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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1919
Page
10
David W. Hen is appointed to a seven year term as transportation superintendent overseeing municipal transit. He rose from traction company work and streetcar lines, joining the department after emigrating from Dumfermline Scotland in 1881. He has long studied and served in street railway transportation.
EAST LAS VEGAS N M March 24 Houses are cracking and collapsing under the weight of snow, which continues to fall at the expiration of 48 hours four feet having been recorded in places.
After 17 years with the local operation, the head of city lines will control 640 street cars and oversee 1,600 employees. Guy A. Richardson, formerly Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power operations chief, departs for the East to take Transportation Superintendent role at the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company. Richardson began as a motorman in Boston, his birthplace, and moved to Seattle in 1909.
A gold strike is reported 45 miles above Marshal City and near Holyroms on the Yukon River. W Parks, owner of a local quicka silver mine, arrived in Seattle from the Kuskokwim district and spoke with prospectors at Antak who reported 50-cent pans taken from the sands. The creek flows into a Yukon slough, facilitating supply landings at the diggings.
The article notes comedian Harry Pollard used to sing in a church choir, recalling his early musical roots and the connection to his public persona.
Advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn treatment that dissolves hard and soft corns and even toe corn. It promises instant relief with a touch followed by lifting the corn with fingers and claims the product costs only a few cents at drug stores.
In San Francisco on March 4 a letter from Standard Aircraft Production Corp outlines an aviation section for the police. The memo cites water front patrols, detection of pirates on bay and river, and fire location as modern advantages for a large city security system.
Japanese shipyards plan to build steamers each over 1 000 tons with total capacity of 1 188 286 tons. Seattle offices report larger yards expanding to absorb skilled workers released by smaller yards as wartime demand shifts.
Funeral services were held Sunday at Zion Lutheran Church for Mrs Katharine Anna Hemrich who died in San Francisco at age 86. Six grandsons served as pallbearers and six great grandsons as honorary pallbearers. She is survived by six children and was buried at Lake View Cemetery.
Ada Louise Little nine months old daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Little 118 12th Ave 8 choked while eating cake and ham for supper Saturday. Death occurred before the city hospital doctor arrived despite parents efforts to dislodge the cake.
More than 2,000 attendees filled the Swedish tabernacle Sunday night to hear the Whitney Boye Chorus. The majority of the numbers were encored and several solo performances of varied nature were presented.
The consecration of Rev Joseph F Megrath bishop elect of Baker City occurs at St James cathedral at 9 am Tuesday. He becomes the first Catholic priest from Seattle diocese and Washington state elevated to the episcopacy. Special services with cathedral choir under Dr T S Palmer precede the ceremony. Many Catholic notables attend including Rt Rev R J Crimot of Alaska.
In Leechburg Pennsylvania on March 24 Joseph Klink and three boys watched a movie thrill ride involving a runaway locomotive. A boy tied a rope around Klink and tied the other end to a passing freight train. The rope snagged the caboose and Klink was dragged along the roadbed for several hundred yards before the train stopped. He was bruised but not seriously injured.
Salem March 24 Marion county teachers and scholars begin collecting data on soldiers who served in any branch of the American service during the World War Families will answer questionnaires sent home with children to build a complete county record of soldier boys.
After returning from the East Dr J McBride former city health commissioner will visit his parents then practice as a private physician in Seattle.
The notice lists marriages and births across several families with names such as Charles Thompson Lydia Branam Karl Hergstrom Wilma Wiketrom and Ralph Jacobsen Ethel Weaver. also many divorces including Myrie Eirieh versus Alex Eirish and Mary Jane Rogers versus C W Nogere, plus deaths and births with ages and addresses in Tacoma and nearby cities. The item catalogues numerous 1920s style life events with dates and addresses, reflecting local civil registrations.
Camp Lewis reports arrivals for demobilization including 40 men from Newport News in the 12th infantry and 144 aviation personnel from 25 aero squadrons. The group is attached to the 27th company Seventh battalion depot brigade and arrives on Saturday.
County auditor warns 24,000 motorists must renew licenses within seven business days. Since March 1, 14,585 licenses issued. Rev. J. D. O. Powers of the Unitarian Church to address Seattle lodge No. 6 I O G T at 1109 Virginia St Monday night on Prison Reform and Capital Punishment.
A simple lemon lotion recipe promises to whiten and beautify skin. Mix juice from two lemons strained into three ounces of orchard white to create a quarter pint lotion that softens, bleaches freckles and tan, and keeps well for months with regular facial massages.
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