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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1919
Page
12
City council vote 6 to 3 Monday afternoon killed a proposed jitney bus ordinance aimed at giving control to Public Utilities Superintendent Thomas F. Murphine. The measure would have set fixed routes and fares with hours. Murphine predicted the city could gain about $1,000 daily in revenue if enacted.
Daniel W. Edwards a former department of justice agent in Seattle pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco to transporting liquor into Washington and was fined $5,000. Seattle hotel owners Charles A. Gunn and Edwin Gibbons also pleaded guilty and were fined $1,000 and $500 respectively.
Superior Judge J. T. Ronald upheld the city council’s right to issue bonds for Shilshole avenue improvement. D. D. Pratt, a taxpayer, sued to stop bonds totaling 240000 dollars.
A hunter circles Paddy's pond seeking Lightfoot the Deer while Lightfoot and Paddy the Beaver observe from cover. Lightfoot tracks the hunter unseen as Paddy slips beneath the water and positions himself across the shore. Next story: Visitors to Paddy's Pond.
Read guidance on morning health routines advocating drinking hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. Claims pores in skin and bowels eliminate impurities and toxins, with a cheap powder said to detoxify before breakfast.
The text states Bayer’s genuine Aspirin packaging includes directions for headache cold pain neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism with a tin box of 12 tablets sold for a few cents. It identifies Bayer as the trade mark for monoacetic acid ester of salicylic acid and notes nine teen years of physician use.
The New Zealand coal sector faces contract, wage, and hours disputes amid private and state ownership. Workers demand weekly pay, seven-day shifts, six-day operations, fortnightly holidays, and end of contract labor while the government notes cost increases could reach $10 million annually, raising coal prices.
Peter recounts a family drama centered on Mrs. Bradley's cooking and a problematic twins outfit while a kitchen mishap blames Jim. Aunt Phoebe helps with a red coat for church and a warning about a secret society. Peter mentions a math hint from school and the K L G P code.
Mrs. A. Johnson, after tending the furnace late Monday night, confronted an intruder in her apartment with a poker. She shouted Get and the burglar fled. Nothing was stolen.
Conductor L Barton was fined $50 and costs in Justice O W Brinker's court after two witnesses testified he pocketed a dime instead of placing it in the fare box on October 28 at Cowen park street car.
A Bedouin wedding proceeds swiftly after the bridegroom slaughters a sheep and sprinkles its blood on the sand at his father-in-law’s threshold, marking the union with a traditional rite.
New second floor displays 150 fall and winter hats in the millinery section. Hats showcase Sailors Mushrooms Pokes Tricornes Chin Chins and Turbans with Lyons Velvet designs formerly priced at $7.50 $40.00 $12.50 and $15.00 now offered at five dollars.
Statement by the National Executive Committee of the American Legion argues Armistice Day on November 11 should become a global national holiday. It envisions a universal celebration tying together peoples across continents and cultivating peace and democratic ideals. The piece ties the holiday to the 1918 Armistice and urges annual remembrance to promote patriotism and unity beyond borders.
William Leonard sues the Carpenters' Union Local 1184 alleging officers pocketed 600 dollars from a collection meant for his benefit after his 1918 combat injury. He claims 1100 dollars was collected, 500 turned over, and names president George Johnson along with secretaries A R Cook and John Sterns and others as defendants in a 1919 superior court action.
The city of Urbana asserts it originated the business term O K during the 1840 campaign era after a political banner reading The People Tall Korrect appeared on its streets. The claim ties Urbana to the phrase later used nationwide in business and politics.
Overmeyer did not appear in superior court Monday as his auto theft case opened. bond set at 500 dollars and case continued to Thursday while efforts to locate him proceed. Hayes and Cornoff were sentenced to one year each after pleading guilty to stealing the same car owned by N R Wiley. Funeral services for John N Jackson, Seattle pioneer, were held at St James cathedral with many friends and former associates attending. burial followed in Mount Calvary cemetery.
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