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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1921
Page
10
Florence March 29 Edmund Bigham convicted yesterday of murdering his mother brother sister and the latter's two adopted children is sentenced to die in the electric chair April 8 in the state capital following the verdict and sentence by the court.
Portland Ore March 29 The Community Chest Association launched a campaign for 450000 to fund Portland charities for the year. The pledge drive began at noon as volunteers organized calls and solicitations across the city.
Theo Eckhart, 9, of 8203 Renton Avenue, died after a bicycle collision with a street vehicle at Rainier Avenue and Morgan Street. Driver W. W. McDonald, of a Seattle area stage, swerved to avoid a standing auto and could not confirm if the boy rode on, the bike skidded and overturned, and the rear wheel passed over his chest. The boy died at Seattle General Hospital and the body lay at Butterworth mortuary.
Early 20th century advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as quick relief for sour stomach gas and heartburn. Chew tablets with pancreatin for digesting starches, recommending a 60 cent box and claiming wide availability in the United States and Canada.
The steamship Wenatchee will enter Ellicott bay Monday afternoon with a large Puget Sound parade and naval escort. Governor Hart Mayor Caldwell and Wenatchee Mayor C E Chase will board at Point no Point amid city officials and a chamber reception. Public viewing, invites, and a Tacoma leg follow with weekend plans before departure to the Orient.
A large ape, attempting to break into a bedroom window in Detroit, was shot by Fred Grossman after it leered through the glass. Police tracked a blood trail to a basement where residents and officers captured the animal before it could escape. J. K. Seaman claimed the ape was an escaped pet he bought days earlier.
Dorothy Miller 16 in Trenton says she will choose among offers from many cities after a Philadelphia $10 bill and a St Louis $4 bill arrived for her operation fund. A Minnesota man’s $1,000 certified check has not yet reached her. She plans to decide tomorrow.
Deputies raided the home of George Emery a 43 year old driller at 27th Ave and 97th St, seizing a functioning still and seven gallons of rye whisky. Emery was arrested in the raid conducted Monday by sheriff's deputies.
A man identified as Walter Moore received a 30 day jail term and a $250 fine in Port Angeles after pleading guilty to possession of liquor. His companions E Barr and J W Dailey, booked for federal prohibition offenses, are held for federal officers following a Sunday night incident involving a launch Narada and eight liquor cases in Sequim Bay. All three are believed to reside in Seattle. Moore was sentenced Monday.
Mrs. George M. Pullman, widow of the Pullman car inventor, died in Pasadena at age 82 from pneumonia. Her son-in-law and daughter, ex Gov and Mrs. Frank C. Lowden of Illinois, were at her bedside.
In Guatemala City a crowd of youths celebrating an effigy hanging of Judas Iscariot was fired upon by soldiers. Four boys died and seven were wounded in the incident.
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