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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1919
Page
11
In a witty New York City scene the Unit of the New York War in Community Service recounts a playful debate among the "Old Fifteenth" about who started the war. A street dialect exchange claims a woman named Alice Lorraine caused the conflict, sparking laughter and local intrigue.
Four talented pigs on Joseph A. Laplante’s farm in Mass occupy a pen and respond to their names. They swim sit up on their haunches and dance on hind legs with a neighboring girl as neighborhood children follow them about.
In Talorville Illinois on April 11 Mayor Scott bought a Poland China pig, fattened it and sold it for 75 dollars. Soon rumors spread that the same pig named Booster Prince sold at Swineland Indiana for 3500 dollars, shocking the local tale.
In Danville Illinois April 11 1930s era note veteran politician known as Uncle Joe Cannon travels from Danville to his Tuscola home with a bag that is swapped with a mall clerk. He then finds the bag contains a postal clerk’s map suitable as a nightrobe and a stack of postal books serving as a pillow.
Dr. Mabel Seagrave awarded a French government service decoration for tending influenza-stricken refugees during the war. She is shown at home in Rainier Valley with Mrs. Florence Denny Hel Uker, after nearly a year away. Seagrave served as assistant director of the Woman's Overseas Hospital in Landes near the Spanish border.
Roachedale, Mass. Private Martin W. Burns, long mourned as dead after two years, is alive and well. Masses and services were held at St. Bridget’s in Millbury and his name appears on the church honor roll with a gold star. A postal card from him reached his sister, Mrs. John L. Sullivan, confirming he is alive and healthful. The message caused shock comparable to the initial death notice.
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