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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1920
Page
8
Seattle initiates condemnation for Skagit project land acquisition with early trials slated in Whatcom and Skagit counties. The case seeks government authority to acquire real estate needed for the Skagit development. Partners and procedures unnamed in readable text.
Olympia report says A S Burrows, superior King County official, is appointed to the Public School Administrative Code Commission to oversee educational regulations and policy implementation.
Arthur Anderson, 24, Croix de Guerre recipient, pled guilty to robbery in Monroe County Jail. His lawyer seeks a suspended sentence, while attorney Beeler petitions Governor Hart for executive clemency. judge defers sentence until July to allow appeal. If released, a local pharmacist has offered him a job.
The Seattle and Rainier Valley line seeks a fare increase to 10 cents cash or 6 percent by token, starting July 19 if the public service commission approves. The plan aligns with municipal line pricing and supersedes a June 6 increase to seven cents. Commutation tokens would sell 15 for $1 with transfers costing two cents more.
William Charleston and Morris Orth, recent Ballard high graduates, were bruised when their car skidded and plunged into the Black River near Renton Tuesday. The auto was wrecked and both youths were recovering Wednesday.
A hat flies off in a breeze as a stylish woman exits the White building at Fourth ave and Union st. A passer-by retrieves the bonnet and returns it when the hat-owner realizes it is missing. The moment unfolds with light humor as the woman questions the disappearance.
Correspondent J Herber Duckworth describes a depopulated Makov and Pskov in Russia where stores are boarded up and grass grows on streets. He details barter markets, salt as money, rationed wages, and a commissar offering hush money exchanges amid a ruined economy and daily life under Soviet rule.
Anti Bolshevik forces under General Wrangel defeated reinforcements in South Russia. About 6 000 prisoners were taken and military supplies captured, the American high commissioner reported to the State Department in the Crimea and South Russia district.
Frightened 11 year old Egbert Davis jumped in the path of an ice truck driven by C R Graham at 14th Ave N BE and KE S6th on Tuesday. He suffered internal injuries and was taken to city hospital then moved to his father Robert Davis’s home at 1207 BK 69th et TOKYO. The report notes cholera cases totaling 100 in Southern Japan.
The June Paris conference closed without final decisions on reparations disarmament or German indemnities. Experts will draft proposals in July for submission to a Spa general allied conference while Greek troops may advance from Smyrna to counter nationalist forces. British ships head to the Dardanelles as Brussels prepares a German recovery loan.
Second Lieutenant Charles Bheafe Joslyn graduates eighth in his West Point class and earns a Corps of Engineers assignment. He spent three months on leave at home with his mother Mrs Mew rd Joslyn at Hellewuec after serving with the Sixty third Coast Artillery Fort Worden. He is a Queen Anne high school alumnus and studied at the University of Washington with Sigma Chi.
A display of summertime hats priced at $10.00 features Georgette taffeta and straw styles with wide floppy brims. Hats come in white and navy and white and are trimmed with flowers ostrich and ribbon. Millinery section third floor.
An advertisement offers free engraving on any letter in Old English for items such as a $7.50 mirror a $5.50 DuBarry tray a puff box or a hair receiver engraved free. The note directs attention to an upper main floor location.
The hairdressing department now uses the newest waving machines and Nestle operators to offer careful permanent wav treatments. Questions about the process are welcome as dampened hair becomes more beautiful. HAIRDRESSING SECTION-SECOND FLOOR.
Reduced price footwear at The Bon Marche with Women s Oxfords in patent leather and tan calf sizes 214 to 9 and Growing Girls Brown Calf Oxfords 214 to 7 at 8.00. Outing footwear and tennis shoes in all styles on lower floor with Boys Leather trimmed shoes sizes 21% to 6 at 3.00 and 11 to 2 at 2.50, all white styles 214 to 6 at 1.50, youths white 81 to 2 at.
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