Spokane Barbers Stand Firm on New Pricing
Leading barbers in Spokane refuse to raise a share cost to 20 cents and a haircut to 40 cents, signaling a tough stance on tariff changes and pricing moves affecting customers and shopkeepers.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1917
Page
8
Leading barbers in Spokane refuse to raise a share cost to 20 cents and a haircut to 40 cents, signaling a tough stance on tariff changes and pricing moves affecting customers and shopkeepers.
In Seattle industrial zones along the waterfront and Marbeer Island, fences rise higher and barbed wire crowns perimeters as armed sentries patrol. Passes are required for entry and individuals are identified by authorities, with spotters and hush whispers about inside plots. Bright lights burn all night to deter intruders.
A wife pleads with the nurse and doctor as her feverish husband Dick longs to see Margie to hear his side of the story. The nurse suggests wifely tactics and recollections while the narrator contemplates using coquettish slyness learned from Flossy Smith to wake his memory.
Sidney Burbank 21 suffered a fractured skull when a car driven by Mrs Willard Burbank rolled back as he fixed the gears. Mrs Pearl Mitchell 26 attempted suicide with poison after a quarrel and was discharged from city hospital cured. A motorcycle rider struck 4 year old Isaac Sigel injuring his head and face. John Miller Alaska mining man funeral set for Tuesday 3 p m at Bonney-Watson parlors. Ross Improvement Club to meet to discuss extending municipal streetcar line. Rattlesnake king J Cotterel died from venom. Mrs Lee Steele recovering after poison attempt. Manager Russell of the Boule.
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