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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1919
Page
8
In Francisco on March 21 Mrs. A Delfino sues her husband for divorce over embroidered initials on his suit and pink pajamas. The defendant denies the claim while the record notes the garment bore the couple’s initials sewn by Mrs. Delfino. The case centers on alleged marital strain from the attire.
Six Northwest men appointed to the Georgetown university supercargo program in Washington D C have qualified as supercargoes without completing the full course. They receive pay up to 1500 dollars yearly and will serve as representatives of the Shipping Board handling cargo and overseas duties. Names include Hugh Lyall Robert F Molitor Sigurd Nylander G W Heinsch Karl F Townsend and Raymond J Cornell with backgrounds in sea service and business.
In Seattle a former Private who forgot his 22nd birthday joins the American Legion of Liberty after arriving from Camp Lewis. He seeks work, receives meals and a loan, and announces his joining date as his birthday. A grand citywide blowout at the Soldiers and Sailors club Fourth Ave and Cherry St is planned with a jazz band and acts from the Pantages theatre.
Robert Livingston was sentenced to ten years in a military prison after a court martial for desertion and evading the draft. Three Livingston brothers were drafted. George Washington Livingston was dismissed for feigning illness and fled to Central America. Robert and Ben fled but were captured in Venezuela with their mother. Nathan and the sisters and father fled from aiding the boys to evade service.
In San Francisco on March 21 Mrs Maud Be Farkas sought a divorce from Zolton Farkas, claiming brutality but lacking corroborating testimony. She later returned with him as a witness, prompting Judge Thomas F Graham to continue the case for a week.
Shaversville West Virginia March 31 Peter Minor aged 75 of this village is growing a new set of teeth his third. He split 150 rails a day this spring and built 282 panels of seven rail fence. He raised four crops of corn and says he expects to raise many more.
In a moonshine raid on the Kentucky Virginia border authorities captured two individuals. In the pursuit the officers found a mule grazing just over the state line with eight gallons of corn juice. The raid occurred near Middlesboro Kentucky on March 31.
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