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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1920
Page
3
A childhood memory recounted by Mabel Cleland detailing a Seattle beachfront in youth. Pegsy and others flee from a pack of aggressive Indian dogs by climbing into a large barrel, where they fearfully await rescue as the dogs howl outside. Cleland notes the dogs are driven off by her sister.
In a 1920 story, Cobby Coon offers help and gathers wild grapes for Meadow Grove. He climbs a sycamore, pockets fruit, and bears a dab of wild honey on his nose before delivering grapes to friends amid a playful grape nose-toss game. Fleet Fox and Magical guard the scene as Enee the Grape joins in.
Thornton W Burgess narrates the chase as the Merry Little Breezes and animals search the cornfield for Bobby Coon. Farmer Brown and his boy outsmart the breezes, guiding the hunt while Happy Jack Squirrel watches eagerly from the fence. The tale highlights how shared signals and teamwork, though clumsy at times, push the pursuit forward.
In a tense moment Farmer Brown and Parmer Brown move toward the cornfield center where Bobby Coon lies in hiding. His heart races with fear and he fears discovery as the vicinity thickens with danger. Happy Jack laments the helpless wait hoping for a warning or rescue.
Mexico agrees with Britain to pay the widow of William Benson ten thousand dollars and two fifty a day while she remains a widow. Benson was murdered February seventeenth 1914 by Francisco Villa or his agents. Mrs. Benson is a Mexican woman.
Ernest Kruse known as the missing defendant in the Meadowdale booze conspiracy case pleaded guilty in federal court and was fined $500 on Monday for the charges.
Jack Schafer suffered a severe headache after a Tuesday night incident when friends allegedly overindulged and then robbed him of 174 dollars. Police are investigating the assault and theft.
A. F. Spawn, world famed dehydrated foods authority, praises Tanlac after relief from gastric colic following six bottles. He recounts vast travels, home in Seattle with son, and a long career evolving food dehydration. Tanlac sold in Seattle by Bartell Drug Stores under a Tanlac representative.
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