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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1919
Page
2
The fragmentary note urges someone to go home and work the same hours and tasks as an avant girl, then spend a night or two in a two by four maid’s room provided under the porch. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or identifiable names.
The relations committee amended the peace treaty by Senator Fall's proposal to trace the boundary in Belgium and Germany with a five member boundary commission. The vote was 9 to 7 with democratic members opposing the change and the word and associated removed. President Wilson and Senator Hitchcock were informed of a White House conference at 3 p.m. The panel also backed a separate India protest regarding inclusion in the league of nations.
President Wilson personally against the Shantung amendment as the Senate debates returning Shantung to China rather than Japan. Senator McCumber moves to block the change, arguing it oversteps Senate authority and unjustly favors China. The foreign relations committee resumes voting on amendments including a 23 item block by Senator Fall removing US membership from commissions supervising European settlements.
Senator Jones of Washington introduced a bill in the senate to end the draft two years after ratification of the peace treaty. The measure allows American representation in the league but bars sending American troops into Europe without congressional consent.
The note mentions Boldt's French pastry locations at Uptown 1414 3rd Ave and Downtown 913 2nd Ave. It reads like a mapping of two city addresses tied to the bakery.
An advertisement urges self satisfaction as a style factor and invites customers to save on fall wardrobe items. The FLORENCE UPSTAIRS STORE at Second and Union promotes suits coats dresses and hats with a focus on ready made fashion and bargains.
President Wilson asks Congress to extend the wartime passport law for one year after peace is proclaimed to curb alien entry. He cites reports from government agents abroad warning that removal of travel limits will attract many applicants, including undesirable individuals.
New York Aug 26 United Press General strike orders affecting stage hands may be issued soon in sympathy with the Actors Equity strike which has closed 24 theatres here. Newman vice president of the International Alliance of Stage Employees cites wartime passport control as an example of U S policy.
A Berkshire Massachusetts farmer placed a scarecrow in a corn field beside a rail line. Trainmen pelted the figure with coal chunks, yielding more than two tons of coal for the farmer.
An 11 year old boy was shot through the head and killed during a battle between insurgent coal miners and workers seeking to return to work near Springfield Illinois. A man was shot in the leg as revolver bricks and clubs were used. Two men were arrested awaiting investigation.
Spokane Central Labor Council votes narrowly against calling a one day strike in October as protest against Mooney. A convent of Japanese nuns has been opened in Los Angeles in the same report.
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