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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1919
Page
8
A 1919 fiction excerpt describes a mysterious object moving along the Black River like a tree branch in the water. Characters ack and Mrs Quack observe from the riverbank as they debate whether to flee or investigate the strange moving shape approaching shore.
Mr and Mrs Quack watch a mysterious moving form in the Big River thinking it a branch until a snort reveals Lightfoot the Deer swimming across the water. They greet him and express relief that he is alive and well, with thanks for his safe passage home to the Green Forest. Next story Lightfoot Makes a Surprising Discovery.
A boy named Peter schemes to alter the household clock to give his mother a Christmas surprise. He hides a flashlight, centers a plan around the alarm and kitchen clocks, and stays up late to set the hours back. The tale ends with Peter waking first to help before others arrive. Carpenter Moore.
The Waldorf Astoria bar, long a gathering spot for poll and social leaders, reopens as a tearoom. It is now designated the Italian Room, preserving its role as a New York meeting place for men.
Charles Gallagher of Bisbee Arizona recovered one sister after 38 years, Mrs. Mary Schneider, while the other sister Bridget remains missing. The report notes their mother Mrs. David Gallagher died in 1891 and Charles, Mary, and Bridget were separated as children. The memory of a Dutch wall across the Zuyder Zee is also mentioned.
The New York City board of aldermen voted 54 to 4 to have the legislative committee and the commissioner of public markets prepare a plan for municipalizing the milk business. The aim is to lower consumer costs and report legislation to the next session.
In Ann Arbor on November 28, co-eds who boycotted Michigan Union dances because the tap room was closed to them stopped the strike after learning men would invite outside girls as guests to continue the dances.
Baltimore notes a $1,000,000 company filed incorporation papers with Maryland state tax commission to exploit rattlesnakes. The charter allows buying rattlesnakes, rattlesnake oil and farms, and developing by products of the rattlesnake industry.
Twenty five million boxes of Cascarets were sold last year for relief from constipation biliousness indigestion gases colds and headache. The product works while you sleep by removing toxins and waste without griping or sickness. It stimulates the liver and strengthens bowel muscles and costs little.
New York police and American Surety Co. investigators say arrest of David W. Sullivan linked to an illegal clearing house moving stocks and securities stolen in Wallet over months. Sullivan, 34, once a bartender and cafe owner, is connected to the thefts valued between half a million and one million dollars.
Senator La Follette, who voted against cloture, became the first to have his speech cut short by the one hour rule. Vice President Marshall, monitoring with a watch, ended his remarks at the hour and said he could not speak again on the treaty.
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