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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1919
Page
11
Carl Gustafson on Broadway 1422 is an unlucky driver after six passengers paid and left. He later claimed $710 was missing from his purse but police found the money crumpled in a bracket by the tail light of the cab. The passengers were released.
In Hammonton New Jersey on October 14 police and volunteers scoured woods and swamps for four year old Billie Dansey who wandered from home last Wednesday. Witness clues included tracks and a bread crumb near an old shack fueling theories of kidnapping or revenge by a suitor of the mother Stella Danzy. The family moved from Pittsburgh three months ago and a detective was sent there to pursue a suspect.
In a span of a bit over a year the American Red Cross expands its membership dramatically from about five hundred thousand to more than thirty million, signaling a sweeping public support surge and broadening humanitarian reach.
Miller describes dragging a lake where a body was lost after leaving a launch tied at shore. He says his wife urged against proceeding to the sanitarium and acknowledges past marriage to Mrs Miller, a nurse from Eugene, with family ties to Portland. A mysterious San Francisco telegram about liquor arrival aroused police scrutiny before doubts of framing arose.
Seattle inventor Thomas J. Futrell develops an automatic railcar coupler that links steam air signal and electric lines without workers between cars. Adopted by the U S Railroad Administration with trials on Baltimore and Ohio lines, the device promises mass production and expanded use across U S and Canadian systems.
North city area extended hunt for Harry D. Simons who disappeared from 6219 Fifth Ave. N. W. since Friday. Ballard Boy Scouts under Scoutmaster C K Williams aided by deputies with bloodhounds scoured the area and a $100 reward is offered for information.
The first Menorah Society gathering at the University of Washington is set for Tuesday night in the Y M C A on campus. Officers will present a tentative year plan at the initial session.
In Paris on February 14 managers of theatres and public resorts reject women admitted with eyebrows colored green pink or yellow as substitutes for stockings. Yet a number of stylish women have appeared with bright green eyebrows.
A crew of Liverpool dock laborers refused to load a cargo of horseflesh to Belgium claiming the meat was unfit for handling. They struck after being ordered to proceed and refused a bonus.
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