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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1919
Page
9
Thrifty buyers face rising clothing costs this fall with a push toward low cost outfits. Roman togas and Chinese jackets offer flexible fits, easy care, and budget savings. French and Thesian blouses provide two in one wear. Sandals cut shoe costs. old linoleum scraps offer DIY fixes.
A letter to the editor argues most surgical instruments in use are manufactured in Japan. The writer claims bias against Americans, notes taxes on a sister’s 100 acres in Whatcom County, and contrasts valley land taxation with foreign ownership. The letter ends with Dr. Re. N. Mayfield’s signature.
Major Bert C. Ross a former regimental adjutant with the old Second Washington Infantry and now with the First Army staff spoke at a Young Men's Republican club luncheon. He recounted a Longr es Christmas division parade where 20 000 troops endured rain and mud for hours awaiting the president, noting a covered walk but mud remaining for the men.
London Aug 22. An Acton woman seeks a summons against her husband, an army sergeant, saying he tried to keep her down and, when she resisted, he left her.
Mill operators in Seattle and Tacoma rejected demands from the International Longshoremen's Association that all employees be hired through the union hall and join the Cereal Flour Mill Workers Grain Handlers and Salmon Reconditioners' Industrial Council. Workers reportedly oppose union affiliation. M B E Wright, ILA district council secretary, led the push with backing from Associated Industries of Seattle.
In Winsted Connecticut on August 22 Isaac A Wood fitted two deformed chicks with wooden legs. One chick hatched with a crooked leg that required amputation and the other hatched without a foot. The chicks move well but rely on siblings to scratch for food.
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