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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
3
Special to The Star describes a mood in Germany focused on shortages and daily sustenance as civilians and officials face rationing and scarcity amid wartime pressures. Authorities emphasize bread and basic staples, while civilians adjust shopping habits and frugal routines.
The Weimar Reichstag building is sealed after vermin infestation blamed on retreating German troops. Sentries guard ten entrances as 40 days pass without removal, amid costly vandalism including missing curtains and armchairs and bronzes weighing over a ton, totaling about 190000 dollars to restore.
Special to The Star by N. FB. A. Sir Douglas Haig warns that Chinese demands for labor rights and rising Indian development could spark mighty wars unless every race receives a standard of life equal to ours. He says the war is won but military precautions cannot be neglected to avoid future conflict.
In San Francisco on June 13 a four masted schooner named Okanogan resumes voyage after a one man strike aboard during a Tonga stop. Hollander crewman told First Mate A Newmann he would refuse to work until the strike was settled, citing solidarity with fellow sailors.
Budapest marked May Day with mass demonstrations, red flags, arches, and portraits of Marx and Lenin as the Soviet regime celebrates. Romanian, Czech, and Serbian forces advance toward Hungary while government leaders Nagy and Agron are named among anti revolution figures.
Special to The Star reports a vast soda lake 16 miles long and four miles wide in British East Africa about 250 miles west of Mombassa. Inflowing waters fed the deposit and tropical sun dried the lake until the soda crystallized into a solid mass.
Special to The Star reports Archduchess Maria Theresa, once hostile to the old regime, quits Vienna with the French Economical mission quartered in her palace and travels to Switzerland. The move signals a shift amid Austrian political tensions.
Los Angeles woman reports long term female troubles improved by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She cites returning health and offers her name for endorsement. The notice urges others with displacement inflammation irregularities backache nervousness or the blues to try the remedy and request advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
London report notes the lord chancellor's residence has five floors and 33 rooms with no elevator and only one bathroom. The iron bath is 40 years old, prompting him to demand an elevator and two additional bathrooms for a 20 member household, arguing it inappropriate to share the bath with maids.
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