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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1920
Page
11
A mid 20th century health piece urges readers to adopt youthful vigor through consistent exercise and natural vitality. It advocates energy, stamina, and improved well being by embracing a proactive lifestyle and never yielding to aging.
Raritan New Jersey June 28 War ren G Harding refreshed by a brief vacation and prepared for the first days of his campaign. He will leave for Washington tonight and Coolidge will see him Wednesday. Conferences and work on the acceptance speech continue before his final Washington departure Saturday night.
Judge William F. Connolly denied a report that Herbert Hoover would win all of Michigan's 80 votes on the first ballot. He said Michigan’s votes are split among Cox, McAdoo and Palmer, and he personally backs Palmer.
New York betting in the financial district on the Democratic presidential nomination favored William G McAdoo. Quotations showed odds against other candidates with Cox three to one, Palmer and Marshall four to one, Edwards and Smith eight to one, Bryan twelve to one, Wilson and Burleson six to one, and Gerard twelve to one.
Mary Marshall Wiley, a 67 year old California advocate and adviser to women, spoke at a Nile City 1920 Democratic gathering about women’s rising political influence. She claimed to have imagined every U.S. president from Lincoln and highlighted women's role in shaping party platform proposals.
A Filipino delegation in San Francisco will seek to insert a plank on the Democratic platform favoring immediate Philippine independence. Jamate C. Daviria, resident commissioner for the Philippines in the United States, announced the move.
About three hundred optometrists gathered Monday for a three day Western Congress of Optometry in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Mayor Caldwell welcomed delegates from the Northwest British Columbia and Alaska. Dr. Harry W. Appleton announced clinics and daily lectures by leading experts including Dr. Charles Law and Dr. Charles Sheard on ocular accommodations.
Denver report says Paul Nuvich argued a husband has right to spank his wife and curse her if needed. Testimony showed Mrs. Nuvich paid his fare to Detroit to separate him, but he returned for support, leading Judge Bray to sentence him to 60 days.
San Francisco June 24 The Democratic platform fight opened in the resolutions committee with clashes expected on wet and dry policy and League of Nations. Admin forces push for a firm pro ratification plank while Bryan and Walsh loom as opponents. Irish independence issues also surface among reformers.
In Pittsburg on June 28, Harry Reilly slept nights in a wagon used by a ice man. Police avoided immediate action but fear of a fixed address led to court action. The judge ordered ten dollars or work to settle the case.
Newspaperman reports in Newark that in Federal Judge Lynch's court a witness is admonished for profanity amid testimony about proximity to an accident. The witness claimed he was "Damn' near a block" from the incident as the judge orders decorum.
An unidentified man self-named Charles P. Abbot entered a jewelry store in Akron and selected a $550 diamond as a gift. He paid with a New York bank draft, then vanished, the draft was stopped by the bank, and authorities seek Abbot and the missing diamond.
A Victorian era note recalls that it was proper for a man to share a kiss with his partner at the end of a dance, reflecting traditional manners of courtship and social conduct in England.
U S automobile exports last year totaled about one billion dollars, surpassing all prior records and signaling a peak in trade for the period. The surge highlights growing overseas demand and a strong domestic manufacturing sector.
Sacramento report states Joe Gomez repeatedly took a neighbor's newspaper after the carrier failed to deliver to him. He was caught, charged, and fined $2.50.
Newark police nominate a suspect who stole eight one dollar bills from a large tambourine display in front of City Hall during a Salvation Army drive. The thief unpinned the container and removed the money.
Rice Harper and Ben Nauman of Seattle visit Anacortes to discuss Padilla Bay tide lands reclamation. Padilla Bay Development Co. won 75 percent of state lands. project covers Hat Saddlebag and Dot Island. Plan calls for small lot sales to new farmers under state diking and drainage laws. encumbered by bonds.
The Padilla Bay Development company moves toward actual land reclamation from Samish to Hat islands and the mainland south of Swinomish slough. Diking districts will fund the project by selling small tracts at about 10 per acre, with customers paying chain-sized lots of 15 to 150 acres priced at 150 per chain. Tours offered by auto on June 30 and July 1.
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