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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
16
City council to decide Monday on final action from the safety committee regarding the Tindall plan to end sales of garbage to Japanese hog ranchers and enforce a city monopoly on offal collection. Councilmen Hesketh and Erickson back postponement. chair Tindall undecided.
In SALIA Calif on Oct 21 Superior Wallace denied H Sumida’s request to transfer the case of the state of California against him under the anti alien law. The state seeks dispossession of property worth about $500000 alleging it should go to the state as he is Japanese. Wallace ruled the case must be tried in state courts.
London debate on juror reactions notes claims that fainting fits vary by sex. Doctors say fainting is constitutional not gender based, while war effects and nerves are cited as influencing incidence. Howard B Woolston of the University of Washington will speak on Welfare Work in Seattle, opening a five part lecture series on social progress, hosted by the Association of Collegiate Alumni.
Madis on street and Blaine boulevard hosts a community sing and social in the Washington Park chapel at 7 30 p m on Friday. Everyone is welcome. Toledo brief notes that L A Ricard hid 200 in a book placed in a trunk but a thief opened the trunk and took the money leaving the book.
Los Angeles Oct 21 The county grand jury will reopen its Coast league baseball corruption inquiry after Marl Maggert Salt Lake discharged outfielder testified he was paid by Vernon players to influence games. Maggert denied knowledge the money came from gamblers and called the fund part of a slush scheme alleged to have ruined Vernon pennant chances.
Patrick O Mara was named the latest Dahlia King by the American Dahlia Society at a New York exhibition. The award followed a five year培 breeding effort yielding a giant golden bronze bloom described as a standout in the decorative peony class.
The owner of a W. 135th Street building housing a police station refused to renew the lease, claiming financial loss, forcing officers to relocate. A fragment about frogment appearing on Tokyo restaurant menus follows.
San Mateo officials weigh robbery as motive in the Colma beach death of an unidentified man. They found only a $1 bill, a key, a button hook and a bottle opener on the body. Authorities consider a possible gang operation using a young woman to lure victims.
French circles report the engagement of Anatole France to Mile Emma la Prevette. France now 77, a leading critic and member of a prominent Parisian Jewish family. His real name is Jacques Thibault. New York City contains 550 schools with 24,000 teachers and supervisors.
Sam Haack was arrested in Monroe Wisconsin after officers found him smoking a cigar in a hay mow. He faced vagrancy charges and posted $1,000 bail. A tobacco bag sewed to his leg held $700 along with two more bags, two deposit certificates and a $100 Liberty Bond totaling $2,300. Haack claimed to be a rug maker from Chicago. his brother Willam described him as industrious but inclined to wander.
A scrambled report notes a new import duty on false teeth from the United States causing a mastication aid shortage and a price rise. The duty is said to cut imports, raising costs by about 100 percent for Parisian buyers and leaving the nation short on dental aids.
The Itlesian railroad intends to build a 15 mile tunnel to replace an 815 mile detour, claiming a drastic reduction in travel distance and time. This strategic project aims to shorten freight and passenger routes through the region.
Chicago annual output of manufactured goods tops 1.5 billion dollars from over 10,000 establishments. The city government expense for 11a, including schools and libraries, is listed at 114,798,713.06 dollars.
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