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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1920
Page
5
Quy Bates Post recounts a childhood memory from Seattle when a mob lynched Chinese men in the street. He describes the crowd, the improvised gallows, and the fear that kept him from ever seeking violent spectacle again.
In a 1920 tale Casper Catbird mimics voices causing chaos among Mr Frog Mrs Hen and friends. Rubadub catches Casper and, by magical intervention, the children end the mischief with two baths for the culprit.
Thornton W. Burgess narrates Prickly Porky trapping Reddy Fox and Shadow the Weasel inside a hollow log as Sammy Jay's party plans backfire. The forest crowd laughs while Porky tells stories of the far north and the spears in his coat. The captives await Billy Possum’s arrival as a new tale ends.
In a quoted letter H H Frick engineer claims a $2.50 doctor bill was saved and a 25 bottle supply of Humphreys Remedies kept him healthy with no doctor visits for a year. A doctor’s book offer accompanies the mail order pitch. Meanwhile Madge Anna Sawyer faces a second degree murder arraignment for the alleged shooting of her husband Howard Sawyer Jr. She has three days to enter a plea, insisting she shot only to scare him.
A Big Lake Washington woman, Mrs H Twist, reportedly commanded 20 men with shovels to battle a raging fire near Big Lake while Kenmore residents faced forest fires. The effort ended with the blaze extinguished, according to Dad Steeles, a Seattle safety worker.
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