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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
12
The item lists musical pieces including Gall Me Thine Own from L Eclair by Halevy, and Mabel Garrison Gentle Annie with selections by Merle Alcock. Prices shown are inconsistent and partially garbled, suggesting a catalog or ad listing with multiple prices.
Mayor Hugh M. Caldwell returns to Portland City Hall after a Shrine convention trip. He escaped death on landing when his plane arrived Sunday. The council will consider an ordinance to regulate restaurant garbage collection, held for the mayor at proprietors' request due to protests.
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, arrived in Vancouver and criticized the Republican platform as ignoring labor. He travels to San Francisco for the Democratic convention where he says labor's demands will align with those presented to the Republicans, but he cannot yet say which party will gain labor support.
Brazil and Argentina plan to purchase 100 million apples from the United States this year with potential to buy 50 million more if cold storage shipping is arranged.
News crews anticipate a pivotal day as William Jennings Bryan’s arrival shifts the mood at the Democratic National Convention. Six presidential candidates and key figures including A Mitchell Palmer travel with Bryan while debates over League of Nations policy and prohibition split Nebraska delegates.
Seattle milk dealers and King county producers held a conference to decide if July August and September milk should fetch higher prices. Producers seek about a cent per hundred weight increase and warn of higher costs from short pasture and grain. If met, consumers may pay 1 to 4 cents more per pint. Beattie dealersbacking an April agreement to base wholesale prices on city health department and market factors.
Mrs. Stella Nightingale of Coal Valley requests Mayor Caldwell to help locate her father R. B. Bartel who is believed in this region. Allen Durham of 78 Veranda Street Portland Oregon seeks information on Barratt Harlon Durham believed to be in Seattle.
Elaie Lincoln Benedict, noted psychologist, will present The Psychology of Sex for women only at the Masonic temple Sunday at 3 p.m. Admission is limited to women over 16, with Benedict noting the talk should be handled carefully and respectfully.
Visiting Shriners and their wives are invited to attend the Minne watka dancing club party Friday at 9 p.m. at Leshi pavilion according to Mrs. Mary E. Bettinger. The pavilion may be reached by the Yesler cable line.
Mrs. H Crowley reports to police that men and boys may swim only when weather permits at Interbay station and should not wear suits or trunks, per a Friday warning on 22nd Ave and W Newton.
Paris June 25 W K Vanderbilt II who had been ill in the French capital was declared out of danger by his physicians today after a brief illness.
In Hutchinson Kansas on June 25 workers strive for a record harvest as crowds claim the world's championship food battle. Farmers serve bumper meals to boost yields with breakfasts of fried eggs ham potatoes bread and coffee. Labor is plentiful and harvest aims to finish by week’s end despite a car shortage. Butter churns and bread baking fill the day as women bake and churn to speed food production.
Tonight at Hibie room YMCA meeting of Friends of Lara Society Beattie and S100 Dryant school community sing led by Francis. Executive Secretary Tom Deering to discuss outdoor sings. 0100 Knights of Columbus hall dance for Elmer J. Noble post American Legion benefit band formation.
A jumble of birth announcements and marriage licenses appears with names and addresses mostly from Seattle area residents. The readable items note numerous June 1920 birth dates and a long list of individuals with ages and residences.
June 25. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels urged that the Democratic nominee for president this year be the progressive faction’s candidate. He argued for an idealistic platform focused on social progress and predicted the convention would reject reactionaries. He spoke in Breakfort, toured the submarine base site at San Pedro, and planned to sail to San Francisco aboard the flagship New Mexico.
In San Francisco on June 25, William Jennings Bryan arrives to challenge administration control of the Democratic National Convention. The temporary chair is set to be Hemer Cummings, with Bainbridge Colby slated as permanent chair and Chester H. Glass to head the resolutions committee. Administration backing appears in Georgia contest and possible seating issues for Senator Reed from Missouri.
Bertrand in a red auto pursued the roaming cow from Fourth Avenue to Broadway and Cherry Street. After multiple shots, the cow was finally killed on Summit Avenue near Broadway. John W. Bowen prepared to have the carcass taken to Union stockyards for butcher work.
The Ulster Unionist committee met in London to review Londonderry after a conference with Lloyd George. Gen Sir Neville MacReady has left for Londonderry and would not discuss government plans yet says he is satisfied with precautions to prevent renewed troubles. No government action has been taken on Ulster volunteers offering to maintain order.
In San Francisco on June 25 the Democratic National Committee planned to draft party legislation to ensure women have equal representation on the committee. The move, backed by Mrs. George Baas, seeks to ratify a formal status for a women’s auxiliary and requires each state to elect one man and one woman to the national committee.
In St Catherine Ontario Charles Hutcheson known as the human fly fell 76 feet from a Welland house cornice after a knot at rope end unravelled during a stunt. Two thousand spectators watched as he plummeted. Doctors said the injuries would likely be fatal. Hutcheson had climbed the building face and began to rope the cornice when he slipped on purpose, feigning alarm before the knot failed and he fell.
SACRAMENTO June 25 D F McDonald a Folsom convict who escaped from an Eldorado road camp yesterday was captured last eight twelve miles north Sacramento by Deputy Sheriff of Placer county Duane Vanantwerp and Frank Alderson convicts who escaped from Folcom Wednesday are still at large
Old Glory shows Republican vice presidential hopeful Governor Calvin Coolidge posing for photographers wrapped in the American flag. The image captures Coolidge in a patriotic display amid campaign discussions.
Bryant school district holds a community sing at Bryant School tonight led by Francis Russell community service song leader. Tom Deering executive secretary of Seattle Community Service will speak. Plans for outdoor wings during the summer will be discussed.
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer arrived in San Francisco and began talks with Democratic presidential nomination campaign managers, as he accelerates toward the convention.
IWIRLIN June 25 British troops including a cavalry company controlled Londonderry amid armed camp conditions. Tanks machine guns and barbed wire restrained Binn Feiners and Unionists while snipers were targeted from Cathedral precincts. Two more dead, a woman shot, and an empty Dublin barracks burned.
In Waterbury a bomb explosion shattered a house where five men slept refusing to join a strike. A woman and three children narrowly escaped, as the blast entered through a window early this morning and arson investigators probed the attack.
A minority faction pushes for procedural changes while urging the majority to adopt their method. debate centers on governance approach and possible disruption to standard operations.
The article notes the discovery of the X-ray as a major advance in dentistry and medicine. It highlights root abscesses as a serious dental problem that X rays help address, improving diagnosis and treatment.
A dental clinic advertises free X rays and examinations each morning from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. They warn about abscessed teeth and their toxic effects on organs and joints, urging early visits for no cost and no obligation.
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