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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1919
Page
10
Juana Mateatel becomes Portugal’s feminine bullfighter at Oporto. In a half hour she defeats three fierce bulls and ecstatically receives streams of money jewelry flowers and other offerings from the excited crowd.
Local market Central Fruit Stores unveils a new produce stand offering fresh fruits and vegetables. Manager operates daily hours with weekly specials and curbside pickup.
The piece recounts old Halloween beliefs from England Scotland and America. It notes spooks in hollow stumps and omens of future mates seen with a candle and mirror. It also mentions Nutcrack height in the north and ghosts in America once pulling pranks.
Parcel post to Austria has been resumed, announced Friday by C. M. Perkins, Superintendent of Mails at the local office. The limit for packages is eleven pounds.
Advertisement touts Peptiron as a non tonic with iron and manganese to boost nerves digestion and assimilation. Mrs J A Chute of Bay City Michigan credits it with renewed strength and vitality. Made by I Hood Co Lowell Massachusetts.
The piece recalls past youthful pranks involving public figures including county purchasing agent Charles B. Woods and U S district attorney Saunders. It mentions Halloween antics, a deer on a town walk, a cow hoisted to a belfry, and a mishap with a mislaid sign on a millionaire’s home.
Festive city Halloween pageant features Old Mother Meg and Jack O Lantern characters marching in a ghostly carnival. At Orthopedic Hospital rooms stay lit to ward off spirits as children play a apple bobbing game. Soldiers and Sailors' club invites all veterans to pumpkin pie doughnuts and cider. Moms asked to bake extra pies for the third floor donation effort.
Werner Horn, a German agent, who tried to blow up the Canadian Pacific bridge over the St. Croix river between Maine and New Brunswick, was sentenced today to 10 years in the federal pen.
Seattle Post No 18 American Legion chapters circulate resolutions urging withdrawal of the Siberian expedition. They stress the mission’s accomplishment and warn continuation would bring hardship and loss of lives and money as they go to the secretary of War and to members of Congress from the district.
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