18 Oct 1922
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1922
Page
1
A collage of vintage clippings notes Paderewski touring America, radio appearances for Mr KDZE, burlesque flirtations, fleas on display, a Mount Clemens aviator hitting 243 mph, and a parade of satirical captions. It blends politics, show business, and everyday oddities from a lively era.
Miller Freeman of Seattle argues that U S policy allows Japanese farmers to dominate agriculture on the coast. He urges Congress to remove Sherman Act exemptions for farmers to curb price fixing and distribution by Japanese groups, claiming Americans are being squeezed out and that boycotts are ineffective.
A night of widespread banditry and lawlessness spurred six manhunts as police planned a general roundup. In Seattle a street car robbery occurred, plus several highway robberies and burglaries. In Chicago a jewel heist near a luxury hotel yielded diamonds worth 300000 and a $25 cash box, with a passenger forced to surrender items before a bandit vanished. Additional robberies targeted individuals and homes on Faynard and East Pine, including a grocery store hold up and home break ins, while Mrs Teits’ residence was entered with a pass key stealing cash and a pistol.
Miss Britton whose first name is Hazel has won for an unusual distinction. The Field Has Won For Her Prize stands as a mark of her achievement and the community expresses pride in signing her.
A dealer markets a spacious four bedroom home on a paved street in West Seattle with a large living room, fireplace, pool sized dining room, white kitchen, hot air furnace, and view of Puget Sound. Big lot with fruit trees, priced at 3060 dollars with 650 cash and 20 dollars monthly payments.
The editorial laments escaping a near world war and critiques the U S response to the Near Eastern crisis. It questions whether the government will act to avoid conflict or wait and face consequences, urging readers to decide if they prefer avoidance or engagement in a future war.
Editor notes this seventh and final bootlegging installment presents a physician bootlegger's view urging abstinence for public health. Dr John Doe recounts a conflict between medical ethics and illicit trade, warning that moonshine and fake whisky are poison while conceding moderation harms.
Four bandits stopped Max Moser, a New York jewelry broker, at midnight outside the Congress hotel in Chicago and seized unset diamonds valued at 300000. He and companion Charles J. Morris were en route to the railroad station when a black automobile pulled up and the robbers fled.
A wartime reminiscence by Robert B. Bermann contrasts a veteran dentist who served in the infantry and was gassed in Meuse-Argonne with later tuberculosis. The piece notes his loss of practice, weight drop, and a Bureau of Veterans Affairs ruling on compensation.
President Harding told a Washington Courthouse gathering that a new era of activity and prosperity will favor farmers, with Secretary Wallace reading the remarks. He acknowledged farm prices remain too low and cited administration steps to restore prices and markets for farm products.
Ira Moore, an Edgwick rancher, found four bee stands robbed of honey. He kept a light burning and waited, and at midnight a 600 pound bear appeared. Moore fired, and the bear was slain the following day.
Leavenworth Kansas mother Mrs Roy Gardner wife of the notorious train robber sought permission from Attorney General Daugherty to have a trepanning operation for her husband. Doctors advised against it and she said she would appeal to Harding if needed. She believed pressure on Gardner's brain caused his criminal turn.
Formal complaint against the proposed Pacific Telephone and Telegraph rate increase was mailed to Olympia Wednesday. T J L Kennedy assistant corporation counsel said the filing seeks to block the higher charges.
The superior court jury in the case of William DeGraff charged with first degree murder has not returned a verdict by noon Wednesday after retiring at 2:18 p m Tuesday to consider evidence. DeGraff was tried for the killing of Joe Nelson, a seaman, in a quarrel over a colored woman.
Hazel Britton, UW graduate, rises in financial advertising winning a silver cup for best talk at Tacoma and serving as executive rotary of the Seattle Ad club and secretary of the Better Business Bureau. She was the only woman speaker at the Pacific Coast Ad club convention in San Diego.
Vincent Canthema, 38, of Providence, entered a peat fire hole to rescue his dog Spot after a pheasant hunting incident near Rent on Tuesday night. He suffered severe burns to face arms and legs but improved by Wednesday. the dog, badly burned, was taken to a veterinary hospital likely fatally harmed.
A reader from Sequim Washington reports lilacs flowering unusually late and wild violets blooming on the J W Brown ranch. He includes violets with his note to The Star.
Frederick William Hohenzollern former crown prince of Germany is confined at Wieringen with a sprained ankle from a motorcycle crash. He also suffers a severe cold.
The Star’s Washington bureau presents a concise guide on starting a backyard poultry yard. It covers pullet selection housing nests feeding egg production yard space and timing to get hens laying before winter. The bulletin is offered free by mail requests via a Washington bureau coupon.
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