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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1922
Page
12
A satirical sketch contrasts a hard alert business magnate with a breakfast mishap. A missing wife joke unfolds as a breakfast cook in the upper hall is urged to boil one egg, illustrating wit and social observation.
In Seattle the Minnewatka club hosts a weekly dance at Christensen hall. Wanda von Kettler and Marian slip in disguised in loggers boots to observe couples including G. B. Tilton the floor manager and Mrs. Peter Hettinger, noting 300 dancers and the mix of ages as life proves its complexity.
Alfred B. Landin attacked the cent fare plan before the Young Men's Republican club, charging the Erickson plan ignores job creation and shifts costs to others. He said the best guarantee for new industries is a leader who can put 10,000 job seekers to work.
A terse note recalls progress since wireless telegraphy was discovered by Marconi, marking a milestone in communication history and hinting at rapid technological development over the past five years.
Advertisement notes a product labeled Candied Laxatives Wafers sold by Joyner Drug Co Spokane and distributed to drug stores for children or others.
Robert B. Hesketh, president of the city council, told The Star he will vote for and urge friends to support Mrs. Landes for the city council seat. He praised Landes as diligent, sincere, and conscientious, a motherly, level headed candidate who would add prestige to the council.
A bottle tied with ribbon meant for a christening shattered a large plate glass window at the new Phi Delta Theta house at Washington State College Pullman. The bottle’s contents and the event are unclear due to the broken evidence.
Arthur Anderson a charter Rainier Noble Post No 1 member and former newspaper man is set to head the Bolo club campaign for Maj. T J Cunningham for mayor and Al T Drake and Mrs Henry Landen for the city council. An advisory committee drawn from the Bolocrut executive members includes Stephen F Chadwick Charles I Paul Bert C Rosas J M Wilmot George Kahin Jackson Silbaugh W Rh Brinton George Bundy W I H Nelson Ralph Douglas W A Blackwood and Thomas G Hammond.
The article states public service corporations in the United States require new capital totaling 20 billion dollars each year to fund operations and expansion. It discusses funding needs across utilities and transportation sectors and implications for ratepayers and investment markets.
A list of low priced garments including women stockings vests and union suits, boys sweaters children waists stockings and mercerized socks, plus men union suits and striped percale shirts. Prices range from 17 cents to 2.59 with sizes noted for each item.
Senator Smoot after meeting with President Harding said the senate will move to drop the cash bonus in the soldier bonus bill. The house approved cash in $50 ceiling for those with total adjusted compensation and Smoot favors a paid up 20 year endowment policy with a loan value and a tax to fund it. The American Legion urges quick action and the finance committee plans to report within about two weeks.
Mayors of leading cities of Washington and state officials are invited to an 11 o clock demonstration of the pay for what you use system of telephone service at the Puget Sound Telephone Co. in Everett on Saturday. The event highlights the telechronometer as a tool for economical service and will include a noon luncheon for visitors.
Lake Victoria in Africa ranks as one of the world's largest freshwater lakes by volume and area, highlighting its regional significance for ecosystems, fisheries, and livelihoods near its shores.
In New Orleans on March 30 Judge Humphrey ordered Mathilda Levee to the criminal ward of Jackson hospital for the insane after she shot and killed her husband, an Los Angeles attorney, overruling her attorneys plea. She is to be kept in custody and treated until she is returned to sanity.
H C Ross former secretary of the Seattle Typographical Union. He died at his home 1627 Sixth Ave West early Thursday. The longtime unionist was prominent in local labor circles and remembered for his service to the printing trades.
Harry A. Franck, renowned travel writer, will address the College club on Friday at 12:15 p.m. The speaker outlines the pope as threefold teacher, law giver, and judge in his triple crown.
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