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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1920
Page
14
The article details Regan the spirit faker using a widow’s false arm and confederates to produce slate messages. It describes manipulating slate tops, damp wiping, and hidden tools to simulate paranormal writing during seances.
About 18 000 textile workers walk out after Mayor Ashley reports failure to secure a new wage contract with the Manufacturers' Association. At least 12 of the strikers were to shut down as pickets gather outside mills and police reserves guard property.
Frank Kep, a Yakima restaurant man, killed by his own hand, leaving his wife and infant fatally wounded. Police report say the motive was jealousy as Kep followed his wife to her parents home two miles south of Sunnyside. Mrs Rappert fled upstairs with her baby, then Kep fired five shots into the wife and child before turning the gun on himself.
Ballard high school seniors rehearse for their annual spring vaudeville to be staged May 14 in the auditorium. The program features the comedy Green Stockings as this year’s main piece.
Census figures show Aberdeen Washington grows to 15 237 residents up 1 677 from 1930 an increase of 12 3 percent. Long Beach California tops with 55 599 noting a 37 784 rise from 1930 and Pomona California reaches 15 505 up 3 298 or 32 3 percent. A bishop J O'Dea plans a May 15 trip to Rome to visit the Pope.
Watchman J F McKay spotted two men crouching over a safe at 1201 Western Ave in the Hibbard Stewart Co earlier Sunday night. He flashed a spotlight through the window and called police. The burglars fled as officers arrived, noting an automobile nearby that drove off when the watchman seized his phone.
John Genosky of 1410 Minor Ave reports a burglary while he bathed on Sunday. His room was robbed of 81 dollars as he chased a cake of soap in the tub.
Mrs. M. A. Hutchinson paid a man posing as an express messenger 2.15 for a C O D package. After days with no delivery she reported the incident to the police Sunday. Officials warned the man was a swindler and suggested caution in future dealings. A Seattle game is noted in passing.
A masked burglar took $65 from a cash register at T. Teral store 660 Dearbornast on Sunday night. His masked partner held a gun against the Jap owner’s ribs during the holdup.
San Francisco reports the Mount Vernon carrying 3163 Czecho Slovak soldiers and 699 Nacht prisoners on its voyage home for repatriation in a major postwar transfer.
Alfredo Salcedo, 37, alleged leader in the June bomb plot against prominent U S figures, leaped from the 14th floor of the Park Row building where he was held in the Justice Department complex. He was a printer and had confessed to involvement in circulars tied to multiple blast sites including the Palmer home.
In ABTORIA Oregon a brutal assault on Ruth Anderson, 28, is described as a Bluebeard murder. Her body was found on Tillamook Head with a fractured skull and facial wounds after she left Portland Friday. Coroner rules out suicide despite a note from her husband Charles Anderson claiming she intended self harm.
John H. Linder of 625 Belmont Ave. was taken to Providence hospital Monday with a fractured skull after being thrown to the pavement when his truck went into a ditch near Kent Sunday night.
The group identified as Anarchist Fighters signed themselves on circulars and were arrested on March 7.
In Seattle on Sunday night a young unidentified woman and her partner were rescued from Lake Washington after clinging to an overturned canoe. Captain Herbert Munson and Purser Robert M. Gibson of the steamer Atlanta saved them near Leech Pier. The couple, soaked and worn, were taken to safety and later seen leaving by Yealer Way.
Advertisement lists medium or low bust corsets for the average figure with four hose supporters attached. Available in sizes 19 through 23 inclusive.
Handkerchiefs with hemstitched borders eyelet embroidery or black embroidered corners and colored bird and floral designs offered by The Downstairs Store. Priced at 18 cents each or 2 for 35 cents.
Lustrozone liquid shampoo 604 scalp tonic 60¢ Henna powder 1 20 Golden Hair Wash 1 20 Shampoo soap 25¢ featured in downstairs store pricing list for hair care products.
Advertises pure Castile soap sold in three pound bars at two dollars each, noting easier cutting and saving by purchasing in long bars.
A sale item listing shows tub dresses priced at two dollars and twenty five cents per group. The advertisement identifies the retailer as The Downstairs Store.
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