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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1920
Page
14
A London observer criticizes Americans as seen through movies, noting beliefs about rich Americans, hotel life, and family structure. The piece highlights stereotypes of dining at restaurants, jazz, and distant family life, portraying a bleak, glamorous image of the American lifestyle.
Warren S. Stone, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, dismisses reports of a plan to depose Samuel Gompers and lead the AFL. He clarifies he is not AFL member and would not want the presidency, citing pay and method differences. Stone promotes a national cooperative movement and invites AFL participation while pursuing the Plumb plan.
A small package of Hamburg Breast Tea is promoted for curing colds. The instructions say to steep a tablespoonful in boiling water, strain, and drink a tea cupful to open pores and relieve congestion. The remedy also loosens the bowels and is described as inexpensive and entirely vegetable.
London dispatch says J C Barton of Leicester telegraphed he was returning home after arriving from Locarno Switzerland on Wednesday evening and received his own news five hours later.
In New York on February 20, a physician used a pulmotor after a baby girl stopped breathing at birth. The device restored breathing and the infant began to show life signs and is now doing well.
Vienna reporter Zoe Beckley details dire hunger among Vienna’s children amid relief efforts led by American agencies. She describes emaciated beggars, a city with stark contrasts, and notes 110000 children kept alive by aid, with two in every hundred fully fed, while Americans send drafts to obtain food for relief.
By Max Stern, Bakersfield, Cal. Feb 20. The California oil workers, over 26 000 strong, formed a 100 percent American AFL industrial union, cutting shifts, raising wages, excluding radicals, and pursuing a triple partnership of workers owners and government. Led by W L Yarrow, the plan mirrors Britain's Whitley councils and aims to prove to Congress and the nation that negotiated harmony can end industrial conflict.
A Tacoma woman, Anna Scholz Meyer, is set to inherit a Calvert estate worth 60 million dollars after a 12 year court battle. The treasure includes 120 acres in central Baltimore, the Baltimore and Ohio depot, a major hotel block, and funds to aid homeless and at risk girls. The prophecy by a Gypsy fortune teller led her to research her Calvert lineage and claim the land grant dating to colonial times. Posey and Mrs Livingstone welcome sextuplets as triplets join two older sets.
Washington dispatch reports Mrs George Bass, appointed to the Democratic executive committee on arrangements, says 20,000,000 women will vote and bear responsibility for Reconstruction. She warns a women’s party would be the greatest tragedy, arguing sex politics would override intellect and harm the cause. London note recalls a Christmas 1917 hospital romance in Egypt ending in marriage.
A telegram from London on February 20 reports Professor Dovek's calculation that Russia in 1914 suffered external and internal warfare famine and related causes totaling 35 million deaths, about one fifth of the prewar population of 185 million.
Berlin reports rising violent crime with the Union of Sergeants pressing to permit every citizen to carry a weapon for self defense. The proposal argues increased armed readiness could deter bandits and reduce incidents.
The passage notes that sugar cane likely originated in India or is described in the literature of India and another country. It discusses historical provenance and mentions sugar within these regional literatures without giving specific dates or sources.
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