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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1919
Page
3
Editor Edward T. Leech writes about ten days in prison describing feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. He recalls trying to keep a visitors log, noting harsh experiences and loss of personal belongings amid confinement.
A famous actress describes Derwille as her beauty aid while noting a vivid jail visit experience. She details inmate pleas for help, editorial letters, and the harsh realities of confinement. The piece also reflects on free speech battles and the writer's vow to push against judicial suppression.
The new Palace Lip theatre program features Whipped a tale of desire cured by a novel method. The Stratford Four perform as the male comedy quartet and Fogarty and Foster present The Squirrel Dodgers with breezy dialogue and jazz singing. A Mirthful Oddity features Pup pets with song and dance. Dan Ahearn whistles and talks while Ed Hastings juggles clubs. Bessie Love stars in The Little Sons on the acrene stage.
Nels H. Oen of Poulsbo loses 530 dollars at a downtown dock after stepping from a boat. Police search Friday for known pickpockets on suspicion amid President Wilson and the fleet visit. a photo of Oen is stolen with the money.
Florence Annie Kunt a postmistress from Earlewood sued William Wright a farmer for breach of promise after a 24 year courtship begun in 1895 when she was 18. The jury awarded her 1750 dollars despite his denial of courting another woman.
Kent city council approved spending 1500 on parking strip maintenance funded by city taxes. The 1920 tax levy will range from 14 to 15 mills, slightly higher than the current rate. Municipal expenses for 1920 total 36025 dollars. Raymond Jeffery, formerly with Standard Oil in Seattle, has returned from France after 20 months and will resume his old position.
Senor Don Cripiano Castro, former president of Venezuela, says another major war will erupt in about fifty years regardless of the League of Nations. He told Prof. Edmund Meany at the University of Washington, via a letter from Glenn W. Caulkins, now in Porto Rico, that upheavals in Southern politics will lead to global conflict.
Postal Telegraph President Clarence H. Mackay informs Reginald H. Parsons that another trans Pacific cable cannot be laid for two years. He notes San Francisco likely as the American terminus once laid.
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