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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1920
Page
12
A city hearing is set for Tuesday at 10 a m before the harbors and public grounds committee to discuss establishing a sanitarium in Seward Park to treat narcotic addicts. The proposal has backing from Mayor Caldwell Health Commissioner H M Read and federal narcotic experts, while Seward Park residents plan protests.
Mrs. P. J. Sheehan reported a theft after a burglar looked at her door mat and found the key. The thief took two watches and $30 in cash while she was away visiting a neighbor.
Burglars looted Heacon Hill Pharmacy at 2017 4th Ave and J A Parton’s Drug Store the same night. They stole nearly five gallons of alcohol and $107 from the first store while $90 was taken from the second.
Santa Barbara reports W. K. Bauhaus killed and brother John injured in a homemade airplane fall. Warsaw notes Lieut. Harmon C. Robson missing after flight over Bolshevik lines. West Berkeley misspelled item about hat. Raymond Mullen, 24, drowns in bay. Halifax reports British Empire Steel Corp formed with 500 million capital. Baltimore-Lat highway wreck kills Thorpe Waddingham, 56, and Fireman I. Miller in a passenger train crash at Lat mire.
Seattle officials reveal traffic offenders in Everett are subject to jail if they fail to appear in court after release on personal recognizance. Public Safety Commissioner Turner issues warning as more defendants miss court dates.
Independent Paper Stock Co plans a $200000 paper salvage assembling depot at Elliott Ave and Ray, under general manager Charles Gordon who is based in Seattle.
B J Henen manager of the phonograph supply company of Spokane injured with a cut arm after a collision between his machine and a fire department car driven by Battalion Chief William J Hlodder. Henen injured driver Leo Covey Navarre hotel. wrecked fire auto at Westlake Ave and Stewart St Sunday.
Arguments pro and con on an $18 minimum weekly wage for women will be heard by the Industrial Welfare Commission at the YWCA building on June 3. The minimum was fixed at a joint conference of employers and employees at Olympia on May 20.
Funeral services for Constan t Morse, who died at Seattle General Hospital from injuries from a Bremerton jitney accident on April 5, were held Sunday at Henney Watson's. The body was cremated.
Mayor Hugh M. Caldwell issues a city ukase ordering taxpayers to fight woolly caterpillars. Property owners must keep shrubs and trees caterpillar free under a $100 fine or 30 days in jail. Funeral services for Brig. Gen. Frank Taylor retired were held at his home with cremation after.
An E. W. Rose Co. ad promotes Zemo as an effective antiseptic liquid for eczema and skin sores. It claims quick healing, cleansing, and soothing action without staining greasy salves, available 35 cents or one dollar for a large size.
Stone Brothers tailors open a new Seattle salesroom at Second Ave and Marion in the Rainier building after 15 years in business. Large windows along Marion St flood the space with daylight, show windows extend 22 feet on each side of the entrance, and a mezzanine floor houses workrooms integrated with the display area.
Mayor Caldwell submitted a notice from the public service commission to the city council announcing Rainier Valley line fares would rise from six to seven cents on June 6 unless challenged before that date.
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