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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1920
Page
5
A jumble of ads includes furniture for sale and wanted, appliances, and a car listing. Readers can find household items, office furniture, mattresses, sewing machines, and a variety of goods with prices and contact references scattered through Main and Pike streets and surrounding avenues.
Dayton Ohio report states F. J. Blose, private secretary to Col. A. B. Deeds, sought naturalization after his baby son was born on Lake Huron. Officials ruled the child a Yankee, regardless of birthplace aboard the lake trip.
In London on September 27 police court described a husband fining his wife for minor offenses. Mrs Ivy Holliday was granted a separation after five years of marriage. He imposed a system of fines paid from her allowance.
In New York on Sept 27 the National Surety Company announces a $1,000,000 program to curb thefts in the district. The effort will fund investigation detection and conviction of those guilty of robberies, if needed, leveraging 10 000 employees.
Angleo Cappacio, a lineman in Hammonton New Jersey, was nearly killed by a high voltage shock but insisted on smoking a cigar while being rushed to the hospital aboard an express train. The anecdote highlights his good-natured spirit despite danger.
A Seattle Star letter page features mothers denying Wesley Sheldon is the nation’s best boy and praising their own sons. One writer from Tenino, Washington extols a boy’s domestic and outdoor skills while another Seattle mother defends her son William’s achievements at Franklin High School.
St Paul faces 40 police vacancies prompting Commissioner Smith to seek lowering height requirements from five feet eight inches. The move aims to speed recruitment and fill vacancies, with authorities insisting the plan is serious, not a joke.
Bishop Hunting of the Episcopal church has finished building his summer home on Lake Tahoe and a nearby stone chapel with his own hands. He plans to give each of his clergymen a two weeks vacation at his Nevada Holiday House on the lake.
WAVERLY O Sept 27 A thief stole a bee hive in western Pike county but left with nothing as the hive was empty bees gone or stolen prior. The incident underscores peculiar thefts in rural areas and hints at unusual consequences for the culprit.
Tijuro Hamada and Takawa Nishi moto deny guilt after pleading not guilty Monday to charges linked to a suitcase of opium. Trial set for October 19 in federal court.
In Penge England on September 27 a magistrate set a record for speed in a court case. A man charged with diving too freely faced a rapid exchange as the magistrate declared guilty and the defendant agreed, ending the matter swiftly.
Ande Kordic of 2121 Tacoma Ave Tacoma was hospitalized after a fall on Firetave when his crutch struck broken glass in a sidewalk skylight. He was treated for bruises at the city hospital.
Denver police probe a senior hazing party at Independence high school where juniors were forced to stage a shirt-tail parade and run a tack-studded gauntlet. Bobby Shafer, son of Mr and Mrs Bert Shafer, suffered a fractured knee.
Houston newsie Abner Hawkins claims the chewing gum system of gold mining can locate pennies and dimes with a gum on string. He hopes the idea will locate real ore in the future.
TERRE HAUTE September 27 T. F. Butler game warden burned fishing nets confiscated this year. The nets were seized for noncompliance with the law and the blaze proved costly at $3,000.
Walter Eider, a Monon conductor in Bedford Indiana, struck a match to locate a suspected gas pipe leak and burned his head and arms. He is expected to recover. The item closes with a political aside noting voters often seek personal favors in prayer.
A proposed compromise would allow jitneys to operate in Seattle under city regulation and pay a percentage of earnings to the treasury. The judiciary committee urged putting the measure to voters at upcoming elections, with council talks ongoing with jitney representatives. Mayor Caldwell voiced support for regulating rather than abolishing jitneys. Councilmen John E. and Oliver T. Erickson backed the compromise.
Broadway's Whims, a high school paper, begins a subscription drive with 1500 minimum and 2100 enrolled. Posters spell WHIMS as 500 subscriptions were joined on day one. The paper mimics daily papers, with staff led by editor John H. Slater and business manager Wallace Hibbard under Arthur Hare.
Earl Manley, seven, of Louisa Kentucky, advances from first to fifth grade skipping grades two through four. He becomes Kentucky's youngest pupil to reach fifth grade as school opens on September 27.
A bolt of lightning struck the American Mag building near Woodman’s Hall in Aurora tearing the flag and the large publication to shreds. No injuries reported as crews assess damages to the Mag staff and facilities.
Hobart reports the wage commission finished its inquiry across the commonwealth and fixed a basic weekly wage for Australia at more than 30 dollars, an increase of nearly 50 percent due to the present cost of living.
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