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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1919
Page
9
American engineers will lead the reclamation of China's Grand Canal from the south to Tientsin, with a budget of million and initial work on the first 100 miles. Chinese engineers trained in the United States will assist in the project intended to reclaim thousands of acres of fertile land.
Five new wards near completion at Letterman General Hospital fuel reports that Camp Fremont’s army base hospital will be abandoned. Since the Eighth division left overseas, Camp Fremont has served mainly for convalescing wounded, with patient transfers to the Presidio facility noted as temporary.
Cecil Monear, 12, son of Mrs I B Monear, left his home at 6 p m Saturday and may have gone to Tacoma to work at golf links. He has blue eyes light complexion and a scar behind the right ear. He wore black overalls brown cap gray sweater and gray checked coat. His father is on strike and Cecil was the family’s sole support for six weeks.
The article recounts Vicks VapoRub recovery from influenza era shortages. It notes resumed heavy output, night shifts, and a 19 percent discount on shipments to restore supply. It highlights labor, raw materials, and distribution efforts across the United States.
Maud Powell violin concert opens at the Metropolitan theatre Wednesday night with a varied program from Mozart to modern composers. Axel Skjerne accompanies on piano with selections including Allegro aperto Mozart Sonata G major and Ravel Dance Negre among others.
A London tram incident involves a nurse with artificial arms after suffering from German cruelty. An officer warns spectators who mock her, noting her arms are artificial and she is dumb from wartime injury after giving water to a British soldier.
Paris March 11 three models appeared during the intermissions at the opera to display gowns in a lively fashion as if in an American movie scene. The event amused attendees and offered a fashion spectacle amid diplomatic tensions referenced by L Intransizeant.
Paris reports political unrest spurs two new dailies in the capital bringing Paris total to 28. L Ordre Publique backs publicly influential figures and signals a policy to oppose Bolshevik spread in France while Le Nouveau Temps claims solid financial support.
H. A. Osborne, congressman from the Los Angeles district, is in Portland for a visit. He will be entertained by the Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon tomorrow. Osborne, a Naval Affairs Committee member, will meet colleagues in California soon and tour Pacific ports to select a naval base.
Paris March 11. Residents in the ruined zones of France complain of starvation and insufficient feeding. A letter from M Dessin for St Quentin asks the supplies minister to send food labor and sanitary engineers or the returning inhabitants will abandon the city. Government critics warn poor organization in the devastations could fuel Bolshevism.
Paris reports a low birth rate dominates public concern while real estate agencies persist with ads titled No children reflecting a shortage of families. The item notes Relaireur de Nice and other publications discuss population trends as landlords and agencies observe this social shift.
Representative Johnson of South Dakota has been named by Republicans to fill a vacancy on the House Rules Committee in Washington. The appointment expands the panel as lawmakers seek smoother procedural control.
A historical piece explains how acid stomach sufferers often feel no pain yet experience true starvation of nutrients amid abundance. It notes many do not recognize the real cause and contrasts absence of stomach pain with widespread bodily aches and pains across multiple areas.
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