26 Aug 1919
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1919
Page
1
Fragmentary notes mention a Brat Pack style reference with skunk mink and a prior year context. The readable bits imply a retrospective or retrospective remark linked to back to this year themes. No clear names or concrete events emerge from the OCR snippet.
A reader attacks The Star for free front-page advertising of a small bookshop in August 1922. The writer defends selling radical titles and mocks the editor, cites customer behavior, and accuses the paper of boycott tactics and covert methods. The letter ends with a demand to publish names in future ads.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars promote a proposed ordinance barring non citizens from owning licenses for hotels rooming houses restaurants meat markets and auto hire in Seattle. The measure targets Japanese Americans and would classify six plus room buildings as hotels and restrict corporate ownership. Public meetings and investigations by local groups feature discussions of Japanese economic influence and actions by the Anti Japanese league and King County Democratic club.
A fragmentary diary style piece recalls a half hour at a big store displaying school exhibits and clothing. It notes hopes for skilled trades, family finances, children’s outfits, and a father awaiting school tax deadlines before July.
Eyewitness H Nazarenus of 700 area says he saw a cougar in a barn area on Dy Imie road between 2 and 804. The animal measured about six by four inches and pranced in the middle of the road before retreating as Nazarenus approached with his auto.
A harsh broadside attacks a town sidelight sketch failing to name a store owner, condemning radical propaganda and liberal talk. The author ridicules red scare tactics while defending free speech, likening radicals to garbage collectors and urging satire kept in the alley.
Testimony before a congressional committee by William Butler of Everett asserts favoritism and inflated wages in Washington logging tied to airplane spruce for the war. He cites unacknowledged 1918 production proposals, labor shortages, and profits at Siems Carey Kerbaugh as factors shaping the industry crisis.
H. M. Tremaine of 5 Henry Building submits a verse to the Want Ad Rhyme Contest. The handwritten rhymes invite readers to the Classified page for particulars and potential prize details.
The Seattle Star reports that Gen. Erich Ludendorff, described as Germany’s supreme power and brain behind the war, will publish his historic book with serial installments starting Monday September 8. News outlets worldwide secured publication rights for his revelations.
In Chicago and the Northern Illinois district nearly 200 saloon keepers and fifteen brewers face arrest for violations of the wartime prohibition act. Authorities say most Chicago saloon keepers are violators. No trace of Lieutenants Waterhouse and Connolly remains. Mexican troops search the Gulf of California area.
Liberty bond prices in New York on August 26 show 6s at 99.89 and various 4s and 44s values with Victory issues near 99.5. The item ends with a quip about repartee you think of when it is too late to work off to save a friend.
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