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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1920
Page
1
A reader asks how to handle a separated husband who faces trial for a crime in another state. Miss Grey urges weighing the baby’s welfare, future life paths, and personal rights before deciding, urging patience and self‑reflection.
Federal Judge A B Anderson began a probe into Attorney General Palmer after special assistant L Ert Slack moved to delay the trial of 125 coal miners operators and union officials. Slack cited a Palmer letter directing facts to be eliminated to nullify the government's case. The judge called for an investigation into the attorney general.
The egg market weakened on Monday with a two cent drop in price. Fresh ranch eggs now wholesale at 78 cents while pullets sell for 60 to 62 cents per dozen.
Butter advanced 2 cents a pound on the jobbing market Monday with Cuties at 55 cents and bricks at 56 cents a pound.
In Denver Mary Pickering armed with a washboard confronted Charles L. Howe demanding rent payments. She struck him with the washboard when he attempted to collect the higher rent, prompting tenants to resume the old rate amid reported fear of reprisals by the landlord’s janitor guard.
Louis Cobb of the National Kosher restaurant in Tacoma phones to claim he escaped last night from the Steilacoom asylum. He says police are searching, insists he is sane, and vows a sensational headline pushes. Cobb links his escape to an October breakdown and a prior cruelty investigation at Steilacoom hospital.
San Francisco reports a relief expedition is planned to reach Panke island off the Alaskan coast to save five men icebound aboard the Polar Bear. H Liebes & Co ferrying the ship say the crew lacks food while furs worth $100,000 remain aboard. The Polar Bear, famed for Stefansson’s 1914 expedition and numerous Arctic feats, now faces a looming peril.
The New York Times lauds Seattle traffic rules in a lengthy October piece, highlighting that pedestrians always have the right of way at street crossings.
Yesterday a man named Weberely reported a missing goat. He later found the animal tied in his yard Monday morning after asking police to locate the goat.
A reader explains paying a Chicago fare with a chair, sofa, and stack of books found in the garret. He sold unused stored items via a STAR want ad, earning enough for travel and a new hat, urging others to use ads for profit.
Rabbi Joseph Louwisch recounts a Russia romance, says Shena Levine fled beliefs and sought freedom. He repudiated the match after learning her views, explaining he did his best despite her claims of atheism and desire for wealth. Police and public debate follow the sensational case.
A businesswoman loses $100 on a James et car, a conductor returns a roll to the lost and found, she retrieves a century plant, but in the moment of identification she forgets her own phone number. The tale reads with a sensational tone and local color from a bygone era.
In St Louis Missouri Albert Ellis, accused of murdering his former sweetheart Edna Ellis a year old tele phone operator, was jailed awaiting grand jury action after a three hour interrogation that disproved his alibi. The motive given was jealousy and the body was found in a vacant lot stabbed with a razor.
Martha Potter accuses A M Potter of cursing her and calling her vile names in a divorce petition filed in superior court. The document notes the marriage lasted about 65 days before dissolution.
R Dallas 18 of 612 Hichland Drive said no broken bones after being run over by E J Clark’s auto at the intersection of Dexter avenue and Roy street at 8 50 a m The incident occurred near 826 E 82nd street.
C. P. King, 56, battled his 26-year-old former wife Josephine in Judge A. W. Frater's court Monday over custody of their four year old child. King seeks custody by named guardians, contending the child cannot visit him though he lives a block away. Mrs. King argues the baby remains best cared for at its present home and should not be moved.
A Seattle reporter details a 9999 formulas method to catch lady forgers, anchored by Detective R R Herbert. The piece recounts the Lucy/Lick case showing how fraudsters’ handwriting and routine led to Lucy’s identification, pursuit, and confession through staged office appearances and careful surveillance.
Police report a weekend wave of burglaries across Seattle with thousands stolen from private homes and hotels. Items include $2,000 worth of diamonds from a home and cash, jewelry, and personal effects from many residences. A gang used bathroom windows for entry in a busy block, and hoards of itinerant thieves are blamed for much of the activity.
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