12 May 1922
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1922
Page
1
A column mixes wisps of local life with political jabs and odd events. A city council, a grand jury probe into police dry squad charges, and a tax suit over dog pounds sit alongside anecdotes about earwigs, a Bay State dinner, and playful poems. The piece blends humor with civic concern and local color.
A wandering Englishman in a tattered raft narrates his perilous voyage from Tahiti toward Pitcairn as a squall sinks his mast and raises questions of fate. He recalls a London scene with Jeasie and Jessie, revealing a bank scandal that jeopardizes a proposed marriage and his future.
Peggy Hopkins Joyce arriving on the Mauretania clutched a square handbag with a million dollars in jewels. She denounced film creditors and customs delays, insisting American chivalry is dead as she defended her name amid scandal reports.
Rebecca Nahmiaf, 4, daughter of Samuel Nahmiaf of 915 Alder Street, died after swallowing a nickel that caused a laryngeal abscess. She was deemed too weak for surgery and passed away Friday morning at Orthopedic Hospital. Body taken to Butterworth’s Undertaking.
Sixteen graduates will receive diplomas at Seattle General Hospital during National Hospital Day festivities. Florence Nightingale’s birthday marks the 101st anniversary observed nationwide. Dr. D. A. Nicholson to deliver the graduation address at First Methodist Episcopal church Friday night.
Plans for a democratic all-women's clubhouse on Second Ave estimate costs at $200000 or more. Aileen Claire outlines a stock corporation with $10 shares and equal voting rights for all holders. The building would include a play room, kindergarten, and offices for women's groups. The project unites Grade Teachers' Club and Business groups in a broad civic effort.
Everett residents aim to sue Sound Telephone Co to challenge the legality of new telechronometer meters after installation. City Attorney Faussett promises evidence for a June 6 state board of public works meeting. Public sentiment grows against the device as petitions circulate and residents report loss of phone time and charitable calls.
Spokane grand jury cites immorality in grade and high schools while praising most students. It urges parental supervision after hours, stricter discipline, and better cooperation between schools and the juvenile court. It condemns unchaperoned dances and public fashion shows at schools.
Jack Dempsey, world heavyweight champion, and Georges Carpentier, European champion, signed articles this afternoon to fight in Europe before June 1925. Manager Jack Kearns announced the agreement to the United Press.
Plans released by the Metropolitan Building Company outline a six story Fine Arts building to be built on the east side of Fifth between University and Union. It will house an art gallery studios a distinctive book store tea rooms and women's clubs with no commercial offices and no living quarters. Cost about 600000 and aims to make Seattle a premier art center with a nationally known manager.
New York wholesale florists prep for Mothers Day by raising carnation prices from four cents to twenty cents each.
A featured list in today's Star highlights Seattle bar gains and savings across multiple merchants. McCormick Bros and Browning King & Co lead page 2 with other vendors such as Grote Rankin Co MacDougall Southwick Rhodes Co Sperger Hurlbut Frederick Nelson Gately s Bon Marche Fahey Brockman Goodyear Raincoat Cheasty s and Tailored Ready Co appearing on various pages. Shoppers are urged to look carefully for opportunities to save across the ad sections.
Miners on strike detonated a heavy charge at the Peterman mine in Pittsburg causing about $1000 in damage. J H Peterman the owner estimates the loss as workers, about seventy five, reportedly marched to the site and planted the dynamite.
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