate and power bid as fraud and an attempt to rob the government. It urges Congress to authorize the War Secretary to seek new offers while backing Alabama company Alabam a bid of 2.6 million dollars for the project.
Miss Byrne sets a remarkable 12 year record of punctuality at school and promises to stand her in good stead for future duties.
Federal agents raided the British liner Liberator from the Orient, seizing over 7000 dollars worth of dope and arresting four men in Hoquiam.
Vintage fabric items offered in white organdie include fichus with lace trim at $1.75, organdie sashes three yards long at $1.76, 8 inch wide organdie banding with lace edging at $1.00 per yard, Bramley sets trimmed with Valenciennes lace at $1.00, and Summerweight Union Suits in white non suspenders sizes 34 to 60, formerly 70c now 60c or 3 for $1.65.
Washington State College officials report a method to use ordinary telephone lines as radio antennae without interfering with either service. Two small condensers in series across telephone frequency waves connect to wireless equipment, enabling simultaneous city use with no disturbance. The system may not work on grounded rural lines. There are 9,575 Confederate pensioners in Virginia.
Physicians and eye specialists prescribe Bon-Opte as a safe home remedy for eye troubles and to strengthen eyesight. Sold under a money refund guarantee by all Drugette.
A boy and friends gossip about a kid with a new radio set described as a peach. They plan to attend when it goes on, while one boy frets over ruined clothes and a mother’s anger, and a tip about Cherry's store on Second Ave offers easy payment.
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