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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1920
Page
12
A humorous column argues for and against various hat styles. It mocks derbies, fedoras, straw hats, and caps while urging readers to share inventive hat ideas with The Star editor, noting no prize is offered. The piece satirizes fashion talk and public habits in a lively, period voice.
A satirical survey of Beattie city officials mocks their baldness and coiffure, naming A H Dimeck city engineer, Lenroot Oscar Shrader, T H Bolton, Harry W Carroll, A F Haas, Reginald Thomson, Herb Owen, Bob Hesketh, William Wickman Moore, A T Drake, Oliver T Erickson, Walter F Meier, Tom Kennedy and Mayor Caldwell. The piece portrays the council as austere, hairless figures navigating municipal duties under a comic glare.
A reminiscence on how Pullman cars receive their names. Local residents, from hamlets to towns, submit suggestions, with some names painted on sides if approved. Hungerford oversees naming. Dewey reviews the last 699 names used.
Waltham Cross England Sept 24 Mr and Mrs G C Heath celebrate a large musical clan. The family includes five sons four daughters 23 grandchildren and five great grandchildren who together form a 45 piece ensemble. The father also plays cornet violin and string bass.
In Ossining New York on September 24 a manicure art collection was introduced at Sing Sing prison. The set of 100 plecean items is owned by John Berger a convict serving two and a half years for burglary and described as the best groomed inmate. He asked the set be stored in a safe but any inmate can use it.
Sergeant E. M. Bentley, acknowledged by the War Department as its busiest recruiter, traveled 1400 miles through mountains in seven months to seek applicants. He enlisted 9400 recruits and wore out fourteen pairs of shorts while on duty. Previously a law student at the University of Chicago.
Paris reports 250 Touroutte workmen on strike demanding two extra hours daily. Foreman unable to grant longer hours due to potential conflict with legal authorities.
Dental X rays provide sure examination of teeth as abscesses cannot be accurately detected by other methods. The expert dentist uses X rays to determine if a tooth is abscessed at the root.
A local dental office offers free X rays from 9:00 to 10:30 AM daily with no obligation. Dr. L. R. Clark and staff promise graduate dentists, low prices, porcelain standards, a written guarantee, strict sanitation, and painless techniques for abscessed teeth.
Free examination in addition to X raying your teeth without charge. We will gladly examine them thoroughly and give expert opinion and advice as to your dental needs, if any. If work is needed we provide a definite estimate of the cost to put your teeth in perfect condition.
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