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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
21
The piece argues Senator Knox’s call to separate the league covenant from peace terms, claiming the people alone can amend the constitution and that the senate lacks authority to amend it. It urges a nationwide vote to decide U S ratification and hints Germany's treatment postwar, noting Ebert and Belgium.
A wartime photograph shows an American sol cemetery in France with readable graves of diverse races and nations. The piece argues those buried here died for democracy and that Americans must honor them by advancing social and economic justice at home and abroad. It ends with a stray line about the firm Villa and Angelis and their roles.
A Washington report urges the United States to fund Robert Early, a Spanish American War veteran with leprosy, by ending state and local delays and creating a national leprosium. It argues Early deserves lifelong care, housing, and medical support, noting federal responsibility beyond North Carolina, District of Columbia, or Louisiana.
A humorous ramble mocks frequent airplane talk disturbing conversation. The narrator notes how bragging about a flight dampens dialogue and compares it to stale family boasts like Mayflower ancestry.
On June 14 1665 Fairfax and Cromwell defeated Royalists at Naseby forcing Charles I to Wales. In 1777 Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes design with Betsy Ross credited for the first official flag. Harriet Beecher Stowe was born June 14 1811, and in 1834 Leonard Norcorss patented a diving suit with brass helmet.
A jumble of comic vignettes and quick quips from a late era page. Jokes about beards, schooling, and family mischief mix with a fishing tale and a judge’s remark on a bass caught out of season, ending with a wry line about social ease.
A child enacts imaginative scenes with his father by varying roles. He pretends the father is a pony bear hill foreign foe and a rock to climb, and then imitates combat and danger. The parent stops playing, restoring the father and child dynamic after the game ends.
The piece notes peonies fade late season and should be screened with another plant. Purple loose strife fits fall needs with little maintenance. Tiger lilies thrive in the pearly bed but can thicken, requiring thinning. Pansies prefer similar soil and tufted pansies suit such beds. Every garden should have a peony bed and extend bloom beyond peonies.
In Paris, French troops avoid saluting the German peace delegation by removing their caps as the visitors approach. The German envoy Rantzau purportedly stayed seated while addressing the congress, which French officials deem a deliberate slight to allied delegates, with illness cited as the reason.
Dr Frank Crane argues that postwar rivalry among Catholics Protestants Jews and Evangelicals has become a wholesome constructive effort. He celebrates joint humanitarian work through groups like the YMCA Salvation Army Knights of Columbus and broader interfaith cooperation as a path to universal faith and unity.
The column argues that defying God brings permanent prosperity only when divine decrees are fulfilled. It cites the Babel story to warn that nations or leagues that attempt to exalt themselves will face confusion and scattering of resources, a universal law applying to individuals and states alike.
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