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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1921
Page
11
A testimonial advertisement touts The Inner Mysteries of Rheumatism as the cure for uric acid related rheumatism and neuritis. It urges readers to send name and address to H P 594 Det Hallowell Maine to receive the work by mail postage paid and free.
A digest of the federal highway act paused by congress bars tolls on roads built with federal funds. The act provides 75 million dollars for road construction and maintenance outside forest reserves, with 26 million available immediately and 50 million on January 1, 1922. A one third share is apportioned by state area, population, and rural delivery mileage, favoring western states.
Three people escaped death when a self inflicted shot fired by Edmund Stafford passed between them on California Avenue near Oregon Street. Mr and Mrs Jack Rivers walked with their young daughter when Stafford, a 37 year old marine cook, shot himself in the head a half block away. he was taken to the morgue. Stafford survived with his mother Mrs Eugene Safford of Jamaica Road London England.
In Oakland on November 15, reports say Alice Blake the key prosecution witness in the Roscoe Arbuckle case has returned home and reconciled with affluent relatives. Her mother Mrs John Westphal whisked her back after a troubling romance and a marriage annulment. Blake, once a show girl, had disappeared from public view during the trial period.
The foreign trade bureau of the Chamber of Commerce reports the emergency tariff net extended to February 1 1922. Officials expect the permanent tariff bill to be enacted by then.
Walla Walla crop receipts this year will exceed 9 340 000 with over 6 000 000 from wheat. A bridge across Kilikitat at Surveyor creek will begin immediately. Yakima region men plan a home for an A E F veteran with five children. US Spruce Production Corp will bid 1 500 000 and up for railway, sawmill and holdings in Clallam county. American Legion posts planned for Suringdale Des Moines and Lake Burien. Hospital benefit fair to aid a new hospital in Pasco December 15 and 16. Lumber shipments from Grays Harbor down 6 000 000 feet in October. A 95 pound pumpkin drew interest at the Southeast Washington Fair. Hoquiam copper group tapping a 20 foot vein on upper Quinault, traceable two miles. Over 50 000 Klickitat sheep driven to winter quarters in lower ranges near Mount Adams. Gasoline price impacts cited by Morning Olympian. State granges show interest in National Grange convention in Portland. M H H Ewing claims season’s best apple packing 5 500 boxes in 45 days at F A Wood ranch Monitor. Scranton Pa Lou Tellegan, husband of Geraldine Farrar, injured in auto crash.
An advertisement claims Danderine instantly removes dandruff and prevents hair loss. It asserts one application nourishes the scalp, strengthens hair, and makes it grow long and thick with renewed beauty and vitality.
The Miss Florence Kubey case claiming she won the Paige coupe in the Shriners popularity contest was continued to Thursday. The coupe was awarded to Miss Frances Tobizel Drager, whom Kubey contends won on a rule violation.
Police investigated a group of young boys suspected of wrecking a motor truck owned by W. T. Rankin in Green Lake. The truck was found sunk at the bottom of the lake between N. Tist and N. 72nd streets near its parked location.
New pavement on Spokane Street connecting First Avenue and Eighth Avenue abolishes the famous Death curve at the foot of Sixth Avenue South Bridge. Nearby residents report many fatal accidents occurred there, now halted by the improvement.
Millard T Hartson Roy C Lyle and A B Hamer completed a state tour surveying the booze and dope situation and planned to return to Seattle on Tuesday from their customs prohibition inspection duties.
By vote of the county commissioners Mary Walker whose position was abolished during the budget hearings has been reinstated on the payroll as assistant county ager.
Disabled veterans in this district will have compensation handled by the local bureau instead of sending claims to Washington. The Rainier-Noble post announced the change at Monday night’s meeting. A local committee of BE. T. Straw Ed Sheehan and Major J. R. Dean will transmit claims to the bureau.
Regular users in the United States, England and Canada rely on Pape's Diapepsin to ease indigestion. The ad promises relief from sour stomach, gas, heartburn and heaviness in five minutes after taking a sixty cent case from a druggist. It urges proof of stomach health and freedom to eat without fear of discomfort.
Bremerton voters choose BE. J. McCall as mayor by 1314 to 807, with B F Harrison and T O Buffington elected commissioners 1261 and 1153. The sion form of government replaces the old administration, ending its seven year run.
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