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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1922
Page
9
After a community debate on whether Ballard or Sunset should name the area residents will cast the final ballot Friday night at Ballard High School. Speakers include Rev Honor L Wilhelm and Lloyd Savage arguing for Ballard with Dr A H Peacock and Frank Kannatt for Sunset.
Mrs Kathryn Grace Parrish 62 died Thursday at 215 W Mead Street. Her husband Edward L Parish survives. The body was taken to Georgetown Undertaking Co. She was mother of Art Porter who died in a shack fire near the Parrish home on March 14.
An old advertisement promotes Dr F M Edwards Olive Tablets as a 17 year treatment for liver and bowel issues. Claiming herbal ingredients and olive oil improve digestion, brighten complexion, and relieve headaches with nightly use. It targets both women and men as a pleasant, preventive tonic.
Mrs. Sara Y. B. Peabody, lyric soprano and Cornish school faculty member for several seasons, will present pupils in a song recital at the Cornish Friday evening. She has earned praise for the programs she has arranged.
Seattle hotel men pledge to raise the entire quota of the $25,000 goal for the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention and List Division reunion. C N Apia, chairman of the civic committee, says the fund will be secured in less than 15 days with $6,000 already in sight.
Former Cornish school student Miss Helen Stryker now appears with the Bellingham stock company in regional theater.
Ninteen mules thirteen horses and four colta will be sold to the highest bidder at ten a m May nineteen at the remount depot Camp Lewia.
Expert Duncan explains atmospheric electricity and how lightning storms create electrical waves similar to radio transmissions. He notes that warm air and water vapor form charged clouds whose lightning radiates waves that interfere with wireless reception, making them hard to tune out.
A catalog of quirky terms and nicknames used around college life. It lists phrases like RUGESHAKER describing a shimmy habit, SEVENTEEN SEVENTY IX a girl in a vestibule free house, and SHARPSHOOTER a generous dancer, among others.
Chairman Philip Tindall says the council public safety committee will hold a final hearing next Wednesday afternoon on the proposed ordinance restricting hospitals within 100 feet of a public park or boulevard. The measure aims to regulate hospital placement and safety.
Beattie Campfire Girls schedule a May frolic Saturday May 27 from 3 to 6 pm on the sixth floor of the ion Marche. Junior guardians run the event with admission a dish towel and an opportunity to use it drying dishes at Camp Sealth. Samples of middies and bloomers on exhibit. orders to be placed at once. Prices: bloomers four dollars forty five cents, middies one dollar sixty. A new Madrona group seeks a guardian and they collect Victrola records at 4171 Arcade building or by calling Elliott 208. Also a demand for hardy plants to beautify the camp grounds. An Enpedasu girl will entertain Saturday at Mrs Buelling’s home. Campfire ceremonial meeting Friday and plans for a monthly Mother and Dads night at month’s end.
The fifth annual assembly of the Woman's Legislative Council of Washington will convene at the Battle Y. W. C. A. building on May 17 18 and 19. Representatives from all affiliated societies are expected. Speakers include Senator Westfall of Spokane and ex Councilman W D Jane. Topics include A Unicamera Continuous Legislature and the repeal of the poll tax.
Open public sessions will discuss amendments to the workmen's compensation law and the push for a white slave law in the thin state, with public access promised to all sessions.
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