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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1920

Page

22

Canada to Bar Liquor Across Provinces

Canada moves toward a dry policy as provincial referendums likely abolish inter provincial liquor traffic. Quebec may keep beer and light wines. otherwise liquor sales could end locally while cross border shipments diminish. Provinces plan to ban the buy outside and ship in practice, ending the long dry spell for Canada and its American neighbors.

Vancouver B. C Canada United States Quebec

City Light Extension Delayed Over Material Delivery

Work on the $1,000,000 Cedar Falle plant extension is held up by a delivery of material. W H Moore, who returned Thursday from a site visit, cites the delay as the cause of the postponement.

City Light City Light Department Cedar Falle W. H. Moore

Believe It or Not They Say It’s So

New Haven report notes a baked apple yield from a tree struck by lightning. In Torrington a reporter finds 26 electrocuted birds under another struck tree. The Visiting Sheriff recalls a prisoner on hunger strike and the warden says he escaped by slipping out between guards.

New Haven Conn Union South Nor Torrington

Custody War Swirls Over Five Year Old Hilda Logan

In San Francisco on September 3 a court fight continues over 5 year old Hilda Logan daughter of Major Leon M. Logan and his ex wife Elia Tenney. Grandfather Adolph Ottinger, owner of a steamship line, previously won custody in 1918 and now fights to keep or regain guardianship as further legal actions loom. The child has spent much of her life in courts while her mother cares for her Japanese doll.

Hilda Logan Neal France Grandfather Ottinger Ottinger Hilda

Women Voters Endorse State and National Welfare Bills

The Washington branch of the National League of Women Voters closed its final session at the YWCA yesterday afternoon endorsing both state and national soldiers bonus bills and pledging support for the Sheppard-Towner mothers bill. The group urged use of public buildings for community gatherings and care for subnormal children and called for a moral house cleaning of parties. Judge Helen Gregory MacGill urged a politics intelligence committee to track legislative officers' positions on welfare bills.

Washington National League of Women Voters Shephard-Towner Helen Gregory MacGill Juvenile Court and Minimum Wage Board of British Columbia

Mourning Widow Mrs O'Brien Dies After 50 Years

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth O'Brien widow of Prof. George Henry O'Brien musician and composer died at her daughter’s home 101 27th Ave N yesterday. She leaves two daughters Mrs. J A Smith and Mrs. Thomas J Donagh 410 Harvard Ave N. Funeral at Fremont chapel Home Undertaking Saturday at 8 oclock burial Mount Pleasant cemetery.

Mary Elizabeth O’brien George Henry O'Brien J. A. Smith 27Th Ave. N Smith Thomas J. Donagh Harvard Ave. N St. Paul's Episcopal Church Fremont Chapel the Home Undertaking Company Mount Pleasant Cemetery

Sufferers Urged to Seek Help at Human Bake Oven in Seattle

Mrs. Geo Smith of Seattle touts a Human Bake Oven service promising relief for chronic arthritis neuritis and other invalid cases. Details include ferry routes from Madinnon park to Kirkland, hours at Kia Kirkland Sanitarium, and a Seattle office by Dr. Loughney at the Hotel Congress offering diagnosis and nurse attendance.

Loughney Kirkland Wash Geome Washington Lough Geo, Smith North 70Th 81 Beattie, Wash Madinnon Park Kia Kirkland Sanitarium Seattle Congress Fourth Ava Marion St. Beattie, Wash

Woman Patient Dies Laughing in Camden

Mrs. Imogene Meyer aged 70 a hospital patient died after laughing at a caller’s remark causing her heart to fail. The incident occurred in Camden New Jersey on September 1. The report notes the exertion from laughter proved fatal for the elderly woman.

Camden Imogene Meyer

Swan Lake Water Project Estimated at 5.76 Million

City engineer A H Dimock outlined the Swan lake system extensions to utilities committee. Total spend to date is 400 543 and the project aims to provide a 26 year water supply with a dam at Swan lake and a Cedar River water diversion to a large storage reservoir in Volunteer park.

Swan Lake Council Utilities Committee A. H. Dimock Cedar River Volunteer Park

Newly Painted Hydrants Brighten City Appearance

A Little Boy Reporter notes the city’s hydrants have been freshly painted during Althe Spring, praising the improvement to the town’s beauty. The piece urges painting poles and lights to boost Seattle’s slogan that it is the most beautiful city in the world.

Althe Beattle Seattle

Women Ad Writers Guests of Men in Seattle Dinner

Members of the Women Advertising club of Seattle were guests at a dinner hosted by the Seattle Advertising club at the Hotel Butler. E. L. Warford of B F Goodrich Rubber spoke on the history of automobile advertising. Warren F E Crane of Washington Mutual Savings Bank spoke on Thriftograma and C Winslow on Art in Advertising.

Women's Advertising Club of Seattle Butler Seattle Advertising Club E. L. Warford B. F. Geotrich Rubber Company Warren FE. Crane Washington Mutual Savings Bank Thriftograma C. Winslow

Ethan Allen Citizenship Question Sparks Boundary Debate

The article notes Ethan Allen as a Revolutionary hero who was never a citizen of the United States because of a boundary dispute between New York and Vermont.

Ethan Allen The United States New York Vermont

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